Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the MaxFileCache setting in the System.ini file to reduce the maximum amount of memory that Vcache uses to 512 megabytes (524,288 KB) or less. For additional information about how to use the MaxFileCache setting, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q108079 32-Bit File Access Maximum Cache Size<
this is the workaround that has to be used and i use it in conjunction with using a video card that does its AGP aperture reservation correctly and a motherboard that does it correctly too. any one of the three not set correctly and Windows refuses to boot. the algorithms used by Vcache don't work for large cache sizes anyway and it is better to limit the cache size to no larger than about 128M or so or else you get cache thrashing. Windows 2000 and XP have better algorithms and don't need to be managed explicitly by the user. like i said in my earlier message, if you understand the all of article you are quoting from, you will understand that the magazine articles being cited are completely wrong. a group of us who need to run 1G or more of RAM on our Win98 systems to get our job done regularly have to debunk this one. the 700MB Photoshop files i sometimes have to work on are computer-generated and are not scans of photos. a 4000dpi scan of a 6x7 negative results would do it easily though. >Sorry can't find the part where it says I can use 1.5 GB on a Win'98 setup< the article is gone that explicitly states that Win9x/ME can address up to 2G of physical RAM and defines the conditions when you must have less. Win98 and 95 are no longer supported. one of the consequences of that is that MS deletes articles from their Knowledgebase. before this so-called 512M limit, there was the 128M limit, and then the 64M limit, all of which existed because of bad hardware design and not a limit of Windows 95 or 98. Herb....
