Quick overview:
High-performance computers in particular, which deal with video and audio editing, for example, have more than 1024 megabytes Working memory. Unfortunately, Windows 98 cannot cope with such a gigantic amount of memory and in many cases it refuses to boot up at all.
This problem is similar to this article herebut the solution given there no longer works. Unfortunately, you have to limit the working memory so that more than 512 megabytes can no longer be used. However, I generally recommend switching to the Windows 2000 or XP operating systems if you have so much RAM, as these can even manage several gigabytes of memory without any problems and even benefit from a speed advantage.
How to limit the working memory with Windows 98
1. In the Start menu, click on Execute and enter the command System.ini in.
2. After confirmation, the editor opens with the content of this system file. Now go under the [386Enh] section and add the line MaxPhysPage=40000 at the bottom.
A restart is sufficient for the changes to take effect.
NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.
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