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Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB (Miscellaneous)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 26.03.2008, 23:22

> I tried this exact same thing months ago and posted here how it didn't
> work.

that was this post:

http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=2969

> Now I tried again with SP1, still nothing. What specific program do
> you get working? Because I tried two programs (DJGPP-compiled and
> Watcom32/Causeway) and neither works, both report "out of memory". Yes, I
> put the .DLL in \system32, yes I had admin privileges, yes I tried running
> the TSR with and without admin privileges, yes I even rebooted, still
> nothing. So, I dunno how it works for you (or your friend), but it doesn't
> seem to work for me.

> I'm open to suggestions.

then don't start such bloated DPMI applications. The best strategy is to test the DPMI memory allocation function directly. Write a simple DPMI prog which uses those functions. If you're unable to do that, then at least try DPMI.EXE from HXRT and see what it tells about free memory.

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Complete thread:

• Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 14.03.2008, 09:50 (Miscellaneous)
  • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - RayeR, 14.03.2008, 15:06
    • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 14.03.2008, 17:10
  • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Japheth, 14.03.2008, 15:14
    • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 14.03.2008, 17:10
  • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 16.03.2008, 19:13
    • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - sol, 16.03.2008, 19:30
      • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 16.03.2008, 20:23
        • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Steve, 17.03.2008, 03:35
          • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 17.03.2008, 10:10
          • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Japheth, 17.03.2008, 10:27
    • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 16.03.2008, 20:21
      • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 17.03.2008, 20:51
        • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - RayeR, 18.03.2008, 10:36
          • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 18.03.2008, 12:55
            • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - RayeR, 19.03.2008, 13:11
              • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 20.03.2008, 03:49
        • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 20.03.2008, 15:03
          • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 23.03.2008, 15:13
            • big surprise ("I told you so" -- Japheth) - Rugxulo, 25.03.2008, 06:20
              • big surprise ("I told you so" -- Japheth) - Japheth, 25.03.2008, 16:17
                • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 03:26
                  • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 08:31
                    • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 13:21
                      • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 16:54
                        • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 22:11
                          • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 23:23
                    • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Khusraw, 26.03.2008, 13:35
                      • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 14:10
                        • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Khusraw, 26.03.2008, 14:27
                          • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 22:09
                            • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 23:22
                              • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 23:47
                                • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 27.03.2008, 00:05
                                  • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 27.03.2008, 01:13
                                    • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Khusraw, 27.03.2008, 08:44
                                      • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 27.03.2008, 23:45
                                        • You seem to be a bit lazy... - Japheth, 28.03.2008, 23:15
                                          • You seem to be a bit lazy... - Rugxulo, 31.03.2008, 00:39
                                            • You seem to be a bit lazy... - Japheth, 31.03.2008, 03:49
                                  • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI >32 MB (but latest HXNTVDM works) - Rugxulo, 28.05.2008, 11:22
                                    • Vista SP1 still hates DPMI >32 MB (but latest HXNTVDM works) - Japheth, 28.05.2008, 13:36
                                      • random DOSBox / DOSEMU comments - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 02:21
                                        • Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 02:43
                                          • Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - DOS386, 04.06.2008, 02:46
                                            • Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 03:13
                                              • Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - rr, 04.06.2008, 09:38
                                                • Vista all limits fixed - DOS386, 06.06.2008, 00:30
                                          • Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Japheth, 04.06.2008, 19:12
                                            • Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Rugxulo, 05.06.2008, 01:45
                                    • HXNTVDM becomes NTDPMIX - Japheth, 23.09.2008, 09:35
    • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - marcov, 07.04.2008, 12:42
  • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 08.04.2008, 10:58
    • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Japheth, 08.04.2008, 12:55
      • Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 08.04.2008, 13:45