windows 7 paging file blue screen of death

problem

i have just put windows 7 on an old TOSHIBA L20 celeron notebook with 2G of ram but if i uncheck automatically manage paging file size and set a custom size of 2788 MB (initial and maximum) and reboot i get blue screen of death

solution

reboot again into safe mode and recheck automatically manage paging file size and restart

see also

• http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-vista/change-the-size-of-virtual-memory
• http://lifehacker.com/5426041/understanding-the-windows-pagefile-and-why-you-shouldnt-disable-it
• http://www.howtogeek.com/