disable page file but they are still running

supasoaker · 5 Sep 2010 at 16:15

I have disabled page files in winxp.......................but they are still running!

I have restarted several times, no page files are set and task manager says up to 600MB are being used!

I have Norton installed do you think it is doing its own thing at all? Is there anything else that could be causing this................it seems to variate with system usage so I have no idea what it could be.

by the way I have just upgraded so have LOADS of ram to spare..........

Burnsy2023 · 5 Sep 2010 at 16:38

Set your page file to Windows managed. That's the best course of action

smogsy · 5 Sep 2010 at 16:50

its pointless running no pagefile half of programs dont open. lol

supasoaker · 5 Sep 2010 at 17:03

well I have currently setup a ramdisk to store my internet and windows temp files.

I have no paging files set and windows is saying that 3336MB are currently allocated yet no HDD has any allocated at all!

it could be the software I am using I will send them an e-mail - on another PC that I have a similar setup there are still page files running!!!

Burnsy2023 · 5 Sep 2010 at 17:12

supasoaker said:
well I have currently setup a ramdisk to store my internet and windows temp files.

I have no paging files set and windows is saying that 3336MB are currently allocated yet no HDD has any allocated at all!

it could be the software I am using I will send them an e-mail - on another PC that I have a similar setup there are still page files running!!!

You can never completely disable the pagefile. It is required for Windows to run.

supasoaker · 5 Sep 2010 at 17:59

that would make sense - maybe windows is duplicating it for security or sommin..............

Broken Hope · 5 Sep 2010 at 18:21

Windows XP incorrectly lists memory usage as page file usage, it lists it as PF.

supasoaker · 5 Sep 2010 at 18:28

Broken Hope said:
Windows XP incorrectly lists memory usage as page file usage, it lists it as PF.

wow - thanks.

can you verify this at all?

Broken Hope · 5 Sep 2010 at 18:32

supasoaker said:
wow - thanks.

can you verify this at all?

http://blogs.technet.com/b/perfguru...le-usage-as-reported-in-the-task-manager.aspx

SiriusB · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:45

PF is not an overflow, so it matters not one jot how much RAM you have. You should let Windows manage it, or at least set it to a small but useful size.

NathanE · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:54

supasoaker said:
well I have currently setup a ramdisk to store my internet and windows temp files.

What a dumbass idea that is.

supasoaker · 5 Sep 2010 at 19:57

i'm gonna set it to be really low...............thanks for the link by the way, it looks a good article!

NathanE said:
What a dumbass idea that is.

the devil makes work for idle hands as they say..............good choice in car though NathanE...............

J.B · 6 Sep 2010 at 08:58

NathanE said:
What a dumbass idea that is.

lol, no no, tell us what you really think

There seems to be a never ending obsession with people messing around with page file settings. :rolleyes:

sturmtruppe · 6 Sep 2010 at 10:48

I disabled it for a start, but then found it caused some issue with windows being able to sleep/hibernate properly.

NathanE · 6 Sep 2010 at 11:16

sturmtruppe said:
I disabled it for a start, but then found it caused some issue with windows being able to sleep/hibernate properly.

Those would be the least of your problems.

supasoaker · 6 Sep 2010 at 11:21

J.B said:
lol, no no, tell us what you really think

There seems to be a never ending obsession with people messing around with page file settings.

seems a similar issue with the registry..............experienced users will tell you to leave them alone, others will go ahead and do all kinds of things............

i must say it is lovely having my temp internet files on a ramdisk, youtube is now as fresh as anything - only problem is the person I did it for uses Outlook Express which is now having display issues - am currently on the case, got it working but need to do a few more things..............

bledd · 6 Sep 2010 at 11:35

Don't disable it, the topic has been done to death, just set it as 'windows managed'

ethos · 6 Sep 2010 at 11:38

Worth a read:

http://serverfault.com/questions/23...-a-pagefile-on-an-8gb-ram-machine/23684#23684

supasoaker · 6 Sep 2010 at 12:32

awesome link - don't worry I am becoming a convert of having to work with windows!

I will quote an opinion from the link though:

"On Solaris it was/is even more involved. The swap file is mirroed in a ram disk like tmpfs so the memory is always almost full - but it is apparently provable that this is the optimal strategy"

Damn..............