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More info?)
Hi,
Sorry, I accidentally used an older Win9x term - swap file, when the proper
term is pagefile. You want to disable the pagefile, reboot, then restart it
and reboot once more.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"tjrider" <tjrider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A0324300-349C-41A9-AC91-DAA9AAB60C38@microsoft.com...
>I could not find Intel Application Accelerator on my computer. So I went to
> to system properties as you indicated. when I got to virtual memory
> change,
> there was nothing that had swap file on it. The screen had c: drive with
> ......mbs and down further had custom checked, and another area that had
> no
> page files with a box not checked. swap file was never an option. Where do
> I
> go from here? Thanks for your help.
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Do you have Intel Application Accelerator installed? If so, you need to
>> uninstall it and install the latest version. The older ones are
>> incompatible
>> with WinXP and can cause this error message.
>>
>> If not, then try this: Go to System properties/advanced/performance
>> settings/advanced tab/virtual memory change and disable the swap file.
>> Reboot. Delete all instances of pagefile.sys from all drives should any
>> exist, then reverse the original steps and reenable the swap file. Reboot
>> once more to finish. See if this helps,
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "tjrider" <tjrider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E16D7AEA-CB72-4FA9-9301-996B4F68802E@microsoft.com...
>> > Need help on several issues. I can only launch Internet Explorer about
>> > half
>> > the time. My computer comes up with 'virtual memory too low...' What do
>> > I
>> > do
>> > about that? I am only utilizing 1/2 my hard drive and my computer
>> > indicates
>> > that I have unused RAM.
>>
>>
>>
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