Re: Can't set pagefile beyond 2047 MB

From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:54:42 +0000

R. McCarty wrote:

>You can actually monitor & test Pagefile usage with a couple of XP
>tools. One, Perfmon.Msc will show you in %, total Pagefile usage.
>You do have to add counters for Pagefile ( Usage, Peak Usage).
>By using TaskMgr, Performance - you can monitor Memory usage
>(The PF meter).

It gives very misleading results. It gives the commit - all VM space
that might go in the file if it all came into use - which it almost
certainly won't. As such the values can easily by much larger than the
physical size of the file if you start with an initial value enough for
normal usage. Use instead the Page File Monitoring program, originally
by Bill James MVP and redone in a complied version by Doug Knox, at
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/index.html. near bottom. which show the
amount of file that is actually doing something. 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)