Registry Bad - Sys has No Paging File

  • Thread starter Thread starter Len Paryl
  • Start date Start date
L

Len Paryl

At Restart/Power-on time I receive the following error
message (right after Logon):

Limited Virtual Memory
----------------------
Your System has No Paging File, or the Paging File is
too small.

This situation happened right after I was hit by the
"SoBig" virus. I downloaded & used the Removal tool for
SoBig and now it is not on my system. I subsequently
installed "Norton Anti-Virus 2003" and alos applied a
Patch from Microsoft.

I can't say for sure that the SoBig virus messed up my
Registry values for Virtual Memory, but this is the problem
I have now.

I check my virtual memory size and it looked fine:

Initial size: 768MB
Maximum size: 768MB
Current size allocated: 20MB

I have 256MB RAM in my system (Dell OptiPlex GX400).

The "Current size allocated" value of "20MB" doesn't
look right. I tried changing the avove values (512,512)
and clicked "SET" but the "Current size allocated" still
stayed at 20MB.

Anyone have an idea what's going on & how to fix this
problem? Needless to say I can't run much of anything
without windows freezing.

If this will help the following is the Registry entries
in the folder "Memory Manager":

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
ClearPageFileAtShutdown REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
DisablePagingExecutive REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
IoPageLockLimit REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
LargeSystemCache REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
NonPagedPoolQuota REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
NonPagesPoolSize REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
PagedPoolQuota REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
PagedPoolSize REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
PagingFiles REG_MULTI_SZ C:\pagefile.sys
512 512
PhysicalAddressExtension REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
SecondLevelDataCache REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
SystenPages REG_DWORD 0x0007b000(503808)
TempPageFile REG_DWORD 0x00000001(1)

Another piece of information is that right after I Click
on a program Icon (or other Icon) I get the message
something like:

"The system has created a Temporary Paging File ....."

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Len Paryl
 
AFAIK it's always one of two things;
The drive permissions changed or the drive letter has changed.

1.) Make sure that the System account (NT Authority) has full control of the
%systemdrive% and or the drive your trying to put the pagefile on. My
Computer|Drive|File|Properties|Security|Permissions

2.) From a command prompt
echo %systemdrive%
make sure it agrees with the original install. If not

How to Change the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q223/1/88.ASP
 
Len Paryl wrote in
At Restart/Power-on time I receive the following error
message (right after Logon):

Limited Virtual Memory
----------------------
Your System has No Paging File, or the Paging File is
too small.

This situation happened right after I was hit by the
"SoBig" virus. I downloaded & used the Removal tool for
SoBig and now it is not on my system. I subsequently
installed "Norton Anti-Virus 2003" and alos applied a
Patch from Microsoft.

I can't say for sure that the SoBig virus messed up my
Registry values for Virtual Memory, but this is the problem
I have now.

I check my virtual memory size and it looked fine:

Initial size: 768MB
Maximum size: 768MB
Current size allocated: 20MB

I have 256MB RAM in my system (Dell OptiPlex GX400).

The "Current size allocated" value of "20MB" doesn't
look right. I tried changing the avove values (512,512)
and clicked "SET" but the "Current size allocated" still
stayed at 20MB.

Anyone have an idea what's going on & how to fix this
problem? Needless to say I can't run much of anything
without windows freezing.

If this will help the following is the Registry entries
in the folder "Memory Manager":

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
ClearPageFileAtShutdown REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
DisablePagingExecutive REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
IoPageLockLimit REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
LargeSystemCache REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
NonPagedPoolQuota REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
NonPagesPoolSize REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
PagedPoolQuota REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
PagedPoolSize REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
PagingFiles REG_MULTI_SZ C:\pagefile.sys
512 512
PhysicalAddressExtension REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
SecondLevelDataCache REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
SystenPages REG_DWORD 0x0007b000(503808)
TempPageFile REG_DWORD 0x00000001(1)

Another piece of information is that right after I Click
on a program Icon (or other Icon) I get the message
something like:

"The system has created a Temporary Paging File ....."

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Click to expand...

Check the Permissions (ACLs) on the c:\ folder.
Ensure that SYSTEM has Full control.
Do not propgate the ACL below the root.

Check for sufficient Free Space.
Defragment the drive.
 
Dave,

The "SYSTEM" account was not defined on my C: root
directory. I defined the "SYSTEM" account with full
authority and that fixed the problem. The Paging file
was now set at my last settings (512,512) and the current
size was 512MB.

Thank you very much for the help.

Len Paryl



-----Original Message-----
AFAIK it's always one of two things;
The drive permissions changed or the drive letter has changed.

1.) Make sure that the System account (NT Authority) has full control of the
%systemdrive% and or the drive your trying to put the pagefile on. My
Computer|Drive|File|Properties|Security|Permissions

2.) From a command prompt
echo %systemdrive%
make sure it agrees with the original install. If not

How to Change the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q223/1/88 ..ASP


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Len Paryl said:
At Restart/Power-on time I receive the following error
message (right after Logon):

Limited Virtual Memory
----------------------
Your System has No Paging File, or the Paging File is
too small.

This situation happened right after I was hit by the
"SoBig" virus. I downloaded & used the Removal tool for
SoBig and now it is not on my system. I subsequently
installed "Norton Anti-Virus 2003" and alos applied a
Patch from Microsoft.

I can't say for sure that the SoBig virus messed up my
Registry values for Virtual Memory, but this is the problem
I have now.

I check my virtual memory size and it looked fine:

Initial size: 768MB
Maximum size: 768MB
Current size allocated: 20MB

I have 256MB RAM in my system (Dell OptiPlex GX400).

The "Current size allocated" value of "20MB" doesn't
look right. I tried changing the avove values (512,512)
and clicked "SET" but the "Current size allocated" still
stayed at 20MB.

Anyone have an idea what's going on & how to fix this
problem? Needless to say I can't run much of anything
without windows freezing.

If this will help the following is the Registry entries
in the folder "Memory Manager":

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
ClearPageFileAtShutdown REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
DisablePagingExecutive REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
IoPageLockLimit REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
LargeSystemCache REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
NonPagedPoolQuota REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
NonPagesPoolSize REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
PagedPoolQuota REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
PagedPoolSize REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
PagingFiles REG_MULTI_SZ C:\pagefile.sys
512 512
PhysicalAddressExtension REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
SecondLevelDataCache REG_DWORD 0x00000000(0)
SystenPages REG_DWORD 0x0007b000 (503808)
TempPageFile REG_DWORD 0x00000001(1)

Another piece of information is that right after I Click
on a program Icon (or other Icon) I get the message
something like:

"The system has created a Temporary Paging File ....."

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Len Paryl
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
 
Mark,

The "SYSTEM" account was not defined on my C: root
directory. I defined the "SYSTEM" account with full
authority and that fixed the problem. The Paging file
was now set at my last settings (512,512) and the current
size was 512MB.

Thank you for the help. Both you and Dave were right on
about this problem. It is appreciated.

Len Paryl
 
Back
Top