Pagefile Problems...

[Sasha]

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Machine: ThinkPad 1.8GHz Centrino, 1 GB RAM, 60 GB HDD

Windows XP Pro SP2 and all updates loaded


Windows managed page file on my Thinkpad was originally 1534 MB, which I
considered to be excessive. Fiddled around and tried to reset the pagefile.
Wasn't able to ...researched a bit on the web and found that Norton Antivirus
Auto-protect feature needs to be disabled. Did that and reset the pagefile to
0 bytes.....recoverd disk space, defragged and was quite happy!!!

Found that my Thinkpad was still committing between 300 - 400 MB as
pagefile. Did some further research and found that disabling pagefile doesn't
mean that Windows stops paging..... :-(

Defragged my hard disk, went to the System Properties and reset the pagefile
again to MIN = 300 MB and MAX = 400 MB. Clicked on the "Set" button, OKed my
way out and restarted my machine.....

Here's the problem...... After rebooting, the pagefile set in System
Properties 300-400 MB, but the size of the pagefile as reported in Windows
Explorer is 1534 MB. What gives?? I had defragged the HD b4 creating the new
file...so from where is Windows picking up the command to set the pagefile to
1534MB?????

How do I make sure that my pagefile is not more than 400 MB? While it might
appear that I am nitpicking about a couple of GB with all that hard disk
space, I would still like to restrict my pagefile to <400 MB.

Help appreciated..TIA...

 

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Please review the following:

Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Alex Nichol]

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"Sasha" wrote:

| Machine: ThinkPad 1.8GHz Centrino, 1 GB RAM, 60 GB HDD
|
| Windows XP Pro SP2 and all updates loaded
|
|
| Windows managed page file on my Thinkpad was originally 1534 MB, which I
| considered to be excessive. Fiddled around and tried to reset the pagefile.
| Wasn't able to ...researched a bit on the web and found that Norton Antivirus
| Auto-protect feature needs to be disabled. Did that and reset the pagefile to
| 0 bytes.....recoverd disk space, defragged and was quite happy!!!
|
| Found that my Thinkpad was still committing between 300 - 400 MB as
| pagefile. Did some further research and found that disabling pagefile doesn't
| mean that Windows stops paging..... :-(
|
| Defragged my hard disk, went to the System Properties and reset the pagefile
| again to MIN = 300 MB and MAX = 400 MB. Clicked on the "Set" button, OKed my
| way out and restarted my machine.....
|
| Here's the problem...... After rebooting, the pagefile set in System
| Properties 300-400 MB, but the size of the pagefile as reported in Windows
| Explorer is 1534 MB. What gives?? I had defragged the HD b4 creating the new
| file...so from where is Windows picking up the command to set the pagefile to
| 1534MB?????
|
| How do I make sure that my pagefile is not more than 400 MB? While it might
| appear that I am nitpicking about a couple of GB with all that hard disk
| space, I would still like to restrict my pagefile to <400 MB.
|
| Help appreciated..TIA...

 

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Sasha

Where are you getting the pagefile figures quoted? Are they allocations
or in use figures?

You may check on pagefile (virtual memory) usage with Page File Monitor
for XP:
http://www.dougknox.com/


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"Sasha" <Sasha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:81264740-F223-4F57-B01D-22A30A54975C@microsoft.com...
> Machine: ThinkPad 1.8GHz Centrino, 1 GB RAM, 60 GB HDD
>
> Windows XP Pro SP2 and all updates loaded
>
>
> Windows managed page file on my Thinkpad was originally 1534 MB, which
> I
> considered to be excessive. Fiddled around and tried to reset the
> pagefile.
> Wasn't able to ...researched a bit on the web and found that Norton
> Antivirus
> Auto-protect feature needs to be disabled. Did that and reset the
> pagefile to
> 0 bytes.....recoverd disk space, defragged and was quite happy!!!
>
> Found that my Thinkpad was still committing between 300 - 400 MB as
> pagefile. Did some further research and found that disabling pagefile
> doesn't
> mean that Windows stops paging..... :-(
>
> Defragged my hard disk, went to the System Properties and reset the
> pagefile
> again to MIN = 300 MB and MAX = 400 MB. Clicked on the "Set" button,
> OKed my
> way out and restarted my machine.....
>
> Here's the problem...... After rebooting, the pagefile set in System
> Properties 300-400 MB, but the size of the pagefile as reported in
> Windows
> Explorer is 1534 MB. What gives?? I had defragged the HD b4 creating
> the new
> file...so from where is Windows picking up the command to set the
> pagefile to
> 1534MB?????
>
> How do I make sure that my pagefile is not more than 400 MB? While it
> might
> appear that I am nitpicking about a couple of GB with all that hard
> disk
> space, I would still like to restrict my pagefile to <400 MB.
>
> Help appreciated..TIA...
>

 

[Sasha]

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Hi Gerry

The pagefile I set was MIN = 300 MB and MAX = 400 MB, in the system
Properties > Advanced > Virtual Memory Tab. Once I Click on the "Set" button,
the size of the pagefile displayed in the window above (listing all the
drives) changed to reflect the input I had given.

Once I OKed my way out and restarted the system, I found that my HD free
space was reduced by 1.49 GB, instead of the 400 MB which I allocated to the
MAX pagefile.sys. So I went to Windows Explorer and checked the size of the
pagefile.sys and it was 1.49 GB.

