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1. Select "My Computer" with a right-click and choose "Properties"
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Switch to the "Startup and Recovery" area and press "Settings"
4. In the System startup section, click Edit.
5. It should automatically start Notepad displaying the Windows boot.ini
6. In the "Operating Systems" section, add /3GB to the end of the line that includes /fastdetect
7. Don't forget to save the changes and close Notepad and all open dialog boxes.
8. To let the changes take effect restart your computer

1. Navigate to Start>All Programs>Accessories>
2. Right-click "Command prompt" and choose "Run as administrator"
3. A command line window should open
4. Type in "BCDEdit /set increaseuserva 3072" (without quotation marks) (Screenshot)
5. 3072 is the maximum, "2560" or "2816" is in most cases sufficent.
6. To let the changes take effect restart your computer

You can use the /userva=xxxx switch for more precise tuning of user and kernel virtual memory space in the Windows Server 2003 family. Use this new switch with the /3GB switch in the Boot.ini file to tune the User-mode space to a value between 2 and 3 gigabytes (GB), with the difference (3,072 less xxxx) being returned to Kernel mode. Note that xxxx is expressed in megabytes (MB).

/userva
Use this switch to customize the amount of memory that is allocated to processes when you use the /3GB switch. This switch permits more page table entry (PTE) kernel memory but still maintains almost 3 GB of process memory space.

Note
Microsoft Product Support Services strongly recommends using a range of memory for the /USERVA switch that lies within the range of 2900-3030. This range is wide enough to provide a large enough pool of system page table entries for all currently observed issues. Usually a setting of /userva=2900 will provide close to the maximum available number of system page table entries possible./userva
Use this switch to customize the amount of memory that is allocated to processes when you use the /3GB switch...

• the Drivers themselves (using beta ones?, run "chkdsk"),
• the RAM (run memtests), and/or
• the GFX card (can you replace it with an old/a friend's card?).

fredo456 wrote:Well I didn't see any message from Windows about drivers, but I when I set /3GB this message usually appears: "Not enough space on the registery, windows will no longer install anything on the registery" something like that since I changed my PC configuration few days ago. I did a huge clean-up with CCleaner of the registery but the message still pops-up.

I don't have enough time to test PR right now but I can tell you that the physical memory panel of the task manager indicates a total of 3.66 GB, a disponibility of 3.02 GB and a system cache of 1.11 GB, I only running google chrome, don't know if it helps. And I'm not using the 3GB switch.

And I think that with my old computer I had a memory value much closer to 4GB, more than 3.66GB that for sure.
Chkdsk found no problems.

Solution to msg "LOW ON REGISTRY SPACE"

FIRST: If you've already gotten this message, download NTREGOPT (http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-onlin ... nt/faq.htm and run it. This will "compress" your registry and reduce the size greatly. This is the only "fix" I have found for this error. Using this program allows me to reboot and Windows still loads, if I do not use it, Windows does not load afterwards. I have not used the fix mentioned after this, and I don't think there is a point to using it. NTREGOPT works fine for me. Note that if this error message occurs on Windows XP or 2003 Server then the error is due to a currupted page file. These operating systems do not have a limit on the registry space. See the addendum at the end of this article.

Pls read this Article carefully and act with additional care (at your own risk) :
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

By default, RSL is 25 percent of the size of paged pool. Setting up the size of paged pool (see PagedPoolSize value of the Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management) also affects the size of RSL.

You can also manually set the RSL:


1. Run the Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE).
2. Locate the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control.
3. Modify the value RegistrySizeLimit (create it first it if it does not already exist) to reflect the desired size, in terms of bytes.

NOTE: RegistrySizeLimit must have a type of REG_DWORD, and a data length of 4 bytes, or it is ignored. If you set the value RegistrySizeLimit to less than 4 megabytes (MB), it is forced up to 4 MB. If you set it to greater than about 80 percent of the size of paged pool, it is set down to 80 percent of the size of paged pool (it is assumed that paged pool is always more than 5 MB). If you set it to 0xffffffff the maximum size allowable (or 80 percent of paged pool, up to 102 MB) is set.
4. Shut down and restart Windows NT for changes in RSL to take effect.
Note A system restart is required after the RSL has been increased either through the graphical user interface (GUI) or the registry, because this change does not happen dynamically. If you do not restart the system, you may experience the following event:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: date
Time: time
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: name
Description: RegLoadKey failed. Return value Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service for C:\Documents and Settings\ntuser.dat.
In Windows NT 4.0, and Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition, the maximum paged pool size is 192 MB, so RSL can be a maximum of 153.6 MB. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 142719 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/142719/EN-US/) NT Reports Out of Resources Error When Memory is Available
In Windows 2000, the maximum paged pool size is approximately 370-400 MB, when you do not use the /3gb command-line switch (this makes the RSL greater than 296 MB). If you use the /3gb switch, these values remain unchanged from Windows NT 4.0. Additional Notes on RSL

RSL sets a maximum, not an allocation (unlike some other such limits in the system). Setting a large RSL will NOT cause the system to use that much space unless it is actually needed by the Registry. It also does NOT guarantee that that much space will be available for use in the Registry.

In Windows NT version 3.1, paged pool defaults to 32 MB, so the default RSL is 8 MB (enough to support approximately 5000 user accounts). In Windows NT 3.5, paged pool can be set to a maximum of 128 MB, so RSL can be no larger than about 102 MB (enough to support approximately 80,000 users; however, other system limitations might keep this number of users considerably lower).

RSL includes space in the hives themselves, as well as some of the Registry's runtime structures. Other runtime structures are either billed against standard quota, or are protected by size limits and serialization.

To ensure that you can always at least boot and edit the Registry if you set RSL incorrectly, quota checking is not turned on until after the first successful loading of a hive (that is, loading a user profile).

For all but a few domain controllers, RSL never needs to be changed.

The limitations imposed by RSL are approximate.
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Addendum (provided by drzcmajul)
The page file needs to be overwritten as it has been corrupted. Follow the following steps:
1. Enter System in control panel (classic view)
2. Click on the Advanced tab
3. Click the settings button under "performance"
4. Click the Advanced tab in Performance Settings
5. Click Change virtual settings
6. Choose No paging file on the settings and click Set
7. Exit and restart the computer.
8. Repeat the first five steps of these instructions.
9. Choose System managed size on the settings and click Set
10. When you exit you will be asked if you want to overwrite the previous page file. Allow this action.
11. Restart your computer. You will be rid of the error message. Also, your programs may run better.

pr|Zer0 wrote:thing is i have win7 x64
also installed fresh copy on my laptop and same thing...could be something with the map itself, or more likely with an object on it

Executable search path is: Windows XP Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible Product: WinNt, suite: SingleUserTS

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.2.8229.0 AMD64