paging files on XP

I have the EXACTLY same problem as you having after I reinstalled Window XP.
My PC is Dimension 4400 Pentium4 1.5G with 256MB RAM and 80GB Hardrive. HELP US PLZZ

In order to change or establish a paging file you must be logged on as Administrator. In XP Home Edition, you must start in Safe Mode. At the Welcome screen press Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice and on the login screen enter Administrator as the user name and leave thepassword block blank (unless you have set an Administrator password). You can log on as Administrator in Normal Mode using XP Professional.

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jrmmrj, and others,
Uninstall the "Intel Application Accelerator" from your system. Re-boot your system and then change your paging file settings. You can then download and install the latest version of the Intel Application Accelerator (version 2.2) from this link:

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=663

Steve

Hi Denny, I am logged in as Administrator on XP (home), but I still can't get a paging file. It says, "currently allocated>>0 MB. I've never seen this before...

After I follow Bigbrother's post uninstalled that Intel® Application Accelerator, right after reboot I got my virtual memory back. THANK YOU VERY MUCH BIGBRO, YOU ARE DA BEST!!!
By the way if you don't mind can you tell me what this program do?

Big Brother,...your solution worked for me too. How can you be so smart? BTW, do you have any suggestions on what numerical values I should place in the min and max spaces? Right now, I have used the recommended 382 in both boxes, and so far, so good.
Thanks so much, Randy

jmmrj and junyan1983,
Information on the Intel Application Accelerator can be found at this link:

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/

Occasionally, there are some problems with it. The latest version seems to work quite well and does not mess up the paging file settings in Windows XP.

Steve

HERE IS THE BEST WAY TO FIX THIS PAGING FILE PROBLEM:

Assuming you are running XP on an 845 chipset-4400 or something close to it.. If so,
Check your add remove programs list for "Intel Application Accelerator" If you find it, uninstall it (system will work without it) AND INSTALL THE LATEST VERSION>>>
(If it won't uninstall, do this anyway):

Go here (To the Intel support site)>>> http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/filter_results.asp?strOSs=45&strTypes=DRV%2CARC&ProductID=663&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Home+Edition&submit=Go%21

and download the latest version of "Intel Application Accelerator" version 2.2

Save it to your desktop, open it and let it install. It will overwrite any older version previously installed. Then reboot and see if your problem is gone.

Amazingly, the only version of this available from Dell as of today is well out of date, so Intel is the place to get it for now.

This file gets corrupted easily during a reinstall of XP, or perhaps replaced with an earlier version from one of the Dell "restore" disks, and will cause numerous startup problems and slow performance due to misallocated virtual memory until it is updated to the latest version.
Even if this isn't the cause of your specific problem, it should be updated to the very latest version, available at the above link to Intel Support.

And BEWARE> If yor reinstall a bunch of drivers and other stuff from the Dell disks that came with your computer, you may well be installing earlier drivers, etc. than the ones that came pre-installed on the drive. So it isn't a very good idea to use the "Shotgun" approach by just reinstalling everything. You often wind up with more problems than you were trying to fix!!

HOW TO FIX THIS RIGHT:

Assuming you are running XP on an 845 chipset-4400 or something close to it.. If so,
Check your add remove programs list for "Intel Application Accelerator" If you find it, uninstall it (system will work without it) AND INSTALL THE LATEST VERSION>>>
(If it won't uninstall, do this anyway):

Go here (To the Intel support site)>>> http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/filter_results.asp?strOSs=45&strTypes=DRV%2CARC&ProductID=663&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Home+Edition&submit=Go%21

and download the latest version of "Intel Application Accelerator" version 2.2

Save it to your desktop, open it and let it install. It will overwrite any older version previously installed. Then reboot and see if your problem is gone.

Amazingly, the only version of this available from Dell as of today is well out of date, so Intel is the place to get it for now.

This file gets corrupted easily during a reinstall of XP, or perhaps replaced with an earlier version from one of the Dell "restore" disks, and will cause numerous startup problems and slow performance due to misallocated virtual memory until it is updated to the latest version.
Even if this isn't the cause of your specific problem, it should be updated to the very latest version, available at the above link to Intel Support.

And BEWARE> If yor reinstall a bunch of drivers and other stuff from the Dell disks that came with your computer, you may well be installing earlier drivers, etc. than the ones that came pre-installed on the drive. So it isn't a very good idea to use the "Shotgun" approach by just reinstalling everything. You often wind up with more problems than you were trying to fix!!