Prog needs more Memory?

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Hi all. I'm trying to run the program "Joy of Cooking." I've had it for a
few years (from my Win98 days), and when I try to run it under XP SP2, I get
the error "Director Player 6.0: This program requires at least 3MB of free
virtual memory to run."
I have 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB drive that's only 1/3 full. Is there way to
get this prog to run on my system?
Thanks!

 

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LMO wrote:
>> Hi all. I'm trying to run the program "Joy of Cooking." I've had it
>> for a few years (from my Win98 days), and when I try to run it under
>> XP SP2, I get the error "Director Player 6.0: This program requires at
>> least 3MB of free virtual memory to run."
>> I have 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB drive that's only 1/3 full. Is there
>> way to get this prog to run on my system?
>> Thanks!

Some of the older applications require that virtual memory be availed.
Check to see how your Virtual Memory is set. System Properties--
Advanced--Performance Options--Advanced--Virtual memory--change--
The default settings are usually 1536 over 3072 for 1GB RAM.

 

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Actually in system properties,virtual memory,you should select "let windows
manage",then click set 2X for it to get active.You could also,open task
manager,
processes,R.click on the program,set priority,set 1 above where it is
now,then
close out task manager,however the trick 1st mentioned should take care of
it.

"LMO" wrote:

> Hi all. I'm trying to run the program "Joy of Cooking." I've had it for a
> few years (from my Win98 days), and when I try to run it under XP SP2, I get
> the error "Director Player 6.0: This program requires at least 3MB of free
> virtual memory to run."
> I have 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB drive that's only 1/3 full. Is there way to
> get this prog to run on my system?
> Thanks!
>
>
>

 

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I used the first method, rebooted, and it worked.
Thanks!

"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:06434707-F0F2-4AEF-94C2-B19CD1850E2C@microsoft.com...
> Actually in system properties,virtual memory,you should select "let
> windows
> manage",then click set 2X for it to get active.You could also,open task
> manager,
> processes,R.click on the program,set priority,set 1 above where it is
> now,then
> close out task manager,however the trick 1st mentioned should take care of
> it.
>
> "LMO" wrote:
>
>> Hi all. I'm trying to run the program "Joy of Cooking." I've had it for a
>> few years (from my Win98 days), and when I try to run it under XP SP2, I
>> get
>> the error "Director Player 6.0: This program requires at least 3MB of
>> free
>> virtual memory to run."
>> I have 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB drive that's only 1/3 full. Is there way
>> to
>> get this prog to run on my system?
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>

 

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LMO wrote:

>Hi all. I'm trying to run the program "Joy of Cooking." I've had it for a
>few years (from my Win98 days), and when I try to run it under XP SP2, I get
>the error "Director Player 6.0: This program requires at least 3MB of free
>virtual memory to run."

It is probably making mistakes in checking the environment. Use All
Programs - Accessories - Program Compatibility Wizard, browse to the
..exe file of the program, tell it to run in Win98 mode


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

 

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Hav you tried using the Compatability Wizard in XP ?, this tricks XP into
thinking its an older version of Windows, sometimes does the trick.

"BBUNNY" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote in message
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> LMO wrote:
>>> Hi all. I'm trying to run the program "Joy of Cooking." I've had it
>>> for a few years (from my Win98 days), and when I try to run it under
>>> XP SP2, I get the error "Director Player 6.0: This program requires at
>>> least 3MB of free virtual memory to run."
>>> I have 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB drive that's only 1/3 full. Is there
>>> way to get this prog to run on my system?
>>> Thanks!
>
> Some of the older applications require that virtual memory be availed.
> Check to see how your Virtual Memory is set. System Properties--
> Advanced--Performance Options--Advanced--Virtual memory--change--
> The default settings are usually 1536 over 3072 for 1GB RAM.
>
>