diff --git a/reactos/subsys/smss/init.c b/reactos/subsys/smss/init.c
index 1176746aa3b..732651a95b8 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/smss/init.c
+++ b/reactos/subsys/smss/init.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: init.c,v 1.54 2004/01/06 16:10:11 ekohl Exp $
+/* $Id: init.c,v 1.55 2004/06/05 09:35:52 navaraf Exp $
  *
  * init.c - Session Manager initialization
  * 
@@ -634,6 +634,14 @@ SmCreatePagingFiles(VOID)
   RTL_QUERY_REGISTRY_TABLE QueryTable[2];
   NTSTATUS Status;
 
+  /*
+   * Disable paging file on MiniNT/Live CD.
+   */
+  if (RtlCheckRegistryKey(RTL_REGISTRY_CONTROL, L"MiniNT") == STATUS_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      return STATUS_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
   RtlZeroMemory(&QueryTable,
 		sizeof(QueryTable));