Re: Virtual Memory

From: Mark V (notvalid_at_invalid.nul)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 22:33:19 -0700

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Gerry Voras wrote:

> I don't think editing the registry directly is going to do it for
> you. You'd be better off modifying the registry through the
> control panel, as follows:
>
> First off, optimize you swap file settings. I recommend a file
> with a minimum of 2x+2 your physical ram, and a max of 4095 on
> your C drive. (This setting is debatable, btw). Reboot.

Debatable indeed since we know neither the physical RAM in the
system, nor the "workload" in terms of number and type of
applications run.

>
> Boot into "safe mode with command prompt" mode. Delete all
> instances of the swap file (hidden, system, read only files with
> the extension *.swp in the root of C:\. Boot into "safe mode".
> Defrag. Reboot normally.

I suspect you are mixing W9x and NTx instructions here. For one
thing (and by default) there can only be one "swap" file per
partition and it is named: pagefile.sys. More correctly called the
paging file in NTx.

The chances that filename, location, etc. were altered is exceedingly
slim as I see it, although several such files over multiple volumes
and/or physical drives is not uncommon.

>
> "Lynda" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1892401c41b42$c2446430$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> A Windows 2000 PC running SP4 with 26 gigs of disk space
>> is receiving virtual memory errors with the pagefile. I
>> followed KB articles 259151 and 257758 to fix problem but
>> the user still gets the Limited Virtual Memory error upon
>> boot up. There is an article to modify the registry but
>> the article is for NT 4. Is it safe to use KB article
>> 140472 to fix this problem? I have a full backup of the
>> workstation. There was not an article for 2000 to modify
>> the registry.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>

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