PF Usage

[Guest]

Hello

What's the PF Usage in Windows OS?

What is going on when the it is pretty high? Last time it was 310.

Thanks,
Em

[abudhu]

PF Useage Stands for Page File.

What it means, is when your computer runs out of physical memory or is under strain (meaning there are many proccesses wanting to use the memory), the computer will attempt to utilize portions of your HD as memory.

This is a very simplistic description of what PF is. 310MB isn't bad, considering my computer is currently ideling at 323MB :-P

Typically your PF should be set to 1.5X of your Physical Ram. (Corrected from 1/3)

[fturtle]

Typically your PF should be set to 1/3 of your Physical Ram.
If you have a lot of physical memory, that is. Last I heard, Amit does -- so 1/3 (or less) might be fine. On the other hand, if you have 128MB or 256MB physical, you won't get too far with a ~43MB or ~85MB pagefile assuming you go beyond the call of minesweeper. Windows sets the minimum pagefile size to 1.5 times the amount of physical memory by default, I assume to be 'safe' for systems with less physical memory...

If you have more than enough physical memory to handle all the things you typically run at the same time, your pagefile can be smaller in size than your physical memory...but if you have less physical memory than your programs demand, you'll want a pagefile bigger than your physical memory. Windows will notify you and automatically raise the size if it needs to.

[dparm]

1/3 your physical memory? Wrong. It should be at least 1.5x your physical. Yes, this means your PF size needs to be increased as your physical RAM increases.

Set your PF to a static size about 2x your physical RAM. Set it static by setting the min and max the same. Fluctuating PF size really hurts system performance.

[dparm]

Sysinternals.com has a program called Pagedfrg that will defragment your page file before Explorer.exe runs.

BTW there are various registry tweaks to change how aggressively the system uses pagefile. I have most of those set to minimal pagefile usage. Windows, for whatever reason, likes using swap space just for basic Explorer tasks. I find there's some speed to be had if you force Windows to dump the kernel to RAM instead of the PF.

[/nerd off]

[fturtle]

1/3 your physical memory? Wrong. It should be at least 1.5x your physical.
Although.. you only really need the swap space if your system needs to swap stuff. If you have 3GB of RAM, a 4.5 GB pagefile may do nothing but waste space...The need for swap space doesn't necessarily directly correlate with the amount of physical memory you have. Probably more of an inverse correlation. :shock:

The reason swap space is generally increased in direct correlation is because the assumption is, I guess, that you have whatever amount of physical memory you have for a reason (i.e. you'll use it). But the truth is, a lot of people slap in 3GB of physical memory, and would be totally fine with a 10MB pagefile (!).. It'd be a pain if you found that your swap was insufficient..which is why the rule of thumb is a 1.5x safety zone.

By the way..the webserver is currently using only 144KB of swap.

The pagefile only gets fragmented if it chages in size.. so, if your minimum is something safe (i.e. more than you need), it'd probably never fragment. (Windows will let you know when it increases its size). A lot of people set the minimum and maximum size to the same value for the fragmentation reason, but it's probably better for it to be expandable.

[dparm]

Many programs need swap files even if you have tons of RAM. They just refuse to start, claiming your PF is too small.

[Unregistered]

So right now.. mine is at 828.. i've noticed its been higher alot lately.. not a good thing?

[dparm]

How much physical RAM do you have installed?

[abudhu]

So right now.. mine is at 828.. i've noticed its been higher alot lately.. not a good thing?

Well, the answer is: "That depends."

If your computer is now running 828 at idle from your previous 300 I'd say something seems amiss and more information is needed.
However, if you have some programs opened I would say that is nothing to worry about. For simplicity sake, the only time you need to worry about PF is when Windows informs you. If your computer runs out of available PF Windows will adjust it upwards and inform you with a bubble notification in the taskbar.

[Unregistered]

Hi:
I need some information:

I installed more ram on my computer; two 215 sticks. And I was checking my task manager, and I have 982380 Total physical Memory.

