I run a ton of VMs and since I operate on a thin budget and utilize thin provisioning, one thing I hate is wasted drive space. Therfore, I employ this registry entry in my “Server Optimization” GPO:
Policies
Collection: Registry Wizard Values/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Session Manager/Memory Management
Options
| Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item | No |
| Remove this item when it is no longer applied | No |
| Apply once and do not reapply | No |
| Action | Update |
Properties
| Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Key path | SYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory Management |
| Value name | PagingFiles |
| Value type | REG_MULTI_SZ |
Lines
| LINE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1 | c:pagefile.sys 1000 1000 |
Options
| Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item | No |
| Remove this item when it is no longer applied | No |
| Apply once and do not reapply | No |
Slap that sucker in there…