Start up Error message

Hello,

I have been having an error message now for some time and it is driving me
mad. It has become somewhat of an obsession in getting rid of this message.
On starting up and logging in i get a message along the lines of 'your system
pagefile is missing or too small' and goes on to say that windows has created
a temporary pagefile etc etc. Having trawled the internet and 'googled' every
possible variation of the above I cannot seem to find a fix for this. I have
tried tweaking all the options for setting the page file size but still get
the error message on re-start - apart from of course clicking the 'No paging
file' option - (I assume this is not a great idea even though I have plenty
of RAM (1Gb + 256Mb )??

So far I think I have established that the pagefile.sys is missing from my
system (I have allow hidden files and system files to be viewed and have
searched for the pagefile.sys without success) The temppf.sys file does of
course exist.

Can anyone give me a clue as to what to do.?

thanks

Steve

Steve L wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been having an error message now for some time and it is
> driving me mad. It has become somewhat of an obsession in getting rid
> of this message. On starting up and logging in i get a message along
> the lines of 'your system pagefile is missing or too small' and goes
> on to say that windows has created a temporary pagefile etc etc.
> Having trawled the internet and 'googled' every possible variation of
> the above I cannot seem to find a fix for this. I have tried tweaking
> all the options for setting the page file size but still get the
> error message on re-start - apart from of course clicking the 'No
> paging file' option - (I assume this is not a great idea even though
> I have plenty of RAM (1Gb + 256Mb )??
>
> So far I think I have established that the pagefile.sys is missing
> from my system (I have allow hidden files and system files to be
> viewed and have searched for the pagefile.sys without success) The
> temppf.sys file does of course exist.
>
> Can anyone give me a clue as to what to do.?
>
> thanks
>
> Steve

When you're playing with the options for your Pagefile, are you making sure
you click SET before you leave the window? If not, the changes aren't being
made.

Pagefile.sys by default lives in C:\ folder. If it isn't there, then
either it's not turned on, or you've moved it and turned OFF the pagefile
for drive C, which was the wrong thing to do. Assuming you boot from C.

Try setting the Pagefile to Let Windows Manage it. Then click Set, and OK
your way out. Restart the comptuter and it should be there, plus I'll bet
the message goes away too.

If not, come back with as much info as you can think of, including anything
special you might be doing with the machine software wise.

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