So I know i put them in right!

But my questions are:
(1). My PF Usage is right now at 360 MB-382MB. As I'm typing this. Also I have open two other pages. Is this ok?

(2). That sometime, here lately I open my MSN page and it got stuck. So I look on my CPU Usuage get stuck on a 100%, and when I finally can get out. I look into my Processes on Windows Task Manager and I see why. It is still goung? Is this right or wrong?

Can someone please tell me, what is going on. I am up to any answer on this?

Please advise on this matter!!!!

[Unregistered]

Hi:
I need some information:

I installed more ram on my computer; two 215 sticks. And I was checking my task manager, and I have 982380 Total physical Memory.

So I know i put them in right!

But my questions are:
(1). My PF Usage is right now at 360 MB-382MB. As I'm typing this. Also I have open two other pages. Is this ok?

(2). That sometime, here lately I open my MSN page and it got stuck. So I look on my CPU Usuage get stuck on a 100%, and when I finally can get out. I look into my Processes on Windows Task Manager and I see why. It is still goung? Is this right or wrong?

Can someone please tell me, what is going on. I am up to any answer on this?

Please advise on this matter!!!!
Sorry I forgot to tell you my e-mail address queeniebutt [at] verizon.net
Thank you!

[abudhu]

Hi:
I need some information:

I installed more ram on my computer; two 215 sticks. And I was checking my task manager, and I have 982380 Total physical Memory.

So I know i put them in right!

But my questions are:
(1). My PF Usage is right now at 360 MB-382MB. As I'm typing this. Also I have open two other pages. Is this ok?

(2). That sometime, here lately I open my MSN page and it got stuck. So I look on my CPU Usuage get stuck on a 100%, and when I finally can get out. I look into my Processes on Windows Task Manager and I see why. It is still goung? Is this right or wrong?

Can someone please tell me, what is going on. I am up to any answer on this?

Please advise on this matter!!!!

1) Well, your PF is not "linked" to your memory in the sense that if you install more memory your system will auto-adjust for it. Windows initially sets the PF for you upon install and any futher changes are done manually. Right now (with 1 Gig of ram) my page files sits at 308MB. Now you are saying your PF is 300ish with programs open whereas before it was 300ish at idle. I would say everything looks in order.

[Tarzan]

Well, at the moment, I only have Firefox, and Windows Live Messenger open. I open Windows Task Manager, and apparently, I have 492MB PF usage. Why is this?

I also check Processes, and here's my top 10.

AVENGINE.EXE (System) - 41, 364K
Firefox.exe (Name) - CPU (2) - 39, 012K
Explorer.exe (Name) - 36, 440K
svchost.exe (Name) - 33, 096K
ntConsoleJava.exe (System) - 13, 080K
cfserver.exe (System) - 12, 828K
PSKMSSVC.EXE (System - 11, 068K
msnmsgr.exe (Name) - 10, 572K
PAVSRV51.EXE (System) - 9, 516K
PAVFNSCR.EXE (System) - 8, 360K

DRIVE C:

Free Space - 122GB/144GB

DRIVE D:

Free Space - 48.7GB/149GB

SYSTEM:

Microsoft Windows XP
Home Addition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Advent T9103

Intel(R) Pentium(R)

4 CPU 3.40Ghz, 3.39Ghz, 1.00GB RAM

Those are the details of my PC on " control panel. "

Also, another question, my computer, the harddrive, tends to make noise when I open stuff. Is there any reason for this?

It makes a noise which can be heard in the room next door. It's quite loud, as if it's struggling.

When I close these applications, it slowly goes quiet. Is there any for this either?

I mean, I think there are fans inside, blowing the heat out so it doesn't overload, but, it generally does it, even when just turned on.

:(

People say I should open it, and perhaps see if there's dust. Is this the case, do you think?

