Re: Paging File

Gerry and Jerry:

We have a Dell Dimension 4600 that was bought 3 years ago with Windows XP
installed on it. I did upgrade to SP2. I'm beginning to think maybe 256mb
might not be enough. Will have to check with Dell about increasing the size
of our RAM.
Thanks to both of you for your responses.

Gary

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

Gary

With only 256 mb Ram a maximum of 768 mb may not be enough. It
may be alright for normal usage but if you run certain types of
programmes e.g graphics or camera related you can need more.

A small utility to monitor pagefile usage:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm

Has the computer always had Windows XP installed or were any
earlier versions previously used?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Did you consider increasing the RAM? 256Mb is barely enough for XP - 1Mb
is better.

Remember, the paging file (also called swap file) is hard drive space used
as a replacement or addition to memory when there is not enough RAM.

"gary" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Our computer after sign on has started giving the Error Message: "Your
system
has no paging file, or the paging file is too small". I have tried
increasing
the size of the Paging File, letting Windows manage it, tried following
Windows Article # 315270, and have read numerous posts from users with
the
same problem, all to no avail.
We are running Windows XP, SP2, 85GB free hard drive space, 256MB Ram.

Our Virtual Memory information is as follows:

Initial: 384MB
Maximum: 768MB
Recommended: 381MB
Currently Allocated: 254MB

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Gary





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