no paging file
I'm getting the following message when
starting:
Limited Virtual Memory
Your system has no paging file or a paging file
is too small.
To fix this problem, go to System in Control
Panel, click on the Advanced tab, and under
Performance, click Settings. On the Advanced
tab, click Change. Click 'Custom size', and
then type an initial or maximum file size.
When I do this I get a message stating that
Windows created a temporary paging file on
the computer because of a problem that
occurred with your paging file configuration
when you started your computer. The total
paging file size for all disk drives may be
somewhat larger than the size you specified.
I tried doing this. You must fill in both an initial
and max size. I set it to 255/500. On restart, I
get the same 2 messages. The Virtual
Memory page shows that
C: paging file size is 255-500 MB in the top
window, but at the bottom it shows Total
Paging file size for all drives is
Min allowed: 2 MB
Recommended 383 MB
Currently Allocated: 0 MB
It also notes that there is 13878 MB space
available on drive C.
It's a Dell Dimension 4400, 256M RAM, 18
GHD, XP Home.
Previous to this, it had PE_Bagle-1, Bagle-M,
-N, N-O, -PE which I removed using tools at
Symantec's site. Afterwards, I did a scan from
Trend Micro's site which confirmed no virus.
Afterwards, I did a system restore using the
CD that came with the machine. After the
restore, on Startup it would get stuck at
Loading Personal Settings ....
So I installed the updates that come on a
Security Update CD, Feb 2004, I got from
Microsoft. Now it no longer gets stuck on
Startup. Well, actually sometimes it still gets
stuck at Loading Personal Settings ... I can do
a Cntl-Alt-Del to get to the desktop. This is
something I need to look at also.