I did not have a pagefile prior to this setting, since I selected the "No
pagefile" option, restarted my systen and defragged the HD. I then checked in
Windows Explorer, which confirmed the absebce of pagefile.sys and also showed
an increase of HD space by 1.49 GB. I then reset my pagefile to the MIN/MAX
figures mentioned above, restarted my machine and Windows Explorer and System
Properties tab show the pagefile to be 1534 MB or 1.49 GB instead of 300/400
MB.

Just as a point of interest, I understand that Norton AV can cause some
problems, so I had disabled it during all the above mentioned steps.

PS to Cary: I have already gone through the excellent post about pagefiles.
"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> Sasha
>
> Where are you getting the pagefile figures quoted? Are they allocations
> or in use figures?
>
> You may check on pagefile (virtual memory) usage with Page File Monitor
> for XP:
> http://www.dougknox.com/
>
>
> --
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>

 

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Sasha

The figures you are quoting are allocations not usage. Try doubling the
MAX or setting no MAX.

In Task Manager on the Processes tab you can add a column to show
Virtual Memory size -View, Select Columns. What process is requiring so
much?


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"Sasha" <Sasha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2DFB84B5-732A-492C-85AC-1EA8B40B5154@microsoft.com...
> Hi Gerry
>
> The pagefile I set was MIN = 300 MB and MAX = 400 MB, in the system
> Properties > Advanced > Virtual Memory Tab. Once I Click on the "Set"
> button,
> the size of the pagefile displayed in the window above (listing all
> the
> drives) changed to reflect the input I had given.
>
> Once I OKed my way out and restarted the system, I found that my HD
> free
> space was reduced by 1.49 GB, instead of the 400 MB which I allocated
> to the
> MAX pagefile.sys. So I went to Windows Explorer and checked the size
> of the
> pagefile.sys and it was 1.49 GB.
>
> I did not have a pagefile prior to this setting, since I selected the
> "No
> pagefile" option, restarted my systen and defragged the HD. I then
> checked in
> Windows Explorer, which confirmed the absebce of pagefile.sys and also
> showed
> an increase of HD space by 1.49 GB. I then reset my pagefile to the
> MIN/MAX
> figures mentioned above, restarted my machine and Windows Explorer and
> System
> Properties tab show the pagefile to be 1534 MB or 1.49 GB instead of
> 300/400
> MB.
>
> Just as a point of interest, I understand that Norton AV can cause
> some
> problems, so I had disabled it during all the above mentioned steps.
>
> PS to Cary: I have already gone through the excellent post about
> pagefiles.
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> Sasha
>>
>> Where are you getting the pagefile figures quoted? Are they
>> allocations
>> or in use figures?
>>
>> You may check on pagefile (virtual memory) usage with Page File
>> Monitor
>> for XP:
>> http://www.dougknox.com/
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>

 

[Sasha]

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Thnx for th eclarificatoin..I thought I was limiting the pagefile size....

Processes usign a bulk of the virtual memory are:

Explorer.exe - 13180 K
svchost.exe - 18516 K
CLI.exe (ATI grphics card driver) - 24552 K
Firefox.exe - 29984 K

Aprrox 10 programs with ~ 5000 K usage
Approx 23 programs with ~ 2500 K usage
Apprx 13 programs with ~ 600 K usage



"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> Sasha
>
> The figures you are quoting are allocations not usage. Try doubling the
> MAX or setting no MAX.
>
> In Task Manager on the Processes tab you can add a column to show
> Virtual Memory size -View, Select Columns. What process is requiring so
> much?
>
>
> --
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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> "Sasha" <Sasha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2DFB84B5-732A-492C-85AC-1EA8B40B5154@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Gerry
> >
> > The pagefile I set was MIN = 300 MB and MAX = 400 MB, in the system
> > Properties > Advanced > Virtual Memory Tab. Once I Click on the "Set"
> > button,
> > the size of the pagefile displayed in the window above (listing all
> > the
> > drives) changed to reflect the input I had given.
> >
> > Once I OKed my way out and restarted the system, I found that my HD
> > free
> > space was reduced by 1.49 GB, instead of the 400 MB which I allocated
> > to the
> > MAX pagefile.sys. So I went to Windows Explorer and checked the size
> > of the
> > pagefile.sys and it was 1.49 GB.
> >
> > I did not have a pagefile prior to this setting, since I selected the
> > "No
> > pagefile" option, restarted my systen and defragged the HD. I then
> > checked in
> > Windows Explorer, which confirmed the absebce of pagefile.sys and also
> > showed
> > an increase of HD space by 1.49 GB. I then reset my pagefile to the
> > MIN/MAX
> > figures mentioned above, restarted my machine and Windows Explorer and
> > System
> > Properties tab show the pagefile to be 1534 MB or 1.49 GB instead of
> > 300/400
> > MB.
> >
> > Just as a point of interest, I understand that Norton AV can cause
> > some
> > problems, so I had disabled it during all the above mentioned steps.
> >
> > PS to Cary: I have already gone through the excellent post about
> > pagefiles.
> > "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
> >
> >> Sasha
> >>
> >> Where are you getting the pagefile figures quoted? Are they
> >> allocations
> >> or in use figures?
> >>
> >> You may check on pagefile (virtual memory) usage with Page File
> >> Monitor
> >> for XP:
> >> http://www.dougknox.com/
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >
>
>

 

[Sasha]

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Thanks Geryy, it worked...and sorry for the delay in posting back a reply...

Once again, thanks

 

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Sasha

Excellent. Thanks for reporting the outcome. It helps others know what
works and what does not!


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Gerry

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"Sasha" <Sasha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4525B9CA-3ECC-491B-8FA5-9853EFF4ED8A@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Geryy, it worked...and sorry for the delay in posting back a
> reply...
>
> Once again, thanks