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- From: gibsonst@sonoma.edu (Stephen Gibson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: re: EMM386 and MS-Windows Hanging
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.121944.3612@nic.csu.net>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 20:19:43 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.215121.13802@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
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- Organization: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
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- In article <1992Dec21.215121.13802@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> creacy@yuppie.enet.dec.com (Chet Creacy) writes:
- >
- >I have a 386sx-20, 5meg of memory, SVGA, and 120meg disk. I'm having a problem
- >with MS-Windows hanging when it comes up and EMM386 is installed.
- >
- >The first part of my config.sys is:
- >
- > DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
- > DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE noems
- > DOS=HIGH,UMB
- > ...
- >
- >I can only get my windows to come up when I remove/remark the EMM386 line from
- >the config.sys file. I've even tried the Windows version of EMM386.EXE in the
- >Windows directory.
- >
- >Can anyone tell might what could be the problem? Am I loading too many devices
- >in high memory that windows needs to function?
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >Chet
-
- Use the versions of HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE that came with Windows 3.1. If
- you are using SmartDrive, use the version that came with Windows 3.1 as well
- (SMARTDRV.EXE). If your machine has a static ram cache, use your setup
- utility to disable it and any BIOS/video shadowing. Hope that this helps.
-
-
- Stephen Gibson
- System Support Specialist
- Sonoma State Universtiy
- eMAIL: gibsonst@sonoma.edu
- Stephen.Gibson@sonoma.edu
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