program is too big to fit in memory

[Guest]

Hi there, i've recently been trying to install some software in .iso file
format using Daemon Tools and i'm having the following problems.

To start of with i was getting a "16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem error" so i did a
search here and found the xp_fix.exe that is used to sort this problem. this
error has now stopped but now i'm getting "program is too big to fit in
memory" in the DOS window. i've tried reading up on this and people are
saying back-up the AUTOEXEC.NT and CONFIG.NT which i've done, including
changing to read only) but still the program will not run.

any ideas?

i'm running XP pro with SP2 on an Athlon XP 3000+, 1.25GB of DDR RAM(not
enough memory? they mad?), 256MB ATI RADEON X800PRO

thanks in advance

Andres

 

[Lester Stiefel]

Hi there, i've recently been trying to install some software in .iso file
format using Daemon Tools and i'm having the following problems.

To start of with i was getting a "16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem error" so i did a
search here and found the xp_fix.exe that is used to sort this problem. this
error has now stopped but now i'm getting "program is too big to fit in
memory" in the DOS window. i've tried reading up on this and people are
saying back-up the AUTOEXEC.NT and CONFIG.NT which i've done, including
changing to read only) but still the program will not run.

any ideas?

i'm running XP pro with SP2 on an Athlon XP 3000+, 1.25GB of DDR RAM(not
enough memory? they mad?), 256MB ATI RADEON X800PRO

thanks in advance

Andres

Which program is it?

 

[Guest]

In the Older Days, there use to be Memory Management command lines in the
Config.sys and the Autoexec.bat files. All computers have only a 640k Base
memory and the lines were to allow upper memory to fill in for the base. So
when Mouse Drivers, Print drivers were intalled, many were relocated to Himem
or Upper memory to keep the Base memory open to run programs.
I am rather an archaic Computer user who is more confused than
knowledgeable now. I do know that XP doesn't need Autoexec or config anymore,
because XP is the operating system and is NOT controlled by MS-Dos.
I would say and yet would have not the foggiest to know of where to
start, but would think somehow your base memory is being used up and that is
the memory that is being referred to.
That was the only PLUS that Linux had when it was introduced it broke
away from the early foundation of base memory being limited to 640k.
I am only telling you all this, because I noticed no one offered to
help, and maybe even though I am not a real XP expert it may put someone who
is, on the right path. Good luck.
Craig