Re: Paging file size changes automatically

From: JimWaeħ (JJW_at_jjw.jjw)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:18:20 -0700

To disable the Auto-Protect advanced option, perform the steps provided
below:

1. Start Norton AntiVirus (NAV).
2. Click on Options.
3. Double click on Auto-Protect under System.
4. Click on Advanced.
5. Under 'How to increase Windows start up protection' uncheck 'Load
Auto-Protect during system boot'.
6. Click on OK.
7. Restart the computer and check whether the issue persists.

To check whether your Norton AntiVirus is working properly, you can perform
an EICAR test. Refer to the link provided below to perform an EICAR test:

Title: 'How to use the EICAR test string to test Norton AntiVirus'
Document ID: 19975295056
Web URL: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/19975295056

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:180001c48c61$1e8ab660$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> The chances of that are 100%
>
> I'm off to google for info on it (Hmmm, maybe read the
> Symantec AV user guide too?). Sounds like you know what
> is going on?
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Are you by any chance running NAV with Autoprotect on
> during system boot?
>>
>>"Reagan Thomas" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
>>news:162201c48c55$7e7a7580$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>> We've got a couple hundred PCs that run Windows XP SP1
> in
>>> labs at Oklahoma State University. Because some of the
>>> applications we support need enormous amounts of
> memory,
>>> we set the paging file to at least 2048MB (min and
> max).
>>>
>>> We first notice an issue after we sysprep'd, pulled an
>>> image and ghosted it to lab PCs... though it still
> shows
>>> our user selection of 2048MB, it has reduced the page
>>> file size to the standard 1.5 times the physical RAM.
>>>
>>> We next noticed this same issue after applying SP2 a
>>> computer (don't know if the two are directly related or
>>> not).
>>>
>>> What are we missing?
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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