This indicates that Windows NT does not have enough paged pool memory available to process a command. This can happen when the PagedPoolSize is either set too small or when an application does not re-allocate memory correctly.
Insufficient PagedPoolSize may be due to the fact that the INITIAL.INF file that shipped with Windows NT contains the following lines:
Ifstr(i) $(STF_PRODUCT) == "LanmanNT"
Ifstr(i) $(!STF_DOMAIN_ROLE) == "DC"
Debug-Output "SETUP.INF: AddPdcMachineAccount for PDC of new domain..."
LibraryProcedure STATUS, $(!LIBHANDLE),
AddPdcMachineAccount $(!STF_COMPUTERNAME)
Debug-Output "SETUP.INF: AddPdcMachineAccount returned: "$(STATUS)
Endif
shell "REGISTRY.INF" MakeQuotaEntries 48 24 Endif
The call to REGISTRY.INF only happens for Windows NT servers, not workstations. The parameters passed to REGISTRY.INF are PagedPoolSize (48) and RegistrySizeLimit (24). The PagedPoolSize value over-rides the value calculated at bootup based on physical memory. The algorithm for calculating PagedPoolSize at bootup produces values approximating the physical memory size of the computer up to a maximum of 192 megabytes.
This problem can be worked around by using the registry editor to zero out the PagedPoolSize parameter.
The page pooled memory management parameters are located in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet
\Control
\Session Manager
\Memory Management
If the error is due to an application not re-allocating memory correctly, normal troubleshooting using tools such as Performance Monitor, or PMON.EXE (from the Windows NT Resource Kit) should be employed to isolate the problem component.
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