Windows 2000 - pagefile.sys not retaining settings

[David morris]

My pagefile.sys keeps loosing its configuration - so on
reboot the virtual memory error keeps appearing. Change
the pagefile.sys config - all is fine until
shutdown/restart?

 

[Philippe L. Balmanno]

Post your OS, system RAM size, settings (size of pagefile.sys you have &
want) and location of pagefile.sys as they may be the problem. For example
if you have W2K with 512MB RAM, the best settings maybe 768MB (1 +1/2 the
ram size) for pagefile.sys for workstations or servers. Some people set it
at RAM size + 12MB = 524MB for desktops. Your issue may be that you want
more room on your C: partition and you may need to move it to the D: (or
next logical drive or even a second or subsequent hard drive) instead of
allocating 2MB as some suggest - because the setting is too low, this always
gets the OS to evaluate my system settings and reset it. I have 1 hard
drive and created 2 partitions on my system, primary and logical partitions
with the logical being the partition location of my pagefile.sys.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Usually occurs when the "Everyone" group permissions are removed from the
%systemdrive% Make sure that the System account (NT Authority) has full
control of the %systemdrive% and or the drive you're trying to put the
pagefile on. My Computer|Drive|File|Properties|Security|Permissions

The system account (nt authority) is the operating system's account and
needs to have full control of the drive(s) the pagefile exists on. The
system account is included in the "Everyone" group.

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| My pagefile.sys keeps loosing its configuration - so on
| reboot the virtual memory error keeps appearing. Change
| the pagefile.sys config - all is fine until
| shutdown/restart?

 

[Philippe L. Balmanno]

The 'Everyone' group I take it that you are talking about a W2KServer or
created user group as it is not listed in my version W2K only
'Administrator', 'Backup Operators', 'Guest', 'Power User', 'Replicator' and
'Users' (Standard & Restricted)?

 

[Dave Patrick]

The list you're probably looking at is a list of user groups. What I'm
talking about is a built-in security principals list ACL's that you see when
you My Computer|Drive|File|Properties|Security|Permissions

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| The 'Everyone' group I take it that you are talking about a W2KServer or
| created user group as it is not listed in my version W2K only
| 'Administrator', 'Backup Operators', 'Guest', 'Power User', 'Replicator'
and
| 'Users' (Standard & Restricted)?

 

[Philippe L. Balmanno]

On my system you have to have share enabled for that permission. I wasn't
aware that that share permission had any affect on pagefile.sys settings not
being retained.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're correct sharing has nothing to do with it. This article may help.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259151

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| On my system you have to have share enabled for that permission. I wasn't
| aware that that share permission had any affect on pagefile.sys settings
not
| being retained.

 

[Philippe L. Balmanno]

Thanks I've learned something new.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

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Regards,

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


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| Thanks I've learned something new.