Create a pagefile

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

This user right determines which users and groups can call an internal application programming interface (API) to create a page file. This user right is used internally by the operating system and usually does not need to be assigned to any users.

For information about how to specify a paging file size for a given drive, see Change the size of the virtual memory paging file.

Default: Administrators.

You can configure this security setting by opening the appropriate policy and expanding the console tree as such: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment\

For specific instructions about how to configure security policy settings, see Edit security settings on a Group Policy object.

For more information, see:

• User Rights Assignment

• Assign user rights for your local computer

• Security Configuration Manager tools