I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began
getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small"
error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts to see
if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my control
application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The drive
has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and
C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive.

I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all users
(Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also followed
some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using the
"cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM account has
full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was not
checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion. Nothing
fixed the error.

Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys file
might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be created when
I set the page file size in Windows
Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of course
that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys
to the root because the system says the file's in use.

Can anyone offer any assistance?

Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a manually
sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still would
recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components )
and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also
reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover ~500 Meg.
Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and
GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions I've
been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte disk
footprint.

Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here:
http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/

"stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began
> getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small"
> error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts to
> see
> if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my
> control
> application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The drive
> has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and
> C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive.
>
> I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all users
> (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also
> followed
> some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using the
> "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM account
> has
> full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
> Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was not
> checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion.
> Nothing
> fixed the error.
>
> Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys file
> might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be created
> when
> I set the page file size in Windows
> Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of
> course
> that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy
> C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys
> to the root because the system says the file's in use.
>
> Can anyone offer any assistance?

Thanks for the suggestions. I followed your instructions including defraging
the volume and trimming some of the Windows components. I did not locate a
\DllCache folder to purge. Even after manually sizing pagefile to 256MB
(initial) and 384MB (maximum), I still get the "System Has No Paging File or
the Paging File Is Too Small" error after reboot.

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a manually
> sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still would
> recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components )
> and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also
> reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover ~500 Meg.
> Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and
> GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions I've
> been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte disk
> footprint.
>
> Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here:
> http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/
>
> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began
> > getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small"
> > error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts to
> > see
> > if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my
> > control
> > application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The drive
> > has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and
> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive.
> >
> > I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all users
> > (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also
> > followed
> > some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using the
> > "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM account
> > has
> > full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
> > Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was not
> > checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion.
> > Nothing
> > fixed the error.
> >
> > Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys file
> > might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be created
> > when
> > I set the page file size in Windows
> > Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of
> > course
> > that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy
> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys
> > to the root because the system says the file's in use.
> >
> > Can anyone offer any assistance?
>
>
>

To purge \DllCache, open Command prompt window and type
SFC \PurgeCache [Enter]
What Anti-Virus or other Security software is installed ? Some
products ( eTrust 7.x ) can interfere with Pagefile changes.

"stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B53E6F61-CEDA-48D5-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the suggestions. I followed your instructions including
> defraging
> the volume and trimming some of the Windows components. I did not locate
> a
> \DllCache folder to purge. Even after manually sizing pagefile to 256MB
> (initial) and 384MB (maximum), I still get the "System Has No Paging File
> or
> the Paging File Is Too Small" error after reboot.
>
> "R. McCarty" wrote:
>
>> Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a manually
>> sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still would
>> recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components )
>> and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also
>> reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover ~500 Meg.
>> Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and
>> GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions I've
>> been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte disk
>> footprint.
>>
>> Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here:
>> http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/
>>
>> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began
>> > getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small"
>> > error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts
>> > to
>> > see
>> > if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my
>> > control
>> > application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The
>> > drive
>> > has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and
>> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive.
>> >
>> > I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all
>> > users
>> > (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also
>> > followed
>> > some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using
>> > the
>> > "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM
>> > account
>> > has
>> > full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
>> > Manager\Memory
>> > Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was
>> > not
>> > checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion.
>> > Nothing
>> > fixed the error.
>> >
>> > Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys
>> > file
>> > might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be
>> > created
>> > when
>> > I set the page file size in Windows
>> > Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of
>> > course
>> > that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy
>> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys
>> > to the root because the system says the file's in use.
>> >
>> > Can anyone offer any assistance?
>>
>>
>>

There is no anti-virus or other security software installed. This is a new,
fresh OS installation.

