registry editing helped (thanks !) and yes i always hit "set" before apply but it seems OS leaves pagefile.sys to be there, had to remove it via unlocker... only then i could re-enter new (small) values i wonder, if i may ask another question when i re-entered smaller values (min 2MB, max 4MB) can be something be done so OS doesn't automaticly starts to resize PF ? as i only wish to leave small PF for minidumps if BSOD happens but nothing above 1 or 2 MB, so the RAM can take everything else isntead HDD ?