WFWG Err Msg: Insufficient Memory Available... when Starting

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

The following error may appear when you start Windows for Workgroups:

   Insufficient memory available

CAUSE

There are too many drivers listed in the Drivers portion of Control Panel. When Windows for Workgroups starts, all of these drivers are loaded into conventional memory, and the amount of conventional memory available is reduced with the loading of each driver. When there is too little conventional memory for Windows for Workgroups to load the next driver, an error message appears.

WORKAROUND

The amount of available conventional memory must be increased. You can increase conventional memory by taking one or a combination of the following actions:

• Load fewer drivers in the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
• Load some of the drivers in the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files into high memory.
• Load fewer drivers in the Drivers portion of Control Panel.
• Set LASTDRIVE (in CONFIG.SYS) to a letter such as J or K, rather than Z. Since each letter uses about 100 bytes more memory than the preceding letter, limiting the drive letters in this way can prevent the error from occurring. (Note that this does limit the number of network drives that you can access.)