PC hangs when opening excel or words from win2k server by windows explorer

"Greg R" wrote in message
...

In Windows 98se Try this in the config.sys file. Still may hang
sometimes.

device=C:\windows\himem.sys
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe ON RAM
Lastdrive=Z
Files=20
Buffers=20

This is curious advice.
Windows by itself uses HIMEM.SYS at boot.
Windows does not use the other four (DOS)
boot commands.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:56:30 -0400, "Don Phillipson" wrote:

"Greg R" wrote in message
.. .

In Windows 98se Try this in the config.sys file. Still may hang
sometimes.

device=C:\windows\himem.sys
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe ON RAM
Lastdrive=Z
Files=20
Buffers=20

This is curious advice.
Windows by itself uses HIMEM.SYS at boot.
Windows does not use the other four (DOS)
boot commands.

Yes, I know. But emm386 does not know this.
Yes windows does use emm386.exe
If I didn't include those lines. My computer would freeze constantly

I using windows 98se on emachine Amd Athlon w2040 made for xp.
Yes I have all the windows 98se drivers. I think windows 98se does
not properly recognize the type of memory installed. Windows me does
work a little better on this and even windows me is even faster than
windows xp.

However,
One addition if using smart drive lower the maximum buffer should be 8


Memory Type Total Used Free
---------------- -------- -------- --------
Conventional 640K 48K 592K
Upper 0K 0K 0K
Reserved 0K 0K 0K
Extended (XMS) 65,472K ? 359,180K
Total memory 66,112K ? 359,772K

Total under 1 MB 640K 48K 592K

Largest executable program size 592K (606,608 bytes)
Largest free upper memory block 0K (0 bytes)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.

"Greg R" wrote in message
...
Kt,
In Windows 98se Try this in the config.sys file. Still may hang
sometimes.

device=C:\windows\himem.sys
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe ON RAM
Lastdrive=Z
Files=20
Buffers=20

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uummmmmm...why ?

EdK