No Paging File and Slow Startup

[Bryan R. Meyer]

Hello Everyone:

I have been getting the message that I have no paging file on startup.
So, Windows creates a temporary paging file for me that is about 255
MB in size. On each shutdown and reboot, I continually get the same
message about not having a paging file. The small page file is
playing havoc with my computer as some applications will not even run.
I read Alex Nichol's article on Virtual Memory but I cannot find the
proper solution.

I've tried the following with no successful results:

1) Cleared the page file, rebooted, and reset the page file size. I
have plenty of free drive space for the page file.

2) Checked the system permissions. SYSTEM is given full control as
appropriate.

3) I do not have an Intel chipset (I have a Via chipset), and
therefore, do not have Intel's Application Accelerator. Nothing to be
done here.

Any other ideas? I am lost. My only other thinking is that it is
some other third-party software, but what software could it be?

I'd also like to note that my system is slow on startup. It stalls
for 2-3 minutes on "Loading Personal Settings", specifically when
executing wlnotify.dll.

Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bryan

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please have a look at the following article by Alex Nichol:

"Windows Product Activation (WPA) on Windows XP"
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

 

[Bryan R. Meyer]

Hi

Please have a look at the following article by Alex Nichol:

"Windows Product Activation (WPA) on Windows XP"
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

Will,

I appreciate you posting this article but am not clear if this is the
source of my problem. My motherboard and processor have been changed
since my initial installation of Windows XP, but I was never prompted
to re-activate Windows. I attempted to do a manual activation through
Windows, but it indicated that my software already activated.

I have done a number of things to my system to improve its
performance. I've run Norton Antivirus 2004 and also AdAware and
SpyBot to get rid of all the spyware. I've also run Disk Cleanup,
Disk Defragmenter, and ChkDsk all in an effort to determine the
problem. None of these have been successful in preventing the
computer from hanging at wlnotify.dll on startup.

However, Windows did boot up in Safe Mode with no problems. However,
when I tried to boot up in Safe Mode with Networking, I got hung on
wlnotify.dll once again. I'm thinking it has to do with networking
drivers, but how do I diagnose this? I have a DSL connection and my
computer is connected to a Microsoft MN-100 wired router. I have
manually entered the IP address and gateway to see if it would help
but to no avail.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Bryan