[dparm]

Pagefile usage will almost always be relatively high, even if you're doing very little. Windows XP just moves various things in and out of the pagefile at times, hence the varying usage info. I wouldn't worry about it.

Hard drives always make noise whenever accessing something on the computer. If your computer case is not very thick you might be able to hear it more. Some drives are just louder than others.

But yes, opening the case and occasionally blowing the dust out doesn't hurt either.

[dparm]

Generally speaking, if you have 1GB of RAM or more, you can use this tweak to improve pagefile usage:


Improve Swapfile Performance

If you have more than 1GB of RAM this tweak will considerably improve your performance. It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of RAM (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file.

1. Go to Start then Run
2. Type "msconfig.exe" then ok
3. Click on the System.ini tab
4. Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign
5. Click on new then in the blank box type"ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1"
6. Click OK
7. Restart PC


I found this tweak dropped my pagefile usage pretty significantly. It's basically a win-win tweak....using RAM makes the system more responsive, AND cuts down on unnecessary hard drive activity.

[Unregistered]

hi i've been having problems with my laptop during start-up. sometimes it takes a really long time and i have no idea why. I recently just got it reformatted in hopes that it would solve the problem but it's reoccuring again after about a week. the PF usage is standing steady at around 430 as i'm typing this (is this normal?). and CPU usage is relative low, less than 10%. i've ran virus and spyware scans with ad-aware and spybot and it's turned up clean. Do you think there might be some sort of hardware instead of software problem?

[dparm]

It's hard to say without actually seeing the machine. The default pagefile sizes that Windows uses are fine for many people, so I doubt that's the problem.

Call 520-626-8324 M-F to set up an appointment, we can run through some more advanced checks to make sure everything is okay on your system.

[Unregistered]

i have a PF usage of 2.06 Gb with only msn open itunes and this internet i think it is way to high what can i do about it?

[mcbrides]

i have a PF usage of 2.06 Gb with only msn open itunes and this internet i think it is way to high what can i do about it?

How much system RAM does your computer have?

[Unregistered]

I have 256mb of ram butt then when i look at my pf usage its around 600 why is that?

I also want to upgrade it does it matter what kind of ram i should get can i mix and match both by size and compony

Also does anyone no how to lower ur pf usage

Plzz help plzzzzzz!!!!!!

[Unregistered]

I have 256mb of ram butt then when i look at my pf usage its around 600 why is that?

I also want to upgrade it does it matter what kind of ram i should get can i mix and match both by size and compony

Also does anyone no how to lower ur pf usage

Plzz help plzzzzzz!!!!!!

[Unregistered]

can anyone help me

What is pf usage and how is it used and is it good when its up or when its down

[chaitudsmiley]

i hav 512 mb of ram
and i noticed that whenever i use IE mah PF goes up up n up

it touches the heights of 1 GB and mah computer says u r runnin out of memory..


what shood i do????

[Unregistered]

Haha you guys totally can't even handle 1 troll.

(I didn't post those by the way)

[Unregistered]

i have a Pentium 4 2.8Ghz Pc with 2Gb ram

my PF usage is 3.55GB

[Unregistered]

my pf usage was 700 something max but when i reformatted its now 1.1k max y is that? i think its screwing up my comp too. btw i have 768 ram

[dparm]

Doubtful that it's screwing anything up.

Remember that your pagefile size actually increases as you install more RAM. Just because you have a 3GB pagefile doesn't mean that you're actually using all of it.

The Task Manager will show you % PF utilization. You should never go above 75%, even when the computer is running at full-throttle, say for gaming, video editing, etc.

[Unregistered]

thx for the info, but the other thing is, installing stuff takes 2x longer and games and vids stutters wth is wrong?, opening firefox or other apps is easy and smooth though cuz i have alot of pf to use

[Unregistered "Turbotrav"]

my ram is 64mb but the pf go's to 250mb how dose that work?

