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re: Not Enough Memory Quit one or more programs!
Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(570 messages posted)
Windows98 and Windows 98SE are unstable if more than 128 MB of memory is fitted.
Windows will be less unstable in that situation if you add the MinFileChache and
MaxFileCache lines to the [vcache] section of SYSTEM.INI by following these instructions:
http://thpc.info/ram/vcache98.html
In practice, MinFileCache and MaxFileCache should both be set to the SAME figure,
to prevent problems caused by vache resizing. I set both to 25% of my installed RAM
(I have 256MB of memory installed).
This enables Windows to cache part of the memory that is not active, for quick recall.
If MaxFileCache is not specified the cache can grow to occupy the whole of memory,
causing system instability.
In practice, I set these values -
[vcache]
MinFileCache=65536
MaxFileCache=65536
I also add this line in the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI:
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
for the reasons mentioned at http://www.mdgx.com/98-4.htm#COSW
Adding these values has not caused me any other problems, but you should be aware
that if they make your system unstable you can recover by reverting to an earlier
backup of your system registry, by rebooting to DOS and typing this command at the
C: prompt, then following the on-screen instructions:
SCANREG /RESTORE
Note the space before the backslash character!
Ed
On Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 11:06 pm, WayneC wrote:
>I have 384 MB of memory and get this message after the computer has been booted
for
>awhile (and after a lot of usage). The vcache section in my system.ini does not
have
>MinFileCache or MaxFileCache.
>
>Is it OK to add them? What are the values to add for 384M? Could adding this cause
>other problems? Microsoft seems to say that increasing the sizes above the "user
>interface settings" (whatever that is) can cause problems.
>
>Thanks for any help you can give.
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