page file

[bijitha]

hellow friends,

what is " PAGE FILE " , some time i oppening internet explorer or mozill firefox page file going to maximum, (400 mb to 36760 mb ) why like this, what is important of page file.

thanks

[jcarle]

Make sure you don't confuse the Pagefile with a browser's Cache.

Browser cache serves to keep a copy of recently visited webpages on your computer to speed up browsing. A good size for browser cache is about 25MB.

The pagefile serves to give extra memory to programs when your computer runs out.

[Tinker]

A good read.

Page File Info