This is a hard one. Windows XP paging file.?

XP SP2, 160GB HD (brand new). 768MB RAM

On profile logon to Windows I get "Your system has no paging file set or it is set too small". It then goes on how to fix it. I've browsed the web, done the suggestions. no help.

Pagefile.sys is not being created on the root of C: I have checked, rechecked, blown away and recreated permissions for SYSTEM, Administrator(s), and the users. Permissions seem fine, I can access all files without fail. Software installs no problem. Still, this error.

I have:

Tested RAM - good

Tested HD - good

Tested MB - good

Done XP repair install. - goes great.

Updates apply without issue.

This is the last hangup i've got before this system is running normally. Anyone have any other suggestions?

This is a hard one. Windows XP paging file.?windows media center

Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties.

Go to Advanced.

Under Performance, go to Settings, then Advanced.

Under Virtual Memory, go to Change.

Choose your C drive and then System Managed size.

This is a hard one. Windows XP paging file.?nintendo ds browser internet explorerThis answer is incorrect for the issue at hand. Following Joshua's instructions do NOT solve the problem as stated. He simply states how to set the page file. Well, you can do that sure, but when you reboot, your changes ARE NOT SAVED. That was the issue. Report It


Try this it might be of a help to you:

Right click on my computer and click properties.

Go to advanced tab.

There will be three settings buttons, you need to click on the one that is under the performance section.

Then go to advanced tab on that window.

On the bottom of the advanced tab there is virtual memory.

click the change button.

And then there will be three options to select from, even the custom size or system managed size or no page file.

To to do a custom size put it from 16 to 1500.

See if this will resolve the issue.

If not try the system managed size.

Then try to do the repair from the XP CD.

Hope it helps
I'm betting you've tried the other answers, here's a couple other ideas.

Make a DOS boot disk(this cannot be done in a dos window) with the ATTRIB.EXE file on it. Boot from the disk, go to C:\ , type attrib pagefile.sys and enter.

If it's there, it will show as having the H and S and maybe R attributes. Change them like this

attrib -h -s pagefile.sys (add -r if it was there)

now, delete it and reboot to windows, if it's still a problem, it's a registry thing, the D word value is incorrect in the key shown below(example).

From Start, Run, type regedt32 in the box, click ok and go to the following location:

Hkey_local_machine\System\CurrentContr... Manager\Memory Management

There you will find these entries:

PagingFiles:Reg_Multi_SZ:C:\pagefile.s... 190 380 (or similar)

TempPageFile:Reg_Dword:0x1

If the PagingFiles: entry is populated, delete the entire TempPageFile entry then reboot.

best I can do, hope it works!