Examining page file usage in Performance Monitor

You can use Windows Performance Monitor to check the paging file use. Low physical memory can slow the vault. To examine page file usage in Performance Monitor:

  1. In the Windows start menu, open Administrative Tools
  2. Open Performance Monitor.
  3. Expand Monitoring Tools.
  4. Select Performance Monitor.
  5. Open the context menu of the graph and select Add Counters....
    Result:The Add Counters dialog opens.
  6. From the Available counters list, select Paging File.
  7. Select the down-arrow icon to the right of Paging File.
  8. Select % Usage under Paging File and then select Add to add the counter on the Added counters list.
  9. Select OK to close the Add Counters dialog.