[SOLVED] Unable to change to Complete Memory Dump

[Shintaro]

I was playing around with my system and realised that I can't set "Complete Memory Dump". (See the attached images)

Page File = 8190Mb (System has 8G of RAM) Managed by System
Microsoft Error Reporting Service = Automatic
%systemroot%\minidump = exists

Any ideas??

 

[Shintaro]

Ok that was strange.

I ran DumpConfigurator and set the Memory Dump Type to: Complete.
Reboot.
And now it appears in "Startup and Recovery" as it should.

Must have been a problem with the registry?

DumpConfigurator
http://winplattools.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/14600#256939

 

[usasma]

I've seen similar problems in the past - and the registry fix has been the solution.
This article states that the Complete dump isn't available on 32 bit systems w/over 2 gB of RAM: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254649
This article says it's by design for systems with more than 2 gB of RAM (it's an article about Server 2003): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778968(WS.10).aspx