I'm running Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 3 on a Dell Vostro 1520 laptop. This is a brand new reinstall. I have noticed that if I leave my computer running for extended periods of time, my page file size sky rockets. (As reported by the Windows Task Manager.)After about 7 hours continuous running, plugged in, with minimal usage (idle and minimal text-only web browsing), the page file size hits about 7 GB and the running processes start crashing. There is nothing left to do but shut down the computer, which takes forever inandof itself for the same reason. Sometimes the computer will even go into hibernate mode because it's taking too long to log off. Generally once the 7 GB page file size is hit, it takes in excess of 20 to 25 minutes to log off, shut down, and restart the computer.Right now, the computer has been running for 1/2 hour and the page file size is already 967 MB. This is understandably a very annoying problem, especially when programs begin shutting down with little to no warning. "Don't run your computer for that long" is not an option. I tried a clean reinstall of Windows XP, and only installed Firefox and the latest drivers for my wireless adapter (Dell wireless 1397W-LAN mini card), but the problems remain.Any help would be greatly appreciated.~GRH1 person got this answerI do too