This user right determines which users and groups can call an internal application programming interface (API) to create and change the size of 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 To change the size of the virtual memory paging file. Default: Administrators. Counter Measure: Restrict the Create a page file user right to members of the Administrators group. Potential Impact: None. This is the default configuration. Fix: (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment\Create a pagefile (2) REG: ### (3) WMI: root\rsop\computer#RSOP_UserPrivilegeRight#AccountList#UserRight=SeCreatePagefilePrivilege and precedence=1