diff --git a/collector/os.go b/collector/os.go
index 27780b2f..571d0cba 100644
--- a/collector/os.go
+++ b/collector/os.go
@@ -179,11 +179,7 @@ func (c *OSCollector) collect(ctx *ScrapeContext, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	pagingFiles, _, err := memManKey.GetStringsValue("ExistingPageFiles")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
+	pagingFiles, _, pagingErr := memManKey.GetStringsValue("ExistingPageFiles")
 	// Get build number and product name from registry
 	ntKey, err := registry.OpenKey(registry.LOCAL_MACHINE, `SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion`, registry.QUERY_VALUE)
 	defer ntKey.Close()
@@ -261,12 +257,21 @@ func (c *OSCollector) collect(ctx *ScrapeContext, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (
 		timezoneName,
 	)
 
-	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
-		c.PagingFreeBytes,
-		prometheus.GaugeValue,
-		pfb,
-	)
+	if pagingErr == nil {
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.PagingFreeBytes,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			pfb,
+		)
 
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+			c.PagingLimitBytes,
+			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			fsipf,
+		)
+	} else {
+		log.Debugln("Could not find HKLM:\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\Memory Management key. windows_os_paging_free_bytes and windows_os_paging_limit_bytes will be omitted.")
+	}
 	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 		c.VirtualMemoryFreeBytes,
 		prometheus.GaugeValue,
@@ -300,12 +305,6 @@ func (c *OSCollector) collect(ctx *ScrapeContext, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (
 		float64(nwgi.LoggedOnUsers),
 	)
 
-	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
-		c.PagingLimitBytes,
-		prometheus.GaugeValue,
-		fsipf,
-	)
-
 	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 		c.VirtualMemoryBytes,
 		prometheus.GaugeValue,