Paging file size and Kernel Memoryl

[Haim Guivon]

According to Task Manager/Performance, my Kernel Memory Non Paged size keeps
growing until it reaches a critical value (about 130 MB), whereupon the
computer ceases to respond and I must hot reboot. If I want to reboot or
shutdown normally, I receive an error message: insufficient resources...

Also the Physical Memory System Cache goes up limitlessly.

I upgraded from 256 to 512 MB of Physical Memory, but it did not help.

The Paged Kernel Memory goes up to about 46 MB, and then ceases growing,
while the Non Paged size grows all the time.

I checked the Paging File size (Control
Panel/System/Advanced/Advanced/Virtual Memory). It is about 740 MB.

It seems to me that I just don't understand how this issue functions. Is
there a way to limit the size of the Kernel Memory being paged, so it
doesn't grow out of control? Or to flush it clean when it grows too big?

Thanks in advance for any hint,
haim

 

[Ron Martell]

According to Task Manager/Performance, my Kernel Memory Non Paged size keeps
growing until it reaches a critical value (about 130 MB), whereupon the
computer ceases to respond and I must hot reboot. If I want to reboot or
shutdown normally, I receive an error message: insufficient resources...

Also the Physical Memory System Cache goes up limitlessly.

I upgraded from 256 to 512 MB of Physical Memory, but it did not help.

The Paged Kernel Memory goes up to about 46 MB, and then ceases growing,
while the Non Paged size grows all the time.

I checked the Paging File size (Control
Panel/System/Advanced/Advanced/Virtual Memory). It is about 740 MB.

It seems to me that I just don't understand how this issue functions. Is
there a way to limit the size of the Kernel Memory being paged, so it
doesn't grow out of control? Or to flush it clean when it grows too big?

Thanks in advance for any hint,
haim

Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Windows Task Manager.

Use Viuew - Select Columns to ensure that the Non-paged Pool column is
selected.

Scroll across if necessary so the the NP Pool column is visible.
Click twice on the NP Pool column header to sort the items by NP Pool
value in descending order.

Leave it running (minimize it if you want) and check it periodically
to see which item(s) are increasing their NP Pool values. That will
give you a clue as to the underlying cause of the problem.

My first suspicions would be something virus or spyware related, with
a Norton/Symantec product as the #2 suspect. But the NP Pool values
will tell you for certain.

Good luck



Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Alex Nichol]

According to Task Manager/Performance, my Kernel Memory Non Paged size keeps
growing until it reaches a critical value (about 130 MB), whereupon the
computer ceases to respond and I must hot reboot. If I want to reboot or
shutdown normally, I receive an error message: insufficient resources...

Also the Physical Memory System Cache goes up limitlessly.

Read up my page www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

It sounds to me as if you have some parasitic software. And quite
possibly one of the programs that purport to 'manage' or 'free up' RAM.
If you do, get rid of it; they often have such effects