If XP would obey my page file size then maybe ....

[jwalk2c]

Hello everyone,
My system is a mix of old and new so all I am not looking for great performance just to finish one mission.
I can only run COD for a few minutes. Game starts off fine but in a few minutes or less page file grows to over 2 GB and then everything starts to freeze over.
I have read that XP will sometimes ignore your page file settings and in my case this is true.
I tried setting to zero and various other small sizes restart and though my settings are kept XP still builds a page file. Not just in game but all apps.
My OS is updated.
My questions are:
1. Is it possible to run this game in XP 32 bit with my system?
2. How to force XP to obey page file setting?

I have the following updates in store for this PC: Win7 64 bit , SATA 6.0 h/d and Creative XiFi Titanium sound card but I wanted to experiment with current setup first.
Thank You
JohnnyWalker