Virtual Memory pagefile.sys

[Mettá]

Within Win XP Pro I am getting an error that won't go away, the system has
become very slow.

I have tried to set the Virtual Memory as requested by a warning message at
end of
the boot up stage.

No matter what values I set they do not stick despite rebooting as advised
following value changes

I am doing this via.
System Properties - Advanced - Performance - Settings - Advanced - Virtual
Memory - Change - Custom size.

I click SET XP then shows a reboot message etc and on reboot the values show
but are not real - no pagefile.sys exists on either drive??

The values show the changes in the respective line for each drive but in
reality do not create the
pagefile.sys in either of the drives.

Anyone know what might cure this?

Thanks
Mark

 

[Gerry Cornell]

If you do put the file elsewhere, you should leave a small amount on C: — an initial size of 2MB with a Maximum of 50 is suitable — so it can be used in emergency. Without this, the system is inclined to ignore the settings and either have no page file at all (and complain) or make a very large one indeed on C:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

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Hope this helps.

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[Mettá]

Thanks for your help, I have tried tinkering with the values all to no
avail.

When I reboot and go back into check the values, the previously set values
are there but they are not applying.

I noticed http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm talks about SYSTEM having full
control - where do I check that this is the case?

Thanks again
Mark





If you do put the file elsewhere, you should leave a small amount on C: — an
initial size of 2MB with a Maximum of 50 is suitable — so it can be used in
emergency. Without this, the system is inclined to ignore the settings and
either have no page file at all (and complain) or make a very large one
indeed on C:

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, Worcs, England
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[Alex Nichol]

Within Win XP Pro I am getting an error that won't go away, the system has
become very slow.

I have tried to set the Virtual Memory as requested by a warning message at
end of
the boot up stage.

No matter what values I set they do not stick despite rebooting as advised
following value changes

I am doing this via.
System Properties - Advanced - Performance - Settings - Advanced - Virtual
Memory - Change - Custom size.

Look at the Problems section at www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

This sounds like the one connected with Intel Application Accelerator,
but I have heard an unconfirmed report of it also being associated with
a recent Symantec program, I think NAV 2004