Pagefile.sys not being found - "Your system has no paging file, or the paging file is too small"

[Tom Williams]

I've just spent an hour or so following the support.microsoft.com guidelines
for if you get the error message "Your system has no paging file, or the
paging file is too small", when Windows 2000 is booted up.

I've added the SYSTEM account at PC level, and also the Administrators
(*not* administrator!!) account, as they were found to be missing initially.
They both now have Full Control.

I've also edited the registry to change the ClearPageFileAtShutdown in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
Management so that the Page File is deleted everytime the machine is shut
down, in the hope that it will force Win2K to create a new PageFile.sys, and
not create a temppf.sys in C:\WINNT\System32.

I've set the min and max sizes for the PageFile.sys to be 0, to remove the
file, rebooted, and set them to 1024 and 2000, respectively, in an effort to
get Windows to create a new PageFile.sys, and to remember it!

So far, nothing has worked, and I am fast running out of options. The
machine is used for some fairly heavy processing, and a 20Mb temporary Page
File simply isn't cutting it!

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks

Tom

 

[Carrie Garth \(MVP\)]

Hi Tom,

Do you have enough free space for both the temporary paging file and the initial size
of the paging file that you configured in Control Panel?

For more information, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

KB257758 - FIX: "Limited Virtual Memory" Error Message When You Start Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=257758

KB140472 - PRB: Limited Virtual Memory Error When Starting Windows NT
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=140472

KB259151 - Paging File Functionality Requires System Account Permissions and
Proper Size
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=259151

KB242447 - Changes to Paging File Settings Are Not Retained
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=242447

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Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "Tom Williams" <tomasi AT ukonline DOT co DOT uk>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:53 AM
: I've just spent an hour or so following the support.microsoft.com guidelines
: for if you get the error message "Your system has no paging file, or the
: paging file is too small", when Windows 2000 is booted up.
:
: I've added the SYSTEM account at PC level, and also the Administrators
: (*not* administrator!!) account, as they were found to be missing initially.
: They both now have Full Control.
:
: I've also edited the registry to change the ClearPageFileAtShutdown in
: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
: Management so that the Page File is deleted everytime the machine is shut
: down, in the hope that it will force Win2K to create a new PageFile.sys, and
: not create a temppf.sys in C:\WINNT\System32.
:
: I've set the min and max sizes for the PageFile.sys to be 0, to remove the
: file, rebooted, and set them to 1024 and 2000, respectively, in an effort to
: get Windows to create a new PageFile.sys, and to remember it!
:
: So far, nothing has worked, and I am fast running out of options. The
: machine is used for some fairly heavy processing, and a 20Mb temporary Page
: File simply isn't cutting it!
:
: Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
:
: Thanks
:
: Tom
:
: