Re: Virtual Memory - Paging File Creation Error

From: Konstantin (Mad_dog_mckill_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 10/09/04 

Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 01:16:02 -0700

yes, I have over 2 gb of space on the windows drive. I
have also tried that "let windows manage the pagefile"
option.. nothing works

>-----Original Message-----
>Have you selected the option to let XP manage the
pagefile? got plenty
>of free HD space?
>
>David
>
>Konstantin wrote:
>
>> I have recently been having some problems with my
virtual
>> memory.
>>
>> Some time ago I suddently got a message (after a
computer
>> restart right after the welcome screen) saying that
>> either I did not have virtual memory or I had very
little
>> amount of virtual memory. I went to system properties,
>> clicked the performance tab and got a message:
>>
>> "Windows created a temprorary paging on your computer
>> because of a problem that occured with your paging
file
>> configuration when you started your computer. The
total
>> paging file size for all disk drives may be somewhat
>> larger than the size you specified"
>>
>> I went to C drive and for some reason there was still
no
>> page file. Later I went back to virtual memory options
>> and found out that the settings are set properly - 766
>> megabytes min and about 1200 maximum. I clicked apply,
>> got a message to restart the computer and the same
thing
>> happened again - got the error message after the
welcome
>> screen...
>>
>> Somebody please help me with this...
>>
>> P.S. There is surely no paging file in my system
becasue
>> as soon as I go over my memory limit and don't have
any
>> free memory left, the programs just close themselves...
>.
>

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