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[DanFungus]

I've been having problems with the paging file, so that when I launch a few apps, it says "Virtual Memory: Your system is Low on virtual memory." and it basically tries to crash the computer...usually that's what happens...Anyways, I have it set to 700MB on a 20GB 7200RPM drive, and it says 20MB is allocated....WTF! I say 700, it gives me 20, then says it's low! I've tried disabling, restart, deleting pagefile.sys, restart, enable, restart, still does it with the screen when I boot saying that my V. Mem is low and that it will expand it, which it doesn't. I've tried safe mode, change ##, restart into normal. Safe mode, disable, restart, delete, restart, enable. And I've also tried using a 3rd party program, CacheMan, which didn't work for me either...

I don't really want to format, but if I need to, luckily I have a partition just for the OS..
(Athlon XP1800+ o/c XP1900+
512MB PC2100
Windows 2000 Pro
Maxtor 20GB 7200 - for paging file, not really using the drive..)

Thanks for any help!

 

[DanFungus]

bump, because I really need to get this fixed
please?
edit:woah....i posted this exactly 24 hours after I posted the original message...creepy..

 

[joinT]

have u tried letting Windows manage your V Mem ?
if not, try letting windows manage it & shutdown normally. Then boot up again & try changing back to your settings.

GL

 

[DanFungus]

do you mean to set the v. mem for it as 0/0? And then to restart and to set it up again? I've tried this method if that's what you mean..
thanks for your input though

 

[joinT]

no, there's an option that says "Let Windows manage my Virtual Memory"
you don't get to input anything, once you select that radio button - that's it.
windows gets to choose how big the swapfile is. you have no control. usually that's how windows is setup after a fresh install & then you (or a program like Cacheman) can decide to manage the V mem yourself.

if you're using a 3rd party app instead of just making the changes yourself - maybe that's doing it.

 

[PrincessGuard]

Win2k does not have a "Let Windows manage my Virtual Memory" option.

Does SYSTEM have full control of the drive with the page file?

 

[DanFungus]

Win2k does not have a "Let Windows manage my Virtual Memory" option.

Does SYSTEM have full control of the drive with the page file?

uh, if this is what you mean (no school, can't think ), then yes, it does have full control. the drive is NTFS, and the permission on it is set for the user group that I am logged into (always logged into this one, have aadmin proveledges). It can create the file, and when I set the paging file to a certain amount, it will create pagefile.sys as that amount, but it will still say 20MB allocated. So the file on the disk does say 700MB, but in the Performance Options, it says that only 20MB is allocated, and gives me the stupid error...

 

[PrincessGuard]

I mean, the SYSTEM user group (or the Everyone user group) needs Full Control of the drive. Pic

 

[DanFungus]

GENIOUS!
you are a GENIOUS!
it wasn't on the permissions, and when I added it, deleted pagefile, restarted, reset page file, restarted, it WORKS!
THANK YOU! This problem has been bothering me when I try to do anything, and you saved the day!