Windows XP question
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JSamilo
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I'm thinking back to the old days, are these games 16-bit (designed for Windows 3.1)? I remember back when I upgraded from 3.1/64MB to my NT 4.0 based Dual PII-400 w/ 512MB of RAM that a few of my 3.1 apps wouldn't work with so MUCH memory, I believe such a large number caused a type of buffer overflow. I tested this hypothesis by using the /MAXMEM boot.ini switch and setting a really small pagefile. If this is the case, there is no way to get around this problem other than, finding a software patch for your particular application as XP will not function adequately with 64MB of physical memory and at least as much pagefile.
Go here:
http://www.cwpub.com/techsupport.html
There is a fix about 1/2 way down the page that describes a way to fix your problem.
What it sounds like is that they used too small of a number to represent how much virtual memory your system has, and thus, the value it reads from the system has overflowed, and looks like either 0 or a negative number. It is a software bug with their program.
The fix they have you do will likely work, but it is a poor solution, as you can have problems if you force your page file size to be too small.
http://www.cwpub.com/techsupport.html
There is a fix about 1/2 way down the page that describes a way to fix your problem.
What it sounds like is that they used too small of a number to represent how much virtual memory your system has, and thus, the value it reads from the system has overflowed, and looks like either 0 or a negative number. It is a software bug with their program.
The fix they have you do will likely work, but it is a poor solution, as you can have problems if you force your page file size to be too small.
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evan9162 said:
Go here:
http://www.cwpub.com/techsupport.html
There is a fix about 1/2 way down the page that describes a way to fix your problem.
What it sounds like is that they used too small of a number to represent how much virtual memory your system has, and thus, the value it reads from the system has overflowed, and looks like either 0 or a negative number. It is a software bug with their program.
The fix they have you do will likely work, but it is a poor solution, as you can have problems if you force your page file size to be too small.
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Thanks for finding that! It does sound like a crappy way to fix it though, lowering my virtual memory. At least I know there is a way to make it work.
evan9162 said:
Go here:
http://www.cwpub.com/techsupport.html
There is a fix about 1/2 way down the page that describes a way to fix your problem.
What it sounds like is that they used too small of a number to represent how much virtual memory your system has, and thus, the value it reads from the system has overflowed, and looks like either 0 or a negative number. It is a software bug with their program.
The fix they have you do will likely work, but it is a poor solution, as you can have problems if you force your page file size to be too small.
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Thanks for finding that! It does sound like a crappy way to fix it though, lowering my virtual memory. At least I know there is a way to make it work.
