Re: Setting Pagefile to help with Userenv 1508

Well, one way to move files to the other partition without repartitioning would be to use junction points to redirect certain directories, so the folder still appears to exist on the C: drive, but actually points to a folder on the D: drive at the file system level.

Take a look at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Junction.mspx

I believe a similar tool is provided with the Windows Resource Pack, but they both use the same hidden functionality in NTFS. Unlike a shortcut, they are treated as a directory by anything that tries to read them, which removes a lot of the problems that exist when you use shortcuts for the same purpose.

You'll need to be judicious in their use (don't use it for system directories by and large, and you may have some permissions issues if the permissions on the junction don't match the permissions on the target directory), but they should work as a stopgap measure for a while.

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Josh Rosenberg [MSFT]
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"xrbbaker" <xrbbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6C813E0F-57F9-4494-AD10-D394B240AF0F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Matt,

I guess it can't hurt on the memory for sure. THe problem with no Pagefile
is that I read something about if there is ever a system dump the only way
that information gets written is if you have a Pagefile allocated. No file,
no dump - and apparently the dump is pretty important (or so I read.)

Man I just wish I could shove some of the D: partition available space over
to the C: partition. I guess there is just no way for that to be done?

thanks



"MattShell" wrote:

I would say that is definattly caused by the low disk space. Personally I
would drop in more RAM and disable the PageFile altogether. I find Windows
does a pretty bad job of mangainge the page file myself, (although Windows
Sever 2003 does a better job than many before it). If you would like to
disable the page file, log on as and admin, right click on my computer, left
click on properties, go the the "Advanced" tab, click on "Settings" inside of
the Performance box, click on the "Advanced", now click the "Change" button
on the Virtual memory box. From here you get a window you can custimize
anyway you want. You might be able to change the paging file size to a
smaller size than the C: drive has and this might help as well, however I
think more RAM an no page file is a way to go. Note here, once you make any
changes, you will have to restart the server.

Matt

"xrbbaker" wrote:

> I'm running Win2003 x64, 2 GB RAM, dual Xeon processors.
> 80 GB drive
> C: partition = 12.89
> D: partition = 60.45 (according to Belarc)
> Pagefile 2048-4096 on C:
>
>
> This box serves solely as a terminal server. At most I have 3 people > logged
> on to it at the same time, typically just 1. We frequently have issues > where
> when logging in Windows the box says it can't load their profile. The > event
> viewer shows the 1508 suite of messages. If I reboot the machine the > problem
> goes away for a day or a few days, and then it is back and I have to > reboot
> again.
>
> From the posts it seems this is typically caused by low resources. I'm
> ruling out security rights since it does work most of the time. My C: > drive
> has only about 1.15GB free. I notice that prior to reboot I'll have > 1.15
> free, and after reboot I still have 1.15 free, but as I say, then > things
> start working again.
>
> Is it possible that 1.15 GB is not enough free space on the C drive? > Could
> that be the lack of resources that is choking up Windows? It seems > hard for
> me to believe that we are stressing out this box with 1-2 people a few > hours
> a day running things like Word and Excel.
>
> I read some posts about maybe the Pagefile being part of the problem. > I've
> just now changed the Pagefile setting to C: 1024-2048 and added a > second
> Pagefile to D: 2048-4096. This leaves 2+ GB free on my C: However, > now I'm
> reading on http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm that I > shouldn't
> have allocated 2 Pagefiles on the same partition because the drive head > will
> swing around like crazy.
>
> My D: drive has 50GB free. I'd like to have the Pagefile over there on > the
> D partition, but the above link also states that you should always > leave some
> allocation on the C drive!!
>
> Can someone give me some advice for how I should configure Pagefile to
> hopefully leave more resources available, which hopefully will mitigate > the
> 1508 issues?
>
> Thanks for any insight,
>

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