[Unregistered]

my system stays on constantly.it has a 1 gb ram and a 80 gb hard disk.
i have noticed that when i switch it on it starts at around 240 mb pf usage,and after around a week or so,it reaches 700 mb even when it is idle..
is it normal?

[DMan]

ok well i jus looked up on google wut pf usuage was and i got linked to this so i have 1 gb of ram and it says i have 62 processes running which is messed and my pf usuage is 582mb is that good or bad

[dparm]

62 processes is an awful lot. I'd disable some startup programs.

[Unregistered]

i just restored my computer to the way i got it with norton ghost and and the cpu usage is always really high lately. also my pf usage is also really high too and i have 2 programs running itunes (playin music) and fire fox with three windows open and thats it, and another thing it says i have 77 total processes and i think cuz i have a lot of programs and my computer is not as fast as it used to b when i got it but i think its slow cuz i have alot of programs. could someone tell me sum suggestions for making my computer faster and why it does all the stuff i said it did erlyr in the paragraph. thnx i have a dell with intel celeron d i dont the ram or other stuff

email me and or reply cookout05@adelphia.net

[picch]

Programs such as Ghost are resource intensive due to the tasks that they are attempting to complete. If you aren't using norton ghost then I'd suggest removing it from your system.

[Unregistered]

usefull information there guys thanks, just bought a laptop and it had virtually no pf usage with microsoft office and my two favorite games ( normally used on pc ) installed , but it seems as soon as i installed blueyonder, connected to internet, got anti virus and spyware packages up and running the pf went up to 180mb, so im thinking is it web related ?

[dparm]

The pagefile will ALWAYS be used, even if you have a ton of built-in RAM. Windows does this by default, but there is a hidden command called "conservative swap file usage" that forces it not to.

[Unregistered]

Generally speaking, if you have 1GB of RAM or more, you can use this tweak to improve pagefile usage:


Improve Swapfile Performance

If you have more than 1GB of RAM this tweak will considerably improve your performance. It basically makes sure that your PC uses every last drop of RAM (faster than swap file) before it starts using the swap file.

1. Go to Start then Run
2. Type "msconfig.exe" then ok
3. Click on the System.ini tab
4. Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign
5. Click on new then in the blank box type"ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1"
6. Click OK
7. Restart PC


I found this tweak dropped my pagefile usage pretty significantly. It's basically a win-win tweak....using RAM makes the system more responsive, AND cuts down on unnecessary hard drive activity.Following these instructions, Windows tries to create this new entry as a main item. Since you said to expand the 386enh tab, I'm presuming this new entry is supposed to actually be a sub-entry of the 386enh tab?

My PF usage is usually between about 100MB and 200MB (it's low becuase I disabled alot of Windows services and have next to nothing starting up or running in the background), but when I play BFMEII, it goes to ~800MB, and no other games or programs do this. I can't notice any slowdown during gameplay, but after you close it, there's oviously alot of sluggishness due to this, so I wanted to see if I'm actually low on memory or if there's anything in PF I can squeeze to force into main RAM. I have 1GB of RAM by the way and the game requires 512MB.

[dparm]

Yes, it is a sub-entry.

[Unregistered]

hello dan parmelee,
your swap file tweak really helped my system drop its PF Usage from 2.5 gb to a mere 770 mb thank you.
but here is another problem, as soon as i open one i-explorer screen it starts shooting up and keeps increasing to almost 2 gb's with every additional screen i open, can you please help me.
i use windows xp with 1 gb ram on an Intel processor @ 2gb ghz>
_naveed

[Unregistered]

i also forgot to mention that as soon as i open a new window in i explorer my task manager>>process screen shows iexplorer.exe - 50,000 kb
iexplorer.exe-42,000kb and the more windows i open those many iexp screens keep coming. i've even tried re installing internet explorer but it aint solving the problem..
thank you

[dparm]

My guess is that you have either an add-on or another piece of software that is doing it. It may even be spyware.

