Create a view in SharePoint UI to paginate through data on a large list.

Question

Some of my users are facing a usability issue with SharePoint.
The problem seems to be that if a list exceeds the threshold. SharePoint gives them the error ... but doesn't allow them to fix it.
So when the list threshold is exceeded... the user cannot go into the list at all to create a view or to delete old records. 
They must call in the system administrator who can open bigger lists... but in large companies system administrators are not easily accessible.
How can user fix the problem himself/herself in case the threshold has increased?
The second issue is that I want to create a view on a large list that shows 50 items at a time. I don't want to filter (like year = 2013 or age < 10) I don't want to filter but I want to reduce the number of records fetched by means of pagination. Is
this possible on a large list. (I found many blogs on the web with people using XSLT web part and DVWP..... but none of them work when the list has exceeded threshold). I want a very simple view on the list which takes only 50 items at a time and works with
large lists.
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Answer 1

In order to handle large lists (over 5000 items) you need to select the fields that you what to show in the view and set them as indexes , you can do it through list settings-> set indexes.
it might be a problem in an allready large list 'but in a small one - its pretty quick.
and to create a view'and set the pagination there - use the create view of the list itself and not a dataview webpart or other tool.
I have tested it in a project of mine in a list of 15000 records and it works , although you can not filter and sort on the view itself but on the view definitions only.
if the list is bigger then 20000 items - > it is most desireable not to use sharepoint .
Shlomy