Adjusting registry size not avalible

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Hi
I am runnig xp pro sp2, after " low on registry size" message started poping
out I wanted to adjust registry size as described at

http://www.microsoft.com/resources [...] istry.mspx

but the registry adjustment is not there at all
Greatful for any suggestions
TIA

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

HI *rafal* :

> Hi
> I am runnig xp pro sp2, after " low on registry size" message started poping
> out I wanted to adjust registry size as described at
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources [...] istry.mspx
>
> but the registry adjustment is not there at all
> Greatful for any suggestions
> TIA

Very strange ...

Are you sure that this messages comes from Windows xp sp2
not from some registry "utility"...

The registry size quota is related to NT4...
But the link shows in your post talk about this for XP (before sp1 ???)???
(? I'm full of perplexity with this...)
May be outdated ???

Look this:
Registry Size Limit functionality has been removed from Windows Server 2003 and from Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid [...] &x=13&y=12

1 - check in the logs:
Start | Run | eventvwr.msc

2- check also the paging file...
Pagefile.sys ("hidden file" ) must exist on C:\
The user "SYSTEM" must have the full access to the drive C:
and you must have at least the minimum size recommended for
your system...
Control panel | system ...

3- check what's running in your PC

Let us know...



--
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«My Principal Design Was To Inform, Not To Amuse Thee.»
Lemuel Gulliver, The Travels (IV:12)
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Bientôt sur www.msmvps.com

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HI *rafal* :

> Thanks Claude
>
> 1. logged as
> source:Application Popup


May be some "useless utility" or malware... ;-)

Check what's running on that PC :

1)
Check the applications started at boot and keep them
to the minimum.

instead of using msconfig used Starter from CodeStuff...
http://codestuff.mirrorz.com/

Check for applications in your account and All users
(from an admin account...)

2)
Control what's running on that PC with this tools:

Process Explorer :
(an enhanced Task Manager!)
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/ [...] cexp.shtml

3)

a)
Check your firewall configuration and make sure your PC is "stealth":
www.grc.com
Run the "Shields Up" test .Everythings must be "green" ...

b)
Update frequently your anti-virus and your anti-spywares.
( MS Anti-spyware, SpyBot S&D, Ad-Aware, Spyware Blaster and
Spyware Guard... more than one is better since no one are 100% reliable...)
and
scan in safe mode...

c)
And check if the AV is set to protect your PC "On Access"
(in the so-called "real-time" ) not only "on demand" ( scan
runned after the problem...)

d)
Used an alternate Internet Browser and keep IE
only for Windows updates and MS specific stuff.
By alternate I mean :
Firefox or Opera (not Maxthon, Avant etc.)

e)
Avoid to surf on the Web from an administrator account.

f)
You have to "feed" your HOSTS file :

What is an Hosts file :
http://www.safer-networking.org/en [...] sfile.html

The hosts from MVPs:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Frequent updates and documented...

Tools for Hosts :

HostToggle:
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/HostsToggle/
and/or
WinPatrolgood also for other insteresting stuff...)
http://www.winpatrol.com/download.htm

g)
*Some tools and links*:
(Do not replace a "real" AV but usefull for a "double-check"...)

"Mini- antivirus" to be runned in safe mode:

Stinger :
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
Avast cleaner :
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_cleaner.html
MS:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] laylang=fr
Kaspersky:
ftp://ftp.kaspersky.ru/utils/clrav.com
Anti Root-Kits
F-Secure (beta)
http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/

Online scan:

Anti-trojan:
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
Anti-spy:
http://www.spywareguide.com/txt_onlinescan.html
http://store.ca.com/dr/v2/ec_main. [...] CID=181432
Anti-virus:
www.trendmicro.com

Hope this help.

Let us know.


--
Claude LaFrenière [MVP] :-)

«My Principal Design Was To Inform, Not To Amuse Thee.»
Lemuel Gulliver, The Travels (IV:12)
http://climenole.serendipia.net
Soon on www.msmvps.com
Bientôt sur www.msmvps.com