Paging file size

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red eye

Can anyone help?
I have Administrator rights in Windows XP (or so my User
Account tells me) but cannot set the size of my paging
file (the usual way - control
panel;systme;advanced;etc;etc). I have tried many times
to do this but every time I log on I get an error message
saying I have no paging file or it is set too low. Any
suggestions?

Cheers

redeye
 
Check the registry using regedit

Locate the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
Management

If there is a value TempPageFile set to 1, delete it. this can mess things
up.

You can manually set the pagefile by changing the value PagingFiles, eg:

PagingFiles: Reg_Multi_SZ:
C:\pagefile.sys 512 1024


This sets the pagefile to the C: drive with an initial size of 512 and a max
of 1024.

Paul
 
I have the same problem. Changing doe'snt help!

-----Original Message-----
Set for Windows to control pagefile size

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red eye said:
Can anyone help?
I have Administrator rights in Windows XP (or so my User
Account tells me) but cannot set the size of my paging
file (the usual way - control
panel;systme;advanced;etc;etc). I have tried many times
to do this but every time I log on I get an error message
saying I have no paging file or it is set too low. Any
suggestions?

Cheers

redeye
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Open Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs and look for an entry for
the Intel Application Accelerator. If it is listed then select it and
click on Add/Remove to uninstall it. Reboot the computer and your
problem should be resolved.

And if the Intel Application Accelerator was installed then you should
go to www.intel.com and download the latest version of the Intel
Application Accelerator and install it.

If this does not work then see MVP Alex Nichol's article on virtual
memory management in Windows XP at http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
especially the section dealing with problems.

Good luck


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

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