Using way more page file than usual

[creepy]

Usually my machine will use 100-150mb of page file. For some reason on saturday it randomly started using 250-300 making my machine VERY slow. Ive gone into msconfig and set nothing to start up,closed everything I could in the task list and still its using a lot. Ive also ran a spy doctor and deleted what it found as well as a virus can which found nothing.

Any suggestions? Maybe just reinstall windows?

[TimoneX]

I'd try some less drastic measures first. Check to see which processes are hogging the most memory. If you have a Gb you could shut the PF off and see if it gets re-created.

[creepy]

Running 512mb of memory. Reason im considering reinstalling anyways is bc I wasnt thinking when I reformatted two weeks ago I installed windows to my 5400rpm hdd instead of the 7200.

[TimoneX]

Ah. Well if a re-install is in order anyway...