[Unregistered]

i have done a complete system scan and come out clean, i have also done a spyware check usiing Spybot and it still hasn't cured me.
However..i completely uninstalled i.explorer and tried using another browser like mozilla and my PF usage dropped to 220MB and dint give me any problems. But because im so used to i.explorer i downloaded the latest version and i was back to square 1. Why is i.explorer frustrating the living day lights out of me...any thing else i can try please ??

thank you again

[Unregistered]

that sounds like an iexplore.exe pyware prob i had...if its the same as the one i had, rename the iexplore.exe to something else..the spyware will recreate it and kick it off again...i got round it eventually by wiping the laptop and rebuilding...that was after hours spent with process explorer, closing handles, uninstalling iexplorer, going through the registry, manually deleting every reference to iexplorer, removing all tiles from temp location etc etc. If its the same as what I had...rebuild your pc, its quicker! Look for a beast called mailamin.exe, or similar, can't quite recall the name...see if its a process running...thats a sure sign you got the same stuff i had.

[Unregistered]

...and by the way, I ran about 4 varieties of anti-spyware, including spybot, and none of them found it....nor did my norton av.

[Unregistered]

I am working on a project where i have to generate a lot of image files. While i am doing this, the size of the page file increases such that i run out of memory. I am thinking of flushing page file at certain intervals but not sure if its the right idea. I am not even sure if it is possible to do it programatically. Is there anyway to programatically flush the page file??

[gruthar]

There's a Windows command somewhere to do it. I would not do it, however... unless you have a memory leak, it wouldn't do much to free up space and there's a good chance that it'll crash one or more of the programs that are actively running...

[Unregistered]

Hello, I was looking up some information pertaining to PF usage. And I stumbled upon this forum, I know this is an old thread hopefully someone can still enlighten me.

I recently noticed my system being incredibly sluggish. I have closed any programs/apps that aren't necessary to try and narrow it down to a specific prog/app that might be causing it, but to no avail.

I have 1048mb RAM, but my PF Usage is currently at 1.32GB. After reading this thread, I noticed that a 1.5 ratio isn't to bad, which would put my PF usage in the ballpark of 1.5gb. But then I read down and someone else that has 1gb ram has only 300mb PF Usage.

So, can anybody enlighten me as to what the deal is? Is it virus? Worm? Backdoor into my system? Memory taking a crap? I can't figure it out.

[skmdr]

not at all technical but it seems that my pf useage is very high as the bar on my proformance task manager is pressed at the top at all times. 1.45MB. if thats an issue what can i do to bring that down. (xp os)

[yoedog0]

my computer was shutdown one day and when i turned it back on it had an error like c:\windows\system32\system\config or somthing is missing or corupt

so i went along and fixed that only to have a new "admin username & password" i couldn't remember so my father being the super being he is re sinstalled another Xp on top of the xp that was already running ... then we were gunna reformat the cmputer and do it agian... so a couple days later m y mum tried and all she did was put another xp on top of THAT!

so currently our computer gets like RELLLLLY slow and it gets allmost impossable to bear does anyone know what to do ....

my current CPU ussage is running @ about 4-30%

and my Page file ussage is from 225 MB - 450 MB out of 1249 MB

also whenever i'm running IE my Mem usage for that program FLIES from around 11,000 K to around 85,000-87,000

sorry for that lack of knowloge on the subject and poor grammar i'm kinda in a hurry i have a soccer game soon... hope to hear frum sum 1 soon thenx...

[k1gpnet]

Well, at the moment, I only have Firefox, and Windows Live Messenger open. I open Windows Task Manager, and apparently, I have 492MB PF usage. Why is this?

I also check Processes, and here's my top 10.

