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Q174629: Legacy PagedMemLimit Found in the Windows NT 4.0 Registry

Article: Q174629
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 09-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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Windows NT Server 4.0 may contain a registry entry for PagedMemLimit.

MORE INFORMATION
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This setting is no longer used in Windows NT 4.0 and is considered a legacy
entry. If this entry exists, Windows NT ignores the setting.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MacFile\Parameters

PagedMemLimit     REG_DWORD

Range: 0x3e8 - 0x3e800 (1000K to 256000K)

Specifies the maximum amount of page memory that the file server for Macintosh
uses. Performance of the MacFile service increases with an increase in this
value. However, the value should not be set lower than 1,000 KB. It is
especially important that you are well acquainted with memory issues before
changing this resource parameter. You cannot change this value from Server
Manager. Default: 0x4e20 (20000 in decimal)

Additional query words: PagedMemLimit NTSFM Regedt32 sfm macfile
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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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