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When your system runs out of physical memory windows xp will use something called a paging file.  A paging file is basically a file that sits on your hard-drive and will be used as memory should your system run out of memory.  Ideally you dont want to run out of physical memory because your system will slow down if it uses the paging file. 

 So we need to make sure we configure the paging file correctly incase it is needed.To configure a windows xp paging file right click on the my computer icon on your desktop, click advanced tab, then under the performance section click on the settings button.  in the next window click on the advanced tab then change button. You dont want windows to automatically handle the size of the paging file so select custom size and then enter 2048 for the initial size and also maximum size.