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From: kensy@microsoft.UUCP (Ken SYKES)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Himem.sys
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Date: 13 May 91 23:17:27 GMT
References: <1991May9.203448.5597@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
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In article <1991May9.203448.5597@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> eger@nu.cs.fsu.edu writes:
>Sorry if this is a frequently asked or stupid/obvious question, but
>what exactly does HIMEM.SYS do, and is it necessary?  I am running
>Windows on a 386SX with 2MB RAM.  I am asking because I am trying to 
>free up memory, and if HIMEM.SYS is not really needed, then I am
>taking it out of my CONFIG.SYS.

HIMEM.SYS is needed if you want to run protect mode.  It is the XMS manager
for Windows.  Without extended memory you will be stuck with real mode.

Ken Sykes
Disclaimer: The above opinions are solely my own.