Windows PageFile keep on increasing

[Babu Daniel]

We are using new Dell PC with 1 GB RAM & 80 GB HDD with Windows XP Service
Pack 3 for running our medical interface software. During Process, Windows
PageFile keep on increasing and at one stage / reaches maximum allocated
size, application hangs. Even after closing / killing the application,
Pagefile size not getting reduced. We have to restart the PC. The same
software is woking well in Windows XP service pack 2

Please help

 

[Anteaus]

This sounds like a memory leak, typically where C code allocates memory to a
process but then fails to release it when the process completes. If the
process runs many times it eventually fills the RAM, then starts swelling the
pagefile.

Problem might be in the medical app itself or in a Windows update. Or
possibly in a driver. Display driver is also a possibility. Examining the
memory usage of processes in Task Manager may identify the culprit. If not,
sysinternals' tools may help.

 

[Andrew E.]

R.click my computer,properties,advanced tab,performance,page file,change
button,set C: to "let system manage" from its custom setting,click set
2X,close
out.A prompt to restart pc should get shown if done correctly...