Frank Suszka wrote:

> "Jose E. Dominguez" wrote:
> >I'll set it at 600MB. A client has got this particular problem
> > and I'm hoping a fixed swap might help.
>
> While I was out walking around, I started thinking about your clients
> problem. In all of the searching I did on the issue, I wasn't able to
> find anything conclusive. Their may be a few things to check though.
> They may be remote however a shot in the dark sometimes corrects some
> problems.
>
> In Microsoft's article Q239094 it doesn't pertain to your problem but
> there was something to note in it that caused me to think about checking
> my own system. It stated in part that, "if the Win386.swp file located
> in the Windows folder has its file attributes set to read only.Windows
> uses the Win386.swp file to create virtual memory." It then goes on to
> say, "Clear the Read Only Check mark."
>
> In another article (Q128327) dealing with virtual memory management, it
> states that "other applications may reduce the amount of virtual memory
> below that needed by Windows and its applications."
>
> The suggestions are remote and may not have any bearing nor help resolve
> the issue. You didn't say if the client received any error messages
> prior to the system shutting down or rebooting?

No error messages, it just goes by by.

> I empathize with the frustration due to the fact it means a data loss
> when this happens.

Yes, they are a tad ticked about that, they loose the whole drawing pretty
much.

I formatted the drive and did a clean install in hopes that the drivers for
an ATI card that it used to have are the culprit, it now has a TNT2 card.

Thanks again,

Jose

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