Swapfile ?

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Why does my computer keep the wrong settings fpr my swapfile?
The swapfile is 20mb But my C: harddrive is 10gb with 7gb free
space.Eventough i put in another size it still boots up with 20mb swapfile?
Any suggestions.

P4 2.4ghz 1024mbram Geforce 4 128mb
 
Most likely the system account "Full Control" permissions were removed form
the drive. (note: the system account aka NT Authority is part of the
Everyone group)

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


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| Why does my computer keep the wrong settings fpr my swapfile?
| The swapfile is 20mb But my C: harddrive is 10gb with 7gb free
| space.Eventough i put in another size it still boots up with 20mb
swapfile?
| Any suggestions.
|
| P4 2.4ghz 1024mbram Geforce 4 128mb
|
|
 
I'm having the same problem on both my computers at home.
Seems to have begun when I networked them for the first
time last weekend. I have been working days on the issue
and have been unable to resolve. Found an article in the
MS Knowledge base that said it is the result
of "Administrative sharing" of the drive on which you are
trying to change the size of the paging file. So I went
to the share tab on the properties of that drive, changed
it to "do not share this drive", deleting all the shares,
logged off and back on, and then tied to set page file
size. No luck. BTW, I have checked the permissions and
they are set to "full control" for everyone, admin and
users, so with all due respect to Patrick, that doesn't
seem to be the cause either. I'm beginning to think
virus, because I'm quickly running out of ideas. Plus,
this is the kind of thing viruses in the past have
dirupted, i.e. memory usage and availibility. Anyone who
has solved this problem would be much appreciated.
 
Found solution. Recent Windows Updates apparently change
the properties of the paging file to readonly and
archive. Use Windows Explorer -> Tools -> View Tab to
alter view properies to make hidden files visible (there
are two boxes youy need to uncheck). Go to the file, i.e.
c:\pagefile, right click to select the properties of the
file, and uncheck "Read-Only" and "Archive." You should
then be able to successfully "set" the size of the paging
file.

More sloppy MS coding....
-----Original Message-----
I'm having the same problem on both my computers at home.
Seems to have begun when I networked them for the first
time last weekend. I have been working days on the issue
and have been unable to resolve. Found an article in the
MS Knowledge base that said it is the result
of "Administrative sharing" of the drive on which you are
trying to change the size of the paging file. So I went
to the share tab on the properties of that drive, changed
it to "do not share this drive", deleting all the shares,
logged off and back on, and then tied to set page file
size. No luck. BTW, I have checked the permissions and
they are set to "full control" for everyone, admin and
users, so with all due respect to Patrick, that doesn't
seem to be the cause either. I'm beginning to think
virus, because I'm quickly running out of ideas. Plus,
this is the kind of thing viruses in the past have
dirupted, i.e. memory usage and availibility. Anyone who
has solved this problem would be much appreciated.


-----Original Message-----
Most likely the system account "Full Control"
permissions
were removed form
the drive. (note: the system account aka NT Authority is part of the
Everyone group)

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


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| Why does my computer keep the wrong settings fpr my swapfile?
| The swapfile is 20mb But my C: harddrive is 10gb with 7gb free
| space.Eventough i put in another size it still boots
up
with 20mb
swapfile?
| Any suggestions.
|
| P4 2.4ghz 1024mbram Geforce 4 128mb
|
|


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