Re: Can I adjust paging file quota from recovery console?

From: Brian Durham (Brian_at_oxpot.demon.co.uk)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:32:47 +0100

Thanks Alex, tried it.

If I ask it to change all three attribs together it says the parameter
is not valid, and even running C:\WINDOWS>ATTRIB -H C:\pagefile.sys on
it's own gives me `the system cannot find the file or directory. The
XP Pro is under 2 years old (but I haven't been applying updates, hence
the severity of the virus attack, silly me).

Incidentally I think the machine is clean, both Stinger and Norton went
through it before I tried the repair. So I am assuming this is a
hangover from system changes made while the virus was in residence
(W32/Beagle.ai@MM). The virus stopped Norton Liveupdate which meant
that while Stinger flushed it out, Norton did not make any repairs.

If I can't get at pagefile.sys, might I achieve the same by FIXMBR? -
Brian

n message <l9fuh01cv232dqstt3o4grbth6mnblo7p8@4ax.com>, Alex Nichol
<alexn.mvpdts@ntlworld.delete.com> writes
>Brian Durham wrote:
>
>>
>>I found a newsgroup elsewhere where the guy was told to get some new
>>memory and it worked, but I am reluctant to believe that the XP repair
>>process can damage good memory, or even that this is a bizarre
>>coincidence.
>>
>>So can I first try adjusting the paging file quota from the recovery
>>console? - Brian
>
>Sorry - no you can't. But you *might* find it would help to delete the
>existing page file from Recovery console, with
>ATTRIB -H -R -S C:\pagefile.sys
>DEL C;\pagefile.sys
>
>A really serious virus infestation may well not have been cleared by a
>repair reinstall, which restores the system without as far as possible
>deleting other material, and you may find you have to do the complete
>reformat and start over, If you do get it booted, read a new article on
>'delousing' by MVP Richard Harper at
>http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm
>

Brian Durham
Brian@oxpot.demon.co.uk (home)

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