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From: jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Sheckel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: QEMM problem with Windows - Won't execute Dos apps
Keywords: HELP!!!, LOST!!!, PANIC!!
Message-ID: <1011@stewart.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 91 21:07:33 GMT
References: <713@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil> <6041@bwdls58.bnr.ca>
Reply-To: jerry@stewart.UUCP (Jerry Sheckel)
Organization: Polygen Corporation, Waltham, MA
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In article <6041@bwdls58.bnr.ca> mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) writes:
>
><  Problem:  When I orginally installed Win 3.0 the default operating mode
><was 386 Enhanced.  This weekend I installed QEMM v 5.1 (device = c:\qemm\
><qemm386.sys RAM) and and now it will only go into 386 Enhanced if I force it
><with the "Win /3" switch.  Now I can't get Windows to let me execute any of 
><the Dos Apps that I used to before I installed QEMM.  It says not enough
>
>The NOSORT parameter must be used for QEMM when WINDOWS3 is also to be used.
>

Sounds to me like the original poster is using only 2MB RAM.  Install QEMM,
it takes away some extended RAM for its "hidden" device drivers and TSR's,
and now Windows thinks there's less than 2MB RAM, so it automatically goes
into real mode.
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