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Thread ID: 106416	2010-01-07 20:52:00	Excessive pagefile usage at startup	Strommer (42)	Press F1

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846767	2010-01-14 22:49:00	I ticked a bunch of items but no extra columns have appeared under Processes or anything else. Reboot needed? Nope. Did you stretch out the window / use the slider at the bottom?	fred_fish (15241)
846768	2010-01-14 22:54:00	Nope. Did you stretch out the window / use the slider at the bottom? See my post #40 above.	Strommer (42)
846769	2010-01-15 00:43:00	Rebooted and pagefile went high once again. Studied the extra columns in Task Manager, especially I/O. Problem could be Avast, so I changed the settings by ticking two boxes, see here: www.imagef1.net.nz BTW, Avast does not do a memory scan upon start up - I have never set it to do this. Installed Glary Utilities Pro (see my GAOTD thread free until 9 pm tonight) and cleaned up the registry after making a restore point. Did this prior to rebooting. Did not help with the pagefile problem but makes me feel good plus I like free 'pro' software. :D Stay tuned. I will see if the Avast changes stop the high pagefile usage.	Strommer (42)
846770	2010-01-15 01:34:00	Maybe turn off pagefile altogether and see which process starts bitching :cool:	fred_fish (15241)
846771	2010-01-15 22:56:00	Still having excessive pagefile usage. Turned off Avast auto scan (see my post 43 above) also disabled java quick start jqs.exe and have tweaked other settings but still has not helped. Task Manager shows SERVICES to be the culprit. Is there any program that will reveal which process is the problem? I can go to Admin Tools > Services and see the ones that are set on "automatic" but it does not give real time usage data for each of the services. --- [edit] fred_fish and anyone else @ turning off pagefile: Read my post #15 above.	Strommer (42)
846772	2010-01-15 23:01:00	This (technet.microsoft.com)	Speedy Gonzales (78)
846773	2010-01-15 23:19:00	[edit] fred_fish and anyone else @ turning off pagefile: Read my post #15 above. With no pagefile it was as usual - high pagefile and cpu usage. Then you didn't turn it off, you can't have excessive page file usage if you don't have a pagefile. Also 46MB is not excessive mem usage for an instance of services.exe	fred_fish (15241)
846774	2010-01-15 23:28:00	Hmm. Is SP3 on it? nope Ok, for starters I would say install SP3. There may be some patches which address the issues you are having... not to mention it's probably a good idea to update to SP3 anyways. If I were you I would update to SP3 and see if you have the same problem... if not sweet but if it still exists then further investigation obviously needs to be done. just my :2cents:	chiefnz (545)
846775	2010-01-16 00:21:00	Then you didn't turn it off, you can't have excessive page file usage if you don't have a pagefile. Good point. Seems obvious to me now and not sure why no one else noticed. However I did indeed do the changes necessary to disable the pagefile. Hmmnnn, I wonder if Comodo firewall blocked the change? Will give it another go with Comodo disabled. Re: 46 Mb of Services - when viewing the Processes in Task Manager there are other indicators that show excessive usage - I did not take a screen shot and cannot recall which indicators. Speedy - thanks, I will give Process Explorer a try. chiefnz - re: SP3 - the excessive pagefile usage started a few weeks ago and prior to that SP2 was just fine. The only reason I installed SP2 was that some program would not work without it - maybe it was WMPlayer, Flash, or something. As a last resort I will install SP3. M$ service packs will sometimes bugger up XP completely.	Strommer (42)
846776	2010-01-16 00:33:00	The only reason SP3 may bugger things up is if its an HP system. If it is get the fix before you install it. Cant say I've had any probs using flash with SP3. Its on the other PC here	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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