Settings always reverting back to original

[mathboyx215]

I have turned off uac and that doesn't seem to make any differences.

perhaps the specification - no complete mem dump over two gigs - is a bit misleading, and only put in place because it was thought that there could be problems with way too large dumps once computers started to run bigger and bigger RAM, and the kb article has not been updated because no ideal solution has yet to be found. So 2 gigs is still held as a benchmark but machines may differ according to the mem dump file that needs to be generated, and this may also carry through to the kernel mem dump. Is there any indication that your mem dump file will be excessively large? Are you carrying mem hungry load each time OS is running?

Check your system restore for recent changes - does it look okay to turn off and create a new restore point? If so, you can create a new restore point (say, save point as 'check mem dump'). And remove all restore points except the most recent by using Disk Cleanup utility (More Options tab) in System Tools.

Otherwise, back to an issue over admin privs, I guess.

My memory load is usually around 40% and I don't see any indications that the dump will be excessively large.
I have turned off system restore for a long time

[sded]

What do your startup and recovery settings actually look like?  Mine are attached.

[DavidR]

The dump size, doesn't relate to only what is in memory now, a full memory dump (if possible) would be the size of the RAM and then some.

System Restore is unrelated the Startup and Recovery where the memory dump settings are and the pagefile.sys size.

I have had system restore disabled for years and that doesn't effect the memory dumps (memory.dmp) file creation.

[mathboyx215]

What do your startup and recovery settings actually look like?  Mine are attached.

Mines look the same except that by default it is to create a small memory dump

[sded]

Is the choice of "complete memory dump" not available, or when you change it and check back again is it changed back to "small memory dump"?

[mathboyx215]

When I change it and check back again,it is changed back to small memory dump.

[sded]

How large is your paging file?  See attached.

[mathboyx215]

its 2048mb

[sded]

Too small.  This is the size of your RAM  Change it to something like 3000 and try again.  There should be a recommended size also that is larger than 2048.

[mathboyx215]

I changed it 3200 and it is still not working.

[sded]

Try a reboot also.  Not all of this stuff works on the fly.  Otherwise, settings look ok, so

[mathboyx215]

Already rebooted and still not working.

[PTRPRO]

Back to my original reply. This is from the Microsoft Website re. Vista:
Complete memory dump

Not available on computers with 2 or more GB of RAM. Records the entire contents of system memory when the system stops unexpectedly. If you choose this option you must have a paging file on the boot volume large enough to hold all of the physical RAM plus one megabyte (MB). The file is stored in the directory listed under Dump file.

[mathboyx215]

Back to my original reply. This is from the Microsoft Website re. Vista:
Complete memory dump

Not available on computers with 2 or more GB of RAM. Records the entire contents of system memory when the system stops unexpectedly. If you choose this option you must have a paging file on the boot volume large enough to hold all of the physical RAM plus one megabyte (MB). The file is stored in the directory listed under Dump file.

If you have read sded's reply,then you should know that he had recently got a dump that is 2gb.Its strange how that it is not working on my computer.

[sded]

I get a full 2GB dump with the larger page file, and am out of ideas.  And the previous inability to turn off UAC bothers me as does the inability to change the drop down list.  I actually invoke the dump from a hung system using the procedure avast! recommends at http://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=71.  And my tortured .ftp program verifies that it was 2GB.  What version of Vista are you using again?  One other place to check is the Microsoft help forum at Broadband Reports, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/microsoft or one of the Microsoft tech forums.