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- From: miket@exucom.com (Michael Teper)
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- Subject: Re: Norton Desktop: Not Enough Memory for DOS Apps
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.054418.9671@exucom.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 05:44:18 GMT
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- Jim Mann (jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com) wrote:
- : I finally upgraded to Norton Destktop 2.0 last week. It's worked
- : fine except for one problem: every now and then, when I try to
- : open a DOS application or a DOS window, I get a "not enough
- : memory to run correctly" message. This occurs when I have
- : no other Apps running, and when System Info says I have
- : plenty of free resources left. Any suggestions as to what might
- : be wrong?
-
- : In case it matters, here's the setup:
-
- : 386/33 with 4 M
- : 2 M swapdrive
- : smartdrv.exe disk cache (512K under Windows)
- : Norton screen saver used as screen saver
-
- Try increasing Swapfile to 4Mb (even though it would make no difference
- for a DOS app dire ctly since those only use real RAM)
-
- Lower SmartDrive windows down to 256 and disable the screensaver (those
- oftem take up more memory than you think)
-
-
- : --
- : Jim Mann
- : Stratus Computer jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
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