since the last 2-3 days the page file usage has been very high!!
i get a msg from windows saying virtual memory is low and the page file size needs to be increased…and then the page file size usage goes to 1.65gb! :S :S
i tried looking up a few things on the net…so i set my page file size to 1500mb but still it doesnt help!
the system specs are
X2 3800+ on Foxconn NF4SK8AA
512 x 2 OCZ DDR400
running Win XP SP2
have utorrent…some messengers running…
i did a comeplete virus scan…also ran spybot a couple of times but didnt find anything…and its not like the system slows down or anything.
try this..set it to no paging file reboot your computer then again set it to custom size ie 1.5times the amount of ram you have…utorrent sometimes has this problem when there are a large no of seeds or peers
do one thing, terminate processes individividually and check whether it makes any significant change to the PF usage. Start with 3rd party stuff like the jusched (which is utterly useless)
well the when i do close certain apps the page file usage does go down…but the usage is already close close to 1.5gb and it goes down to abt 1.2gb after closing the apps…
even after closing just about evrything? Try to close down the windows default services (like explorer and rundll32). When you close certain svchost.exe service a dialog is shown stating that the system beguins to restart after a minute (similar to the blaster virus).
Then go to RUN and enter “SHUTDOWN -A” to stop the system from rebooting. Then continue the elimination process.
in the System.ini file which is loacted in the Main windows directory add the line exactly as shown … make it the first line under the [386enh] heading … check the current swapfile usage and make this entry and reboot and again check usage… this used to work for me in the older versions of Windows … what this does is that it makes Windows use the physical memory fully before using the swapfile.
ok, then do one thing. Go here and download Free ram XP.
Then unzip the attached config file and load the settings from that file in freeramxp (go to settings and there will be an option to import preferance/config file).
Then right click on the tray and free the ram by around 80%. That must solve the problem.
Also, did you notice which service is taking the largest amount of the page file? Pls post the service and we shall see whether anything can be done about it.
by elimination, the processes taking major portion of the pf are IE and utorrent right? any other system processes (like svchost.exe) taking up significant pf?
Its most probably due to mem. leaks from 3rd party apps … U’ve updated Windows rite ?? Post the 3rd party apps u use .. maybe that’ll be of some helps .. Also , run the attached file and see whats the actual pf usage ..
funny,i have the same problem since last week or so..
I suspect something is triggering utorrent to cause memory leaks.It grows over time and runs out of virtual memory..It leaks like 50MB/hour in my case..
I heard of utorrent memory leaks,never had experienced one until last week or so..
Always set a Custom size n never set to System managed size, which was i think your prev setting. Thats why initially it wud start with less size n increase gradually as u open more applications.
