Memory Limitation with QEMM and Windows 3.1 Standard Mode

ID: Q83942

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

If you run the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1 in standard mode with Quarterdeck's QEMM386, only 8 MB of memory is available to Windows, even if more physical RAM is available. If you choose About Program Manager from the Help menu in Program Manager, you are unlikely see more than 6,900K available memory.

This problem only occurs if you are using QEMM386. It does not occur with other upper memory block (UMB) providers such as EMM386.EXE and 386MAX.

The only workaround currently available is to run Windows in 386 enhanced mode. For more information, contact Quarterdeck.

The products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

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Additional query words: 3.10

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Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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