msinfo32 way off on virtual memory size. Why?

[Vanguard]

When I run System Information (msinfo32.exe), the value reported for the
pagefile is wrong. It is way too high.

On the Windows XP host, I have:

- 512MB real (physical) memory
- 786MB virtual memory (pagefile)

msinfo32 reports:

- Total virtual memory = 2.00GB

So how does 768MB of virtual memory as configured as for the pagefile
size equate to 2GB of total virtual memory size?

The total of real and virtual memory (physical + pagefile) is 1280MB (or
1,342,177,280 bytes, assuming Microsoft is measuring a megabyte as 2^20
bytes), which is far lower than the 2GB that msinfo32 is reporting just
for the virtual memory size. Running "dir /ah c:\pagefile.sys" shows
the file size at 804,495,360 bytes big (which would be about the 768MB,
or 805,306,368 bytes, that were configured for the pagefile size
(initial size = max size = 786MB to reduce fragmentation of the
pagefile). I have one hard drive divided into 2 partitions: one for the
OS and apps and the other for data files. There is a pagefile on C: but
not on D:.

I can't figure out why msinfo32 is so obviously wrong in what it reports
as the size for my virtual memory (pagefile size). The pagefile is only
786MB big, not 2.00GB. The 512MB of total physical memory that it
reports is correct but the 2.00GB it reports for total virtual memory is
way wrong.

Note that I have also seen msinfo32 report an incorrect total virtual
memory size also on a Windows 2000 host (which prompted me to run it on
my Windows XP host to check what it reports). Is msinfo32 worthless for
reporting accurate virtual memory statistics?

 

[Guest]

Try R.clicking the task bar,task mgr,select performance,see what shows.You
can also go to run,typeXDIAG In direct x utility,see what shows,open
system
properties,advanced,performance,virtual memory,change button,see where
the hds get listed in page file.