Re: Pagefiles & XP taking progressivly longer to "Load personal Settin
From: StringFellow Hawk (Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NOSPAM)_at_(SPAMNOT)hotmail.com)
Date: 11/16/04
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:40:55 -0500
Not being smart, derogative or speaking down on you, but the answer is plain
and simple: "Microsoft wrote it that way" - if you don't like the way
Microsoft wrote it you have several options:
Linux
Unix
BSD
Mac
Lastly, since you are more intelligent than most of us, write your own - we
might even buy it when you're done :-)
-- StringFellow Hawk "Dom, Give me Turbos" "Kel" <Kel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DEBF218A-AE56-464E-8478-3454A6B3F46D@microsoft.com... > ******Note******* > I am NOT a idiot, computer illiterate, or clueless moron, so DO NOT treat > me like one, as others have been in this forum. If you cant answer my > question Concisely and Succinctly then dont reply at all (This includes YOU > David). No amout of bullying can convince me that Windows is a perfect and > shining peice of software with no faults or flaws, either (not that i could > do better, of course). Beware treating people as inferior, they may just know > more then you. Also apologies for long subject (and message). > **************** > That said and out of the way, i have two questions too ask. I have a new, P4 > 3.6 HT, 1 gB dual chann mem, radeon 9800 XT, 260 gig hdd etc etc, so no > probs performance wise. Win XP Pro, SP2. Also have all updates. > My problems are this: > 1. Windows is taking progressivly longer every day too log in after booting > up. It will sit there now for nearly 40 seconds "Loading personal settings", > hdd idle. Now i do have a number of network drives mapped (4), which get used > regularly BUT require login, so Windows cant auto connect, as it wont > remember both my username and pw. for them (not that i've looked particularly > hard) > This may be the issue, however this has happened slowly over time, and not > suddenly popped up whon i mapped them all. I am also on a network which uses > DHCP to assign IP's, however this normally happens it finishes loading (ie at > desktop), after around 10 seconds. > I have current anti virus (AVG& ZA) as well as current firewall (ZA > Suite), and have checked programs on startup (both start menu and reg) > however there is nothing new/major. > I also have checked CPU temp after its finished loading, and it is at idle > temp, not where it would be if it had been using 100% cpu during that time. > After about 45 sec it actually starts loading (hdd churns, etc) and is > finished in under 5 seconds. > ***************************** > 2. Paging Files (aka virtual memory). Quote, "Virtual memory is space on > the HardDrive that windows treats as if it was real memory" > > A: Despite having 1 gB of mem, why does widows still insist i need a 1.5 gB > swap file, i mean honestly they could have benn a little bit smarterr then > just to say "Pagefile=1.5x real mem. Terminal". Infact even if i set the > maximim pagefile to say 500mB, it STILL sets it to 1.5 gB. > I have not yet filled up my real mem, the only thing which even comes close > is Doom3 & UT04, so why do need so much? It seems the only actual way to > limit it's usage is to create a partition all of its own just for swap. > speaking of which windows really noods a decent partition manager, but > anyways. > > B: Why does windows still swap data to the pagefile, despite the fact i have > 600mB of real free, and therefore waste time and unnecissarily churn my hdd? > > It's especially annoying since the time it decides to do this is when > I'm trying to load a program, drastically increasing load times. > C: When i turn the pagefile off, and i still dont come close to runnunig out > of memory BTW, while it nows runs MUCH faster and smoother (not to mention > quieter), programs still take up 'virtual' and 'real' memory, not to mention > various anylitcal progs tell me i still have a pagefile, except in real > memory. > I REALLY hope this isn't what they have done, IE instead of going to the > effort ef writing some specific code to deal with no pagefile situations they > just said "ok, we'll just put the pagefile in real memory". > > D: When i have pagefile turned off, why do programes still pagefault? > "When a process requests a memory address A : > . if A is in the resident set of pieces then the > request is serviced normally; > . if A is not in the resident set of pieces then > a "page fault" occurs." > Since everything is in resident mem, with room to spare, then why are > programs still receiving page-faults, unless windows is doing somethin > Seriously dodgy with its handling of my mem. > > E: A Question with task wanagers display of real and virtual mem usage for > programs. I have programs which read using more virtual then real and vise a > versa, however the sum of all rea usedl, all virtual used, or even the sum of > both is not even close to the amount of memery being used (as the pagefile is > turned off). > > OK, thanks for taking the time to read this through. > And, not being rude, as i appreciate anyone who takes the time to reply, but > as a great person once said "If you don't have anything nice to say, then > don't say anything at all." > Regards, Kel.
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