Prog needs more Memory?

[LMO]

Hi all. I'm trying to run the program "Joy of Cooking." I've had it for a
few years (from my Win98 days), and when I try to run it under XP SP2, I get
the error "Director Player 6.0: This program requires at least 3MB of free
virtual memory to run."
I have 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB drive that's only 1/3 full. Is there way to
get this prog to run on my system?
Thanks!

 

[BBUNNY]

Some of the older applications require that virtual memory be availed.
Check to see how your Virtual Memory is set. System Properties--
Advanced--Performance Options--Advanced--Virtual memory--change--
The default settings are usually 1536 over 3072 for 1GB RAM.

 

[Guest]

Actually in system properties,virtual memory,you should select "let windows
manage",then click set 2X for it to get active.You could also,open task
manager,
processes,R.click on the program,set priority,set 1 above where it is
now,then
close out task manager,however the trick 1st mentioned should take care of
it.

 

[LMO]

I used the first method, rebooted, and it worked.
Thanks!

 

[Alex Nichol]

Hi all. I'm trying to run the program "Joy of Cooking." I've had it for a
few years (from my Win98 days), and when I try to run it under XP SP2, I get
the error "Director Player 6.0: This program requires at least 3MB of free
virtual memory to run."

It is probably making mistakes in checking the environment. Use All
Programs - Accessories - Program Compatibility Wizard, browse to the
..exe file of the program, tell it to run in Win98 mode

 

[Tony Neville]

Hav you tried using the Compatability Wizard in XP ?, this tricks XP into
thinking its an older version of Windows, sometimes does the trick.