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From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: MS Word for Win. low memory problems
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Date: 11 Apr 90 00:06:37 GMT
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neilh@microsoft.UUCP (Neil HOOPMAN) writes:

>In art <69220001@hpl-opus.HP.COM> knotts@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Tom Knotts) writes:
>>I am getting low memory errors if I have 3 or 4 windows open. The thing is,
>>I have 4 Meg of RAM. Certainly the windows couldn't need this much. I tried
>>making all the memory extended, which is what I think the program wants, but
>>I still get the error. Does anyone know what the problem is?

>You want to make sure that you are using a some type of memory manager
>that provides LIM 4.0.  Depending on the type of computer
>you have, it may have come with it.  There are also products like
>386MAX that will do this for you.  If you are purchasing Windows,
>Windows/386 will provide this.

>You can tell if Word is using your expanded memory in the Help/About
>dialog.  If you do not currently have a memory manager installed,
>WinWord is running in the base 640K.  Installing a manager will give 
>you quite a performance improvement.

I have the same problem running WinWord with Win386 on a 4 meg machine.
I complained about this while it was still in beta test.  If I remember
right, it's the base memory you are running out of - not expanded.  One
support person suggested I start windows with a /L-200 option.  It didn't
help.  Recently, another MS support person said it should be /L+200.  Since
I've gone back to using PC Word, I don't know if it will really help.

BTW, MS sent me a document about memory for windows.  I haven't had time
to read it yet, but you may want to call them and ask for it.  I'm on
vacation, so I don't know the exact title.
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