AVENGINE.EXE (System) - 41, 364K
Firefox.exe (Name) - CPU (2) - 39, 012K
Explorer.exe (Name) - 36, 440K
svchost.exe (Name) - 33, 096K
ntConsoleJava.exe (System) - 13, 080K
cfserver.exe (System) - 12, 828K
PSKMSSVC.EXE (System - 11, 068K
msnmsgr.exe (Name) - 10, 572K
PAVSRV51.EXE (System) - 9, 516K
PAVFNSCR.EXE (System) - 8, 360K

DRIVE C:

Free Space - 122GB/144GB

DRIVE D:

Free Space - 48.7GB/149GB

SYSTEM:

Microsoft Windows XP
Home Addition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Advent T9103

Intel(R) Pentium(R)

4 CPU 3.40Ghz, 3.39Ghz, 1.00GB RAM

Those are the details of my PC on " control panel. "

Also, another question, my computer, the harddrive, tends to make noise when I open stuff. Is there any reason for this?

It makes a noise which can be heard in the room next door. It's quite loud, as if it's struggling.

When I close these applications, it slowly goes quiet. Is there any for this either?

I mean, I think there are fans inside, blowing the heat out so it doesn't overload, but, it generally does it, even when just turned on.

:(

People say I should open it, and perhaps see if there's dust. Is this the case, do you think?




man i have a lot ot same process SVCHOST.exe running 5-6 times i have 42 processes(commonly general) svchost local service , svchost SYSTEM , svchost USER what can i do can i close something ..

[Unregistered]

man i have a lot ot same process SVCHOST.exe running 5-6 times i have 42 processes(commonly general) svchost local service , svchost SYSTEM , svchost USER what can i do can i close something ..

Seeing several svchost.exe processes running is actually normal. If you go to this page and scroll down a bit -- http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/Archive/servicecfg.htm -- you'll see a chart showing that svchost.exe is linked to many different services. So whereas svchost.exe is appearing several times in your task manager, those entires actually represent various processes running.

You can see more information about the processes that are running by going to "Start", "Run", and typing in "services.msc" (without the quotes). Right-clicking a process and then choosing "Properties" will give you more information about that process.

But I do *NOT* recommend changing *anything* unless you are absolutely informed about what you are doing.

Hope this info helps. : )

[prints400]

ok i've read something on the page file issue , but i have a few questions.
I' ve recently purchased 2 Gb of ram for my 939 athlon64 x2 platform.
then i set my PF to 536 MB and when i was playing sid's meiers's railroads i've noticed in the middle of the game that in task manager my PF Usage showed 920 MB . how can this be ? i was using 1.4 GB of ram at that time, max. and it did not show me that alert about increasing the PF.

What if i make a partition on a another HDD of let's say 536 ram and put the page file there if it wants to increase , what happens?

And using 600 MB of ram usually of the 2 GB i have installed there is no point in having a PF=1.5 x ram .

[Unregistered]

hey.
i had a 1.51gb pf usage when all it was doing was spooling a print. WTF? and my system nearly died. im running 512mb ram with win xp 32 bit. should i upgrade to 64-bit? 1.8P4 cpu. etc...

[matt]

hey.
i had a 1.51gb pf usage when all it was doing was spooling a print. WTF? and my system nearly died. im running 512mb ram with win xp 32 bit. should i upgrade to 64-bit? 1.8P4 cpu. etc...
oh and it always sits at around 350mb. thats way to high right?

[Mike]

I have a p4 3.40ghz and 3.39ghz processor also have 2gb in ram I notice virtual memory too low warning after playing my gamecube emulator my page file usually allways under 500mb right now page file is at 2.4gb higher than current ram page file is only that high if run that emulator and never goes back down unless i do a restart however if i play my n64 emulator page file doesnt go up much it only seems to do it with gamecube emulator

[gruthar]

A few hundred MB in your page file is not necessarily something to be concerned about. The size of it in use will vary according to how much total memory your system has and which applications are running. If you don't have a lot of RAM in your machine (less than ~512MB in XP and less than 1GB in Vista) your page file will be used more often. The page file is basically a substitute for real RAM, hence the name virtual memory. The problem is your hard drive is many times slower than your RAM, and so if your computer is using the page file a lot, it will slow your system down to a crawl. If you don't quite have enough memory for your OS, buying some more can help, but upgrading things like your processor won't have an impact on your PF usage. If your PF usage is in the gigabytes and you're not running an intense program or game, check for viruses, and/or find out if you're running programs with a memory leak.

