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Alright, I've read plenty of posts on this...but none really help so
far. I run a DOS application that needs approx 603K of conventional
memory free to run. I get Dell Optiplex GX60s from my corporate office
right out of the box. I put 5 of them in and all were fine and had
anywhere between 610-615K of conv. memory free without any sort of
configurations whatsoever. Now I have one that for some reason
absolutely will not load DOSX into upper memory and it only leaves
about 570K free. not even close. sadly, if i just REM out the DOSX
statement, my application works fine. The problem I have is the user
must do print screens from it which Microsoft has decided to take out,
so I use a print screen utility that works great....except for it
apparently needs DOSX loaded to run! go figure. so here is what my
memory config looks like
Convential Memory:
Name Size
------------------------------------
MSDOS 11.7K
KBD 3.2K
HIMEM 1.2K
COMMAND 3.7K
DOSX 33.9K
VIPX 1.1K
VLMSUP 14.9K
FREE 0.1K
FREE 0.9K
FREE 569.1K
Total FREE 570.1K
Upper Memory
Name Size
-------------------------------------
SYSTEM 240.0K
DOSX 0.1K
MOUSE 12.2K
MSCDEXNT 0.5K
REDIR 2.6K
FREE 0.9K
FREE 18.2K
FREE 45.4K
Total FREE: 64.4K
So my issue is this...I can actually load the VIPX and VLMSUP into
high memory and free up that 16K, but then I am only at 585K or so. It
also doesn't leave a free block big enough for the 34K that DOSX is.
But loading those into conventional gives me that block of 45.4K. SO
WHY WON'T IT LOAD DOSX INTO THIS?! So aggravating. I've tried
everything.
Autoexec.nt looks like this
lh %systemroot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe
lh %systemroot%\system32\redir
lh %systemroot%\system32\dosx <---devil
%systemroot%\system32\vipx.exe
%systemroot%\system32\vlmsup.exe
and config.nt looks like this
dos=high,umb
device=%systemroot%\system32\himem.sys
files=40
Someone please help me out with this....like I said, 5 of the exact
same machines with no configuration work fine, and this one is jacked
up.
Thanks,
Brian Mosher
far. I run a DOS application that needs approx 603K of conventional
memory free to run. I get Dell Optiplex GX60s from my corporate office
right out of the box. I put 5 of them in and all were fine and had
anywhere between 610-615K of conv. memory free without any sort of
configurations whatsoever. Now I have one that for some reason
absolutely will not load DOSX into upper memory and it only leaves
about 570K free. not even close. sadly, if i just REM out the DOSX
statement, my application works fine. The problem I have is the user
must do print screens from it which Microsoft has decided to take out,
so I use a print screen utility that works great....except for it
apparently needs DOSX loaded to run! go figure. so here is what my
memory config looks like
Convential Memory:
Name Size
------------------------------------
MSDOS 11.7K
KBD 3.2K
HIMEM 1.2K
COMMAND 3.7K
DOSX 33.9K
VIPX 1.1K
VLMSUP 14.9K
FREE 0.1K
FREE 0.9K
FREE 569.1K
Total FREE 570.1K
Upper Memory
Name Size
-------------------------------------
SYSTEM 240.0K
DOSX 0.1K
MOUSE 12.2K
MSCDEXNT 0.5K
REDIR 2.6K
FREE 0.9K
FREE 18.2K
FREE 45.4K
Total FREE: 64.4K
So my issue is this...I can actually load the VIPX and VLMSUP into
high memory and free up that 16K, but then I am only at 585K or so. It
also doesn't leave a free block big enough for the 34K that DOSX is.
But loading those into conventional gives me that block of 45.4K. SO
WHY WON'T IT LOAD DOSX INTO THIS?! So aggravating. I've tried
everything.
Autoexec.nt looks like this
lh %systemroot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe
lh %systemroot%\system32\redir
lh %systemroot%\system32\dosx <---devil
%systemroot%\system32\vipx.exe
%systemroot%\system32\vlmsup.exe
and config.nt looks like this
dos=high,umb
device=%systemroot%\system32\himem.sys
files=40
Someone please help me out with this....like I said, 5 of the exact
same machines with no configuration work fine, and this one is jacked
up.
Thanks,
Brian Mosher