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> To purge \DllCache, open Command prompt window and type
> SFC \PurgeCache [Enter]
> What Anti-Virus or other Security software is installed ? Some
> products ( eTrust 7.x ) can interfere with Pagefile changes.
>
> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:B53E6F61-CEDA-48D5-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for the suggestions. I followed your instructions including
> > defraging
> > the volume and trimming some of the Windows components. I did not locate
> > a
> > \DllCache folder to purge. Even after manually sizing pagefile to 256MB
> > (initial) and 384MB (maximum), I still get the "System Has No Paging File
> > or
> > the Paging File Is Too Small" error after reboot.
> >
> > "R. McCarty" wrote:
> >
> >> Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a manually
> >> sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still would
> >> recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components )
> >> and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also
> >> reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover ~500 Meg.
> >> Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and
> >> GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions I've
> >> been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte disk
> >> footprint.
> >>
> >> Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here:
> >> http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/
> >>
> >> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began
> >> > getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small"
> >> > error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts
> >> > to
> >> > see
> >> > if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my
> >> > control
> >> > application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The
> >> > drive
> >> > has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and
> >> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive.
> >> >
> >> > I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all
> >> > users
> >> > (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also
> >> > followed
> >> > some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using
> >> > the
> >> > "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM
> >> > account
> >> > has
> >> > full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
> >> > Manager\Memory
> >> > Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was
> >> > not
> >> > checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion.
> >> > Nothing
> >> > fixed the error.
> >> >
> >> > Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys
> >> > file
> >> > might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be
> >> > created
> >> > when
> >> > I set the page file size in Windows
> >> > Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of
> >> > course
> >> > that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy
> >> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys
> >> > to the root because the system says the file's in use.
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone offer any assistance?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

OK, that helps. Have you checked the System Event Log ? you
may have startup issues. Speaking of that what sort of boot time
are you getting ?
Event Log, Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
Expand the System Log in the Left pane, check Right Pane for
red icons that denote errors.

"stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:686E6B2C-359D-4D27-95B3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> There is no anti-virus or other security software installed. This is a
> new,
> fresh OS installation.
>
> "R. McCarty" wrote:
>
>> To purge \DllCache, open Command prompt window and type
>> SFC \PurgeCache [Enter]
>> What Anti-Virus or other Security software is installed ? Some
>> products ( eTrust 7.x ) can interfere with Pagefile changes.
>>
>> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:B53E6F61-CEDA-48D5-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Thanks for the suggestions. I followed your instructions including
>> > defraging
>> > the volume and trimming some of the Windows components. I did not
>> > locate
>> > a
>> > \DllCache folder to purge. Even after manually sizing pagefile to
>> > 256MB
>> > (initial) and 384MB (maximum), I still get the "System Has No Paging
>> > File
>> > or
>> > the Paging File Is Too Small" error after reboot.
>> >
>> > "R. McCarty" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a manually
>> >> sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still would
>> >> recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components )
>> >> and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also
>> >> reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover ~500
>> >> Meg.
>> >> Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and
>> >> GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions I've
>> >> been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte disk
>> >> footprint.
>> >>
>> >> Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here:
>> >> http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/
>> >>
>> >> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately
>> >> >began
>> >> > getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too
>> >> > Small"
>> >> > error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other
>> >> > posts
>> >> > to
>> >> > see
>> >> > if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my
>> >> > control
>> >> > application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The
>> >> > drive
>> >> > has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and
>> >> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive.
>> >> >
>> >> > I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all
>> >> > users
>> >> > (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also
>> >> > followed
>> >> > some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access
>> >> > using
>> >> > the
>> >> > "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM
>> >> > account
>> >> > has
>> >> > full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
>> >> > Manager\Memory
>> >> > Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box
>> >> > was
>> >> > not
>> >> > checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion.
>> >> > Nothing
>> >> > fixed the error.
>> >> >
>> >> > Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the
>> >> > C:\pagefile.sys
>> >> > file
>> >> > might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be
>> >> > created
>> >> > when
>> >> > I set the page file size in Windows
>> >> > Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory.
>> >> > Of
>> >> > course
>> >> > that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy
>> >> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys
>> >> > to the root because the system says the file's in use.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can anyone offer any assistance?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Random thought: Eliminate "Hibernation", if possible?

