At 1/29/01 11:57 PM, Russell Smith wrote:

> >Windows 95, 98 and ME cannot use over 512MB!!! this was only recently
>widely discovered.
>
>   I'm afraid you are mistaken...Windows 95/98/Me can handle up to 2 GB of
>RAM. To use it successfully insert this line into the [vcache] section of
>your system.ini file:
>
>  MaxFileCache=512000

What the above line does is limit the amount of RAM that Windows uses to
512 Meg. The line only allow Windows to run without "Out of Memory" errors
with more than 512 Meg RAM. So the rest of the 2 gig is wasted on Windows
95, 98 and ME.  See:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q181/8/62.ASP

Doug

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