Pagefile Problem after Repair to XP Pro--Hopefull now Solved

[hmsrolst]

After upgrading my mobo and CPU, I repaired my XP Pro installation from the XP CDROM. Everything seemed to work well, except that at one point, I started getting the message, "Your system has no paging file, or it is too small," every time that it boots into Windows. When I go into Control Panel to fix the problem, it shows the custom set 1024 MB pagefile that I put there, but it also shows 0 MB currently allocated. I've tried changing it, putting it onto another partition, putting it onto another hard drive, letting the system manage the pagefile, etc., but I still get the message at boot and show 0 MB allocated. So far the setup seems to work without any other problems. Windows says it is assigning a temporary pagefile, and pagefile activity is displayed in various places.

Any ideas of how I can fix this without a clean install would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Nothinman]

Make sure SYSTEM has full access to the root of your system drive.

 

[hmsrolst]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Make sure SYSTEM has full access to the root of your system drive.

Nothinman, can you say a bit more about what you mean? I'm too simple to know what you're suggesting.

 

[stevewm]

If SYSTEM is not allowed full access to your hardrive it will be unable to create and access a page file.

To fix this you need to disable Simple File Sharing first, do this by going to the Tools menu in any My Computer/Explorer window and selecting Folder Options, from here goto the View tab, scroll all the way to the bottom and untick "Use Simple File Sharing", Click Apply and then OK.

Now, open My Computer and right click on your hardrive, select Properties, goto the Security tab. In the Groups or Usernames section check and see if SYSTEM is listed. If it is highlight it and tick the Full Control box in the Permissions section and click Apply.

If SYSTEM is not listed, click the Add button, type SYSTEM where it says "Enter Object Names", click OK, tick Full Control and then click Apply.

Now bring up your page file settings and Apply them again. The OS now has access to create a page file and solve your problem 😀

 

[hmsrolst]

stevem, when I go to the bottom of the view tab, "Use File Sharing" is already unticked. When I go into properties, there is no security tab. BTW, I'm using FAT32, not NTFS. Anything else I might try here?

 

[hmsrolst]

On another forum, someone suggesting installing the Intel Application Acclerator. I did and the problem seems solved. Thanks for your help.