Limit RAM

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David

Hello

I just upgraded to XP from W98se. I have 512 meg of RAM
and I would like to be able to temporarily limit my
physical memory to 366 meg.

I used to do this in W98se with the line:
MaxPhysPage=16DFF
in the [386Enh]" section of the SYSTEM.INI file.

This doesn't give the same result in XP.

Any Ideas?

Thanks

David
 
In c:\boot.ini, look for "\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition"
/fastdetect" and add the following part to the end "/maxmem:366".
This will make the line look like this

WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /maxmem:366
 
Hello Norman

Thanks you for the reply.

Does this also work for professional version as well?

Regards

David
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In c:\boot.ini, look for "\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition"
/fastdetect" and add the following part to the end "/maxmem:366".
This will make the line look like this

WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
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Edition" /fastdetect /maxmem:366
Hello

I just upgraded to XP from W98se. I have 512 meg of RAM
and I would like to be able to temporarily limit my
physical memory to 366 meg.

I used to do this in W98se with the line:
MaxPhysPage=16DFF
in the [386Enh]" section of the SYSTEM.INI file.

This doesn't give the same result in XP.

Any Ideas?

Thanks

David
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David said:
Hello

I just upgraded to XP from W98se. I have 512 meg of RAM
and I would like to be able to temporarily limit my
physical memory to 366 meg.

I used to do this in W98se with the line:
MaxPhysPage=16DFF
in the [386Enh]" section of the SYSTEM.INI file.

This doesn't give the same result in XP.

Any Ideas?
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Use Start - Run - MSCONFIG.

Go to the BOOT.INI tab and click on the Advanced Options button.

Click on the /MAXMEM checkbox to select it and then change the value
in the dialog box from 512 to 366.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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