You can configure the server's resource allocation and associated nonpaged memory pool usage from the Network dialog box, which is accessed by clicking Network from Control Panel.
If you are using Windows NT 4.0, click the Services tab, click Server, and then click Properties.
If you are using Windows NT 3.51, click Server and then click Configure.
The Server dialog box appears.
Maximize Throughput for Network Applications is the optimal setting for a SQL Server system. With this option set, network-application access to memory has priority over file-cache access to memory. Four megabytes of memory is allocated to available memory for starting up and running local applications. In addition, the amount of memory allocated to the server service for the following resources is appropriately optimized for this choice: