i removed/replaced the pagefile, but that didn't work. i'm now going to try to test my memory, although i'm doubtful i'll know what to do with the information. i made it 1.5x the suggested size for a pagefile is, but could the problem be that i still didn't make the new pagefile big enough? i wasn't sure if it should be 1.5x the entire memory capacity of the computer, or just the suggested size, or the size of the virtual memory, or what. but i don't think that should matter, because the reason i redid it was incase there was an error in it, right?
either way, thank you for your time.