Mike,
It sounds to me like the GameCube emulator you're running has a memory leak - which is not surprising, given the shoddy coding of a lot of emulators. You can check to see if there's an updated version of your emulator, but it is NOT something wrong with your computer.

[Unregistered]

currently i am having 1.33 GB PF usage, ive got kingston 1 GB ram help plz

[Unregistered]

I've seen many PF Usage numbers in the 300 to 400 MB; mine is 1.08 GB at the time of this post. Why is this so high? My commit charge now is 1133124; my peak is 1205924.

[Temo]

last time mine was 1.95g which is tooo high i think. i cant understand y this happens.

[Unregistered]

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-25,GGLG:en&q=windows+task+manager+help

[Unregistered]

page fault
The interrupt that occurs when software attempts to read from or write to a virtual memory location that is marked not present.
In Task Manager, page fault is the number of times data has to be retrieved from disk for a process because it was not found in memory. The page fault value accumulates from the time the process started.

virtual memory
Temporary storage used by a computer to run programs that need more memory than it has. For example, programs could have access to 4 gigabytes of virtual memory on a computer's hard drive, even if the computer has only 32 megabytes of RAM. The program data that does not currently fit in the computer's memory is saved into paging files.
See also: Virtual Memory Size, virtual printer memory, paging file

paging file
A hidden file on the hard disk that Windows uses to hold parts of programs and data files that do not fit in memory. The paging file and physical memory, or RAM, comprise virtual memory. Windows moves data from the paging file to memory as needed and moves data from memory to the paging file to make room for new data. Paging file is also called a swap file.
See also: Peak Memory Usage, registry size limit (RSL), virtual memory

registry size limit (RSL)
A universal maximum for registry space that prevents an application from filling the paged pool with registry data. The total amount of space that can be consumed by registry data (hives) is restricted by the registry size limit.
See also: paged pool, registry, hive

[Unregistered]

My fan gets louder; meaning my cpu is running harder; getting hotter; makes me afraid it's going to burn out; my monitor already goes black (I guess it's fried); Using a small lap top makes one more aware of this, compared to my other lap top which does not do this. I believe it is due to monitoring programs such as antivirus and perhaps Windows Defender and such. My iexplore.exec is running at 70,000k with only about four windows open and accounts for a large percentage of my memory usage.

[Unregistered]

Well at this point I have a laptop here with windows XP SP2, a 2 GHZ Dual core centrino processor and 2GB Ram idling and the PF usage is 1,79 GB and rising... even when I do nothing at all!!! Any eplanations please???
Also the computer needs about 10 minutes to shut down (first icons disappear than 10 minutes then windows is shutting down and then it almost immediatly shuts down) maybe the two problems are linked?

[stoecker]

Sounds like you have either a program with a memory leak or some kind of virus/spyware. Run a quick virus and spyware scan and see what you come up with. Or feel free to bring it to the underground (ILC 136) and we can take a look at it!

[Unregistered]

Well it was a new install so I don't think it was any spyware. Anyway I was so bored with it that I just reinstalled evrything and spet some more care when installing the PC drivers, and what do you know all problems are gone. There must some rubbish between the drivers HP offers on their website. Everything works fine now, the PC is really fast and shuts down normally max PF usage is about 300 MB, and it no longer rises constantly. Thanks for the tip anyway though.

[stoecker]

If you used the restore partition that most computers come with then yes there were probably alot of bloat ware installed when you reinstalled windows.

Glad you got it working!