Conventional Memory Change with WFWG and DYNAMIC=YES Setting

ID: Q90328

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

After you install Windows for Workgroups on a computer running Microsoft LAN Manager version 2.1, you may notice a change in available conventional memory.

MORE INFORMATION

This may be caused by having DYNAMIC=YES in the [PROTMAN] section of the PROTOCOL.INI file. The DYNAMIC=YES command causes PROTMAN.DOS to allocate memory to facilitate demand protocol architecture (DPA). Because Windows for Workgroups does not provide DPA functionality, this memory is wasted.

To recover the memory used for DPA, change DYNAMIC=NO, or remove the line all together.

DPA was first implemented with LAN Manager 2.1, and PROTMAN 2.0. DPA allows for the dynamic loading/binding and unloading/unbinding of protocols under MS-DOS.

KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubcategory: wfw winmem wfwg

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 PROTMAN PROTMAN.DOS SPARTA lanman

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Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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