Preparing the Environment
In order to identify drivers that allocate contiguous memory, it is necessary to ensure that security update MS09-012 (KB 956572) is properly installed. This security update must be installed using the /B:SQP2QFE option.
Install a hotfix version of NTOSKRNL.EXE greater than or equal to file version 5.2.3790.4173 as indicated in Knowledge Base Article 938486.
Review Knowledge Base Article 956572. This article discusses security update MS09-012.
If security update MS09-012 is installed on your system, this security update must be uninstalled and reinstalled using the /B:SQP2QFE option. Be sure to restart your system after uninstalling MS09-012.
Install MS09-012 using the /B:SP2QFE option. For example:
WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB952004-x64-ENU.exe /B:SP2QFE
Restart your server.
Update the Register by setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management DisablePagingExecutive (dword) from 0 (hex) to 1 (hex).
Note
Be sure to set this value to 0 when the data collection is done. If this value is not set to 0 performance can be negatively impacted.
Download and install the latest version of Windows Performance Toolkit from the WPT web site. Please see Installation section of this document for more information.