DisablePagingExecutive
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
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Data type
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Range
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Default value
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REG_DWORD
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0 | 1
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0
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Description
Specifies whether kernel-mode drivers and kernel-mode system code can be paged to disk when not in use.
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Value
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Meaning
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0
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Drivers and system code can be paged to disk as needed.
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1
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Drivers and system code must remain in physical memory.
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Activation Method
To make changes to this entry effective, you must restart the system.
Tip
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Setting this value to 1 is useful when debugging drivers, because all of the code and data is always memory resident. It also improves performance on machines with a lot of memory, because it prevents disk reads to get code or data.