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Reply: James Fadden: "Re: INSTALL: MinSPs and stack overflow problems"
Protected mode has nothing to do with the bit length of the word. It's a CPU mode.
Many DOS programs run under DOS protected mode and still only uses 16-bit memory.
With QuickViewPlus from Inso you will get a right click options with .vxd files.
But if Gerard Thomas says that the vxd's run only in flat 32 bit memory space I guess they do. He knows
what he's talking about!
You can count me as convinced........ for the time being ;-)
Gerhard W
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> In the case you bring up, of a VxD, Quickview is not designed to
>view a VxD file. That is why you will not see an entry for Quickview
>if you right-click on a VxD file. You can only get Quickview to view
>a VxD by renaming it to an exe file, i.e. by fooling it. But
>Quickview is not programmed to correctly interpret the LE signature
>and say that it is looking at a VxD. Instead it sees the MS-DOS
>signature "MZ" at the beginning of the file (which is something all
>Windows 95/98 programs have) and it views the file as if it were an
>MS-DOS executable. But this trick does not change the working code
>of the VxD which is still 32-bit code intended to run in protected
>mode under Windows 95/98.
Subject: STACK DUMP!!
Original Message
Name: Bob
Date: February 28, 1999 at 21:20:18
Subject: STACK DUMP!!
Comment:
My explorer keeps crashing and crashing and crashing. I
reformatted and reinstalled Win98 but the same thing
happens. It is a New amdk6 3D 2 400mhz with pc100
64 SD. it is very odd. also I am curious why my 10.6 gig
hd gets read in windows as 10 gig. do I lose 600 megs?
weirdness.... thanks in advance.
Bob
Response Number 1
Name: TheGorx
Date: March 01, 1999 at 00:14:49
Subject: STACK DUMP!!
Reply:
Virtual Cache
This is the Disk Cache (replacement for smartdrive), not
to confuse with Virtual Memory. Some users only use a
maximum setting, others a maximum and minimum setting.
Just experiment and find what's best in your situation.
Open System.ini for editing (click Start > Run and type
sysedit in the Open box and click OK)
Or use find type sysedit and create a shortcut for easy
access.
Select System.ini in the System Configuration Editor to
bring it to the front
Add these lines to the [vcache] section (add the section if
it's not there):
(I use this one with 64meg ram)
[vcache]
MinFileCache=4096
MaxFileCache=4096
or
[vcache]
MinFileCache=1024
MaxFileCache=8192
(This setting is for 32Mb RAM)
These values limit the size of the vcache (in kilobytes), so
that Windows is prevented from using more of your
available RAM for the vcache. This will increase the
amount of free memory available to your system, so that
when you open another program it is not paged to disk
immediately due to lack of free memory.
The MinFileCache (=Minimum File Cache) setting
prevents Windows 95 from shrinking the cache below
1024Kb. As a rule of thumb, use 25% of your RAM for
the MaxFileCache. In general, most users say that a
MaxFileCache (=Maximum File Cache setting) of up to
9Mb works best for them, even if they have more RAM
available. Just experiment with these settings to find what
works best for you. You can see how your vcache
behaves by starting System Monitor (Sysmon.exe) from
your Windows directory. Choose Edit > Add Item >
Memory Manager > Disk cache size.
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