"stgislander" wrote:

> I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began
> getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small"
> error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts to see
> if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my control
> application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The drive
> has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and
> C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive.
>
> I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all users
> (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also followed
> some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using the
> "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM account has
> full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
> Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was not
> checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion. Nothing
> fixed the error.
>
> Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys file
> might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be created when
> I set the page file size in Windows
> Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of course
> that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys
> to the root because the system says the file's in use.
>
> Can anyone offer any assistance?

If you want to boot from a flash drive you will probably need to run
without a pagefile. Windows does not tolerate pagefiles too well on
removable devices.

John

stgislander wrote:

> I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began
> getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small"
> error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts to see
> if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my control
> application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The drive
> has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and
> C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive.
>
> I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all users
> (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also followed
> some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using the
> "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM account has
> full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
> Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was not
> checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion. Nothing
> fixed the error.
>
> Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys file
> might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be created when
> I set the page file size in Windows
> Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of course
> that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys
> to the root because the system says the file's in use.
>
> Can anyone offer any assistance?

There are two errors in this morning's System event log.

#1 - The System Restore initialization process failed.
#2 - The System Restore Service service terminated with the following error:
The system cannot find the device specified.

The time from pressing the ON button to the error message is 53 seconds.

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> OK, that helps. Have you checked the System Event Log ? you
> may have startup issues. Speaking of that what sort of boot time
> are you getting ?
> Event Log, Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
> Expand the System Log in the Left pane, check Right Pane for
> red icons that denote errors.
>
> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:686E6B2C-359D-4D27-95B3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > There is no anti-virus or other security software installed. This is a
> > new,
> > fresh OS installation.
> >
> > "R. McCarty" wrote:
> >
> >> To purge \DllCache, open Command prompt window and type
> >> SFC \PurgeCache [Enter]
> >> What Anti-Virus or other Security software is installed ? Some
> >> products ( eTrust 7.x ) can interfere with Pagefile changes.
> >>
> >> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:B53E6F61-CEDA-48D5-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Thanks for the suggestions. I followed your instructions including
> >> > defraging
> >> > the volume and trimming some of the Windows components. I did not
> >> > locate
> >> > a
> >> > \DllCache folder to purge. Even after manually sizing pagefile to
> >> > 256MB
> >> > (initial) and 384MB (maximum), I still get the "System Has No Paging
> >> > File
> >> > or
> >> > the Paging File Is Too Small" error after reboot.
> >> >
> >> > "R. McCarty" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a manually
> >> >> sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still would
> >> >> recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components )
> >> >> and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also
> >> >> reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover ~500
> >> >> Meg.
> >> >> Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and
> >> >> GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions I've
> >> >> been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte disk
> >> >> footprint.
> >> >>
> >> >> Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here:
> >> >> http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/
> >> >>
> >> >> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> >> news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> >I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately
> >> >> >began
> >> >> > getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too
> >> >> > Small"
> >> >> > error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other
> >> >> > posts
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > see
> >> >> > if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my
> >> >> > control
> >> >> > application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The
> >> >> > drive
> >> >> > has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and
> >> >> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all
> >> >> > users
> >> >> > (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also
> >> >> > followed
> >> >> > some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access
> >> >> > using
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM
> >> >> > account
> >> >> > has
> >> >> > full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
> >> >> > Manager\Memory
> >> >> > Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box
> >> >> > was
> >> >> > not
> >> >> > checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion.
> >> >> > Nothing
> >> >> > fixed the error.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the
> >> >> > C:\pagefile.sys
> >> >> > file
> >> >> > might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be
> >> >> > created
> >> >> > when
> >> >> > I set the page file size in Windows
> >> >> > Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory.
> >> >> > Of
> >> >> > course
> >> >> > that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy
> >> >> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys
> >> >> > to the root because the system says the file's in use.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Can anyone offer any assistance?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

53 is OK, I'd suggest you either disable System Restore or set it's
reserved space to something that might hold 2 restore points, say
500 Megabytes ( Max ). Also someone yesterday mentioned the
Hibernation ( Hiberfil.Sys ). I would agree you might want to set
Hibernation support to disabled. This would recover disk space =
to your Physical RAM count.

"stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C104D431-6A53-4EF7-A23D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> There are two errors in this morning's System event log.
>
> #1 - The System Restore initialization process failed.
> #2 - The System Restore Service service terminated with the following
> error:
> The system cannot find the device specified.
>
> The time from pressing the ON button to the error message is 53 seconds.
>
> "R. McCarty" wrote:
>
>> OK, that helps. Have you checked the System Event Log ? you
>> may have startup issues. Speaking of that what sort of boot time
>> are you getting ?
>> Event Log, Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
>> Expand the System Log in the Left pane, check Right Pane for
>> red icons that denote errors.
>>
>> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:686E6B2C-359D-4D27-95B3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > There is no anti-virus or other security software installed. This is a
>> > new,
>> > fresh OS installation.
>> >
>> > "R. McCarty" wrote:
>> >
>> >> To purge \DllCache, open Command prompt window and type
>> >> SFC \PurgeCache [Enter]
>> >> What Anti-Virus or other Security software is installed ? Some
>> >> products ( eTrust 7.x ) can interfere with Pagefile changes.
>> >>
>> >> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:B53E6F61-CEDA-48D5-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > Thanks for the suggestions. I followed your instructions including
>> >> > defraging
>> >> > the volume and trimming some of the Windows components. I did not
>> >> > locate
>> >> > a
>> >> > \DllCache folder to purge. Even after manually sizing pagefile to
>> >> > 256MB
>> >> > (initial) and 384MB (maximum), I still get the "System Has No Paging
>> >> > File
>> >> > or
>> >> > the Paging File Is Too Small" error after reboot.
>> >> >
>> >> > "R. McCarty" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a
>> >> >> manually
>> >> >> sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still
>> >> >> would
>> >> >> recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components )
>> >> >> and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also
>> >> >> reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover
>> >> >> ~500
>> >> >> Meg.
>> >> >> Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and
>> >> >> GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions
>> >> >> I've
>> >> >> been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte
>> >> >> disk
>> >> >> footprint.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here:
>> >> >> http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "stgislander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> >> >> message
>> >> >> news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >> >I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately
>> >> >> >began
>> >> >> > getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too
>> >> >> > Small"
>> >> >> > error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other
>> >> >> > posts
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > see
>> >> >> > if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and
>> >> >> > my
>> >> >> > control
>> >> >> > application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected.
>> >> >> > The
>> >> >> > drive
>> >> >> > has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and
>> >> >> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that
>> >> >> > all
>> >> >> > users
>> >> >> > (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I
>> >> >> > also
>> >> >> > followed
>> >> >> > some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access
>> >> >> > using
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM
>> >> >> > account
>> >> >> > has
>> >> >> > full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
>> >> >> > Manager\Memory
>> >> >> > Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box
>> >> >> > was
>> >> >> > not
>> >> >> > checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones
>> >> >> > suggestion.
>> >> >> > Nothing
>> >> >> > fixed the error.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the
>> >> >> > C:\pagefile.sys
>> >> >> > file
>> >> >> > might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be
>> >> >> > created
>> >> >> > when
>> >> >> > I set the page file size in Windows
>> >> >> > Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory.
>> >> >> > Of
>> >> >> > course
>> >> >> > that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy
>> >> >> > C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys
>> >> >> > to the root because the system says the file's in use.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Can anyone offer any assistance?
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