Limited Virtual Memory Error

[IBey]

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Wondering if this is familiar to anyone.

Whenever I restart (log out/in for that matter) Windows, I receive the following error message: "Limited Virtual Memory Error". I am then notified that a temp memory page of size 20MB is being reserved by windows. The catch is that I have 768MB of RAM installed so I manually reset set my intial/maximum virtual page size to 1138MB /1536MB respectively. Unfortunately, whenever I restart, Wwindows Doesn't hold the previous change I made. I performed a virus scan and everything comes up clean (maybe it' a new virus - no definition yet).

If anyone has any ideas please let me know.

 

[bcastner]

This often indicates a permissions issue:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-

US;259151

 

[IBey]

bcastner,

I don't believe that it is a permission issue (as far as user rights) because I attempt to adjust page file size when I am logged in as an administrator. Also the link you posted is dead. What else do you think this could possibly be?

 

[michbar]

Try this fix.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257758

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[bcastner]

By "permissions issues" I was referring to whether the Win2k SYSTEM account had sufficient rights on the hard disk volumes necessary to make the change in virtual memory settings.

Let me try my original link again:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;259151

 

[bcastner]

Utilities that work with the paging file may not work if the System account does not have proper permissions on the volume that the paging file is configured to use. For example, if the NTFS permissions are set incorrectly, the paging file does not appear in System Monitor or Windows Diagnostics, but it does appear in the System tool in Control Panel.

If you modify the NTFS permissions on a volume in Windows, the System account may be inadvertently removed from the partition. If this occurs, the System account cannot manage some system resources such as the paging file.

By default, the Everyone group has Full Control permissions on an NTFS volume. This permission might have been removed to provide additional security. Individual accounts, such as the Administrator account, may have been added. However, the Everyone group includes the System account. Removing the Everyone group without adding the System account as an individual account renders the paging file unusable.