Thanks for the confirmation. Go and use a real OS instead !
Uwe On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:39:36 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, this is probably already off topic, but here's the link to KB article: > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80 > /support/kb/articles/Q253/9/12.ASP&NoWebContent=1 > > And an excerpt: > > If a computer that is running any of the versions of Windows that are listed above > contains more than 512 megabytes (for example, 768 megabytes) of physical memory > (RAM), you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: * You may be > unable to open an MS-DOS session (or command prompt) while Windows is running. > Attempts to do so may generate the following error message: > There is not enough memory available to run this program. > Quit one or more programs, and then try again. * The computer may stop > responding (hang) while Windows is starting, or halt and display the following error > message: > Insufficient memory to initialize windows. Quit one or more memory-resident programs > or remove unnecessary utilities from your Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files, and > restart your computer. > > Regards, > Beau > > -----Original Message----- > From: MIME :[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:MIME :[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: RE: RealVNC slowness (WinVNC) > > Searching the MS knowledge base only brought up the following article > titled > Windows 95 Can Access Up to Two GB of RAM > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;181594 > > It does say 95 but 98 should have the same limit. Before upgrading to 2k > I was using 98 with 1gig of physical ram for about 6months without > problem. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Uwe Dippel > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 8:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; James ''Wez'' Weatherall; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: RealVNC slowness (WinVNC) > > I don't have the link ready here, but actually, it is 512 MB. > You should find this from the M$-knowledge-base as well. At least, I > did. > > --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guys, > > > I was told by someone i tust greatly that Windows 98 should not have > > more then 256Mb of RAM installed, the rest is either not used or > > makes the machine misbehave. > > > Regards, > > Edwin > > > ------------------------ > > "James ''Wez'' Weatherall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ------------------------ > > > > >> Nope, nothing flagged, and no unknown devices. > > >> 384mb ram, 81% system-resourses free, virtual memory OFF, > > >> file-system 32bit > > > > > >81% system resources free is extremely low for a 384Mb machine > > that's not > > >even running anything. Having said that, Windows 98 is particularly > > bad at > > >dealing with large amounts of RAM. > > > > > >Having no virtual memory configured is also a bad idea with Windows > > 98. I > > >have no idea as to the reasons behind that, but it seems to really > > badly > > >affect performance in many cases. > > > > > >> since 5 days, system is restored in original state. (compaq evo > > >> d500, win98) > > > > > >Strange. 5-day old installation should be OK. Are you installing > > standard > > >Windows 98, Windows 98SE, or a Compaq OEM'd version of Windows 98? > > > > > >> btw, if it's possible to use MSN, ICQ or Yahoo, > > >> http://www.simbox.nl/sb_contact > > >> to keep the list up to date, i could post the session, or put it > > on the > > >> site... > > > > > >? 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