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Last updated:
08 Nov 2010
Delete/Recreate
the Pagefile
Vista:
- Go
to Start and type in "sysdm.cpl" (without the quotes) and press Enter
- Click
on the Advanced tab
- Click
on the Performance Settings button
- Click
on the Advanced tab
- Click
on the Virtual Memory Change button
- Uncheck
the "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" box (it's
the default)
- If
the above box isn't checked, then make a note of what the paging file
settings are
- Click
on the "No paging file" radio button, then click on "Set"
- Answer
Yes to the confirmation dialog that pops up.
- Click
on OK 3 times (to close all the Windows)
- Reboot
the system (this will delete the paging file)
- Once
Windows starts, go to Start and type in "sysdm.cpl" (without the
quotes) and press Enter
- Click
on the Advanced tab
- Click
on the Performance Settings button
- Click
on the Advanced tab
- Click
on the Virtual Memory Change button
- Place
a checkmark in the "Automatically manage paging file size for all
drives" box (it's the default)
- If
the above box wasn't checked at first, then re-enter the paging file
settings that you noted in Step 7
- Click
on "Set" (it'll be greyed out if you checked the box 2 steps earlier
- Click
on OK 3 times (to close all the Windows)
- Reboot
the system (this will recreate the paging file)