Weird system problem with Win XP Pro SP3 on big Toshiba laptop

RioRico · 05-14-2012, 10:35 PM

Haven't rebooted yet, still doing research and maintenance (time-shared with household chores, drat).

Based on advice in the O'Reilly WINDOWS XP ANNOYANCES book, I've just used RegEdit to enable ClearPageFileAtShutdown, which forces rebuild of pagefile at startup, avoiding defrag. Is 1.5x RAM the optimal pagefile size? I'm at 3x now.

I think I have the startup load pretty small already. I've trimmed-off a few that don't look absolutely necessary. [slight delay] Hmmm, I think I'm ready to reboot the Toshiba now. Let's see what happens...

EDIT: SUCCESS! At least, the ghost CD drive is gone. Now I just need to tune-up the performance so it's actually usable. THANKS!!

Last edited by RioRico; 05-14-2012 at 11:03 PM.

selar · 05-15-2012, 12:50 AM

Wow the things people write in books is unbelievable. Don't take the clear pagefile at shutdown advice. Just set the pagefile to maximum and minimum values at 1.5x RAM.

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05-14-2012, 10:35 PM	#16
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263 Original Poster	Haven't rebooted yet, still doing research and maintenance (time-shared with household chores, drat). Based on advice in the O'Reilly WINDOWS XP ANNOYANCES book, I've just used RegEdit to enable ClearPageFileAtShutdown, which forces rebuild of pagefile at startup, avoiding defrag. Is 1.5x RAM the optimal pagefile size? I'm at 3x now. I think I have the startup load pretty small already. I've trimmed-off a few that don't look absolutely necessary. [slight delay] Hmmm, I think I'm ready to reboot the Toshiba now. Let's see what happens... EDIT: SUCCESS! At least, the ghost CD drive is gone. Now I just need to tune-up the performance so it's actually usable. THANKS!! Last edited by RioRico; 05-14-2012 at 11:03 PM.

05-15-2012, 12:50 AM	#17
selar Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,042	Wow the things people write in books is unbelievable. Don't take the clear pagefile at shutdown advice. Just set the pagefile to maximum and minimum values at 1.5x RAM.

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