If you have been having memory errors and you look in your root
directory and see a pagefile.sys that is by far the biggest file
in there, and if you can follow me, I have the solution to make
your computer go back to normal functioning.
Grab my coattails and let's rock!
If the problem is an application filling up the pagefile.sys
with crap, identify that application using the instructions
here:
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_can_i_fix_too_little_virtual_mem
ory_in_windows.html, then reinstall that application.
For those comfortable with using the Registry and Regedit, use
these instructions:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314834
to clear the pagefile.sys on shutdown and reboot. If you do this
and find that Windows did not recreate a new pagefile.sys, do
the following.
Use MSCONFIG to turn off all startup programs and restart. Go
into My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Performance Settings,
Advanced, Change. Select Custom and put double your RAM in
initial size and max size, hit Set and OK. Then go back into the
registry and take out the change to clear the pagefile.sys.
This happened to me the first time I set my XP box up to clear
teh page file but oddly enough not this time, while doing it
again to write this blog (?!).
About the author:
David Geer writes for national and international publications
like Computerworld, certain IEEE Computer Society publications,
The Enterprise Open Source Journal and dozens more. E-mail him
at
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avid@GeerCom.com, call him at 440-964-9832 or visit his Web
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