We need help in how to enable expanded memory on NT workstation.

I created a PIF with properties - total conventional memory set to 640, expanded memory to 4096, no extended memory. That still does not activate my expanded memory in AREV.

Read something about EMM command in config.nt, but do not know the syntax.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Find the _default.pif and change the properties to 4096 for expanded.

Good name

Dave,

I have changed c:\winnt\_default.pif properties to read Expanded Memory 4096, that did do anything.

Do you have any more ideas.

Thanks

Dave

Some computers cannot make expanded memory, I have returned a Compaq and a Dell pc this year, the manufactures stated I purchased the wrong pc.

Expanded memory is NOT P.C. specific. It is a Dos limitation function enabling the segmentation of memory above the 640k limit of DOS. A specific Memory manager was created to enable referencing memory above the 640k limit. The memory manager was called "emm386.exe" (expanded memory manager for 386 based systems). ALL P.C.'s from old 8086's to Pentium 5 systems can have expanded memory activated.

in Config.sys or config.nt use the following command lines;

Device=c:\(dos command directory)\himem.sys .. enables upper memeory

Device=c:\(dos command directory)\EMM386.exe 4096

The 4096 after .exe refers to enabling expanded memory size of 4096k

If you specify RAM instead of a number the machime will allocate as much expanded memory as it can, up to it's top limit of 16Megs.

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