Trouble saving new page file size

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

Have you rebooted the computer after making these changes?

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Nepatsfan
"Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:97EEC3AE-A25E-4D1C-B0BE-850CB89691DE@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I wish to enlarge my page file from the default 382Mb to 2GB
> (minimum and
> maximum). I have tried doing this using the administrator login
> and also my
> own profile login (has full administrator privleges) but
> Windows does not
> seem to accept and save the changes.
>
> This is a home PC running Windows XP Pro SP2 with 80GB hard
> disk space. I am
> sure that I am going the right route : Start > Control Panel >
> System >
> Advanced > Performance Setting > Advanced > Change and then
> setting a Custom
> size of 2000Mb minimum and 2000Mb maximum.
>
> Frustratingly, the numbers in the box labelled "Drive [Volume
> Label" shows
> the 2000 correctly, but at the bottom it still shows the total
> pagefile as
> 382Mb.
>
> No matter what I do, I cannot seem to get this changed and keep
> it changed.
>
> Am I missing something blindingly obvious, or is there a deeper
> problem here?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> --
> Colin

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

Thanks Jim - that seems to make sense to me.

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Colin


"Jim" wrote:

>
> "Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:97EEC3AE-A25E-4D1C-B0BE-850CB89691DE@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wish to enlarge my page file from the default 382Mb to 2GB (minimum and
> > maximum). I have tried doing this using the administrator login and also
> my
> > own profile login (has full administrator privleges) but Windows does not
> > seem to accept and save the changes.
> >
> > This is a home PC running Windows XP Pro SP2 with 80GB hard disk space. I
> am
> > sure that I am going the right route : Start > Control Panel > System >
> > Advanced > Performance Setting > Advanced > Change and then setting a
> Custom
> > size of 2000Mb minimum and 2000Mb maximum.
> >
> > Frustratingly, the numbers in the box labelled "Drive [Volume Label" shows
> > the 2000 correctly, but at the bottom it still shows the total pagefile as
> > 382Mb.
> >
> > No matter what I do, I cannot seem to get this changed and keep it
> changed.
> >
> > Am I missing something blindingly obvious, or is there a deeper problem
> here?
> Perhaps 382 MB is all it needs. All you have done is let windows expand the
> pagefile if it needs to be expanded.
> I personally prefer to let Windows manage the pagefile size so that I can
> worry about other things.
> Jim
>
>
>