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[unhappywithroxio]

I have just reinstalled Windows so my computer is clean.  When I use Record Now Audio, it uses 94-95% of the cpu and eventually crashes because it is "low on virtual memory."  Paging file size has been set to the max at 1917.  Any insights would be appreciated.




Computer:
      Operating System                                  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
      OS Service Pack                                   Service Pack 2
      DirectX                                           4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
      
    Motherboard:
      CPU Type                                          Intel Pentium 4, 2666 MHz (20 x 133)
      Motherboard Name                                  Dell Dimension 4600
      Motherboard Chipset                               Intel Springdale i865PE
      System Memory                                     1280 MB  (DDR SDRAM)
      BIOS Type                                         Phoenix (02/20/04)
      Communication Port                                Communications Port (COM1)
      Communication Port                                ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

    Display:
      Video Adapter                                     NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X (Microsoft Corporation)  (64 MB)
      3D Accelerator                                    nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
      Monitor                                           Dell E151FPb  [15" LCD]  (8W23439R1Y6U)

    Multimedia:
      Audio Adapter                                     Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-2/A-3]

    Storage:
      IDE Controller                                    Intel® 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
      IDE Controller                                    Intel® 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
      Floppy Drive                                      Floppy disk drive
      Disk Drive                                        WDC WD400BB-75DEA0  (37 GB, IDE)
      Disk Drive                                        Canon MP Memory Card USB Device
      Optical Drive                                     HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B  (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
      Optical Drive                                     SONY CD-RW  CRX216E  (48x/32x/48x CD-RW)
      SMART Hard Disks Status                           OK

    Partitions:
      C: (NTFS)                                         38107 MB (27375 MB free)

[gi7omy]

Your page file is set too low

You say your System Memory is 1280 MB - your pagefile should be at least 2560 MB (double the system RAM)

Set it in control panel, system and set both max and min to the same value (for preference set it to 2.5 x RAM)

[jeanrosenfeld]

If you let Windows manage the pagefile it will increase it when needed.

[gi7omy]

Doesn't always work Jean - any machine I use has the pagefile set to the figutres I gave, because that kept happening so I set it manually to 2.5 times system RAM (it's an old trick that's been used ever since 95 came along)

Theoretically Windows should manage it - but usually falls over (whether that's down to the pagefile fragmenting I don't know but setting it min and max will stop fragmentation)