Verifying Virtual Memory Allocation - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

To enable the 3 GB feature on Windows Vista
1 Click Start menu
2 Enter BCDEDIT /SetIncreaseUserVa 3072, and exit the command prompt.
3 Reboot the computer.
After you enable the 3 GB feature, you should verify that you have sufficient virtual memory allocated for
your purposes. See

Verifying Virtual Memory Allocation

To verify virtual memory allocation on Windows XP
1 Click Start menu
2 In the Control Panel, double-click System.
3 In the System Properties dialog, click the Advanced tab.
4 In the Performance field, click Settings.
5 In the Performance Options dialog, click the Advanced tab.
6 In the Virtual Memory field, click Change.
To verify virtual memory allocation on Windows Vista
1 Click Start menu
2 To change the virtual memory allocation back to 2 GB, enter:
Your system should have at least 3 GB set aside for the paging file size to fully utilize the available address
space. Every concurrently running application is sharing the available paging file size, so setting it to
something more than 3 GB (such as 4 GB) is recommended.
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional 3GB"
/3GB /fastdetect
When you start your computer with the modified boot.ini file, you see the following options
to select from:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 3GB
All Programs
NOTE If you are not able to set this value, when you run the command prompt, right-click and select
Run as Administrator.
The switch is now set. It is not necessary to make a selection when you reboot the computer, it
is automatically enabled.
Verifying Virtual Memory Allocation
Settings
All Programs
BCDEDIT /SetIncreaseUserVa 2048
NOTE If you are not able to set this value, when you run the command prompt, right-click and select
Run as Administrator.
To verify the virtual memory allocation, enter BCDEDIT.
In the boot entry option list, the value displays with the IncreaseUserVa option.
Accessories, and run the command prompt.
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Control Panel.
Accessories, and run the command prompt.
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