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From: bv083 AT ist DOT co DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk (Chris Skates)
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Subject: Re: Himem.sys
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 19:36:31 GMT
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In article <Pine DOT BSI DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 960111163406 DOT 19732E-100000 AT Mars DOT mcs DOT com>,
   Daniel Betancourt <danielb AT mcs DOT net> wrote:
>
>
>On Fri, 5 Jan 1996 ralev AT pi DOT net wrote:
>
>> After running ScanDisk, I've got a problem with himem.sys. It is written 
>> correctly in the
>> config.sys, but not recognized by DOS. Now I cant't use upper memory and 
>> start Windows.
>> The versions are DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.11. I've tried all the tricks in 
the 
>> book.
>> Who knows the answer?
>> 
>> 
>Have you run a virus scan?

You need to have EMM386 in your CONFIG.SYS to be able to use Upper memory, 
also you need DOS=UMB.

You also need to have NOEMS or RAM on the EMM386 line to tell it to create 
UMB's.

Try adding the following lines to your CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB

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