PROJECT: Computer Report - Comprehensive

Paul Black said:

Hello @NTN,



I did NOT know that you had downloaded the program as per the reasons given in Post #1.

Anyway, I have just checked the Script, and run another test, and mine does NOT change the Pagefile parameters.

The Script ONLY uses the commands . . .

Code:

Get-CimInstance Win32_PageFileUsage
Get-CimInstance Win32_PageFileSetting
Get-wmiObject Win32_PageFileUsage

. . . which ONLY extracts information, they do NOT change ANYTHING.

No problem of course.

@Berton, @FreeBooter, @zebal, @OldGuyFromCdn, @Anak

As mentioned above, @NTN has had a problem with the Pagefile parameters being changed possibly due to running the program. As I have only used the following commands to extract the Pagefile data, I wonder if any of you have also noticed this behaviour/change please ?

Code:

Get-CimInstance Win32_PageFileUsage
Get-CimInstance Win32_PageFileSetting
Get-wmiObject Win32_PageFileUsage

I have spent over two hours on this so far and I just can NOT find an answer for it, hence the request.

Thanks in advance.

@Anak,

Anak said:

No, I have not noticed any changes, but then the pagefile setting has become a moot point for me, I'll bet I haven't touched that setting for oh, 20 years.

This, is just a random thought. . . As your .bat reads the pagefile info then releases the file Windows is interpreting the release as a random addition to the file?

Thanks for the feedback.

It is ONLY extracting [ replicating / echoing ] the data that is there and NOT actually interacting with it.

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@das10,

das10 said:

jfi: I just set up Custom Managed Pagefiles on 5 Drives and their settings haven't changed after running the script.

Code:

 Name            Initial Size Maximum Size
 ----            ------------ ------------
 c:\pagefile.sys 8,192 MB     10,240 MB
 d:\pagefile.sys 2,048 MB     10,240 MB
 l:\pagefile.sys 2,048 MB     8,192 MB
 t:\pagefile.sys 3,072 MB     10,240 MB
 u:\pagefile.sys 4,096 MB     4,096 MB

 --- Pagefile(s) - Locations [5] - Sorted by [Name] ---

 c:\pagefile.sys - Automatic Managed Pagefile: False [Custom Managed]
 d:\pagefile.sys - Automatic Managed Pagefile: False [Custom Managed]
 l:\pagefile.sys - Automatic Managed Pagefile: False [Custom Managed]
 t:\pagefile.sys - Automatic Managed Pagefile: False [Custom Managed]
 u:\pagefile.sys - Automatic Managed Pagefile: False [Custom Managed]

I'll leave them there for the time being in case further testing is required (although, the codelets used are simply "GETting" the information from the System and echoing the same to console in a simplified format).

That is extremely useful indeed, thank you for testing and providing feedback.

Hello @FreeBooter,

FreeBooter said:

I haven't seen any change ...

Thanks for the feedback.

FreeBooter said:

... you could also check for pagefile size with ...

It is NOT the integrity of the output data that is in question. @NTN has stated that the program could have possibly changed the Pagefile parameters, which appears at present to ONLY be affecting him. This is strange as the Get commands only extract data and do NOT change / amend data in the format that I have used.

Hello @FreeBooter,

FreeBooter said:

None of those commands will change pagefile settings.

Exactly.

FreeBooter said:

The output of those commands confusing which one of them shows size of the pagefile?

The commands that I posted were just to show that I was using Get commands [ short version ]. The commands actually used in the program are obviously longer than those in order to get the correct and desired output needed.