How can I prevent memory warning in IOS?

How do I get rid of --Insufficient memory-- warning

• How do I get rid of “Insufficient memory” warning after I install Foxpro 3.0?” July 13, 2003 Background: I have a Dell desktop with a floppy drive and a new Toshiba laptop with NO floppy drive. Some years ago, I purchased (but did not install) Microsoft Visual Foxpro 3.0 on floppies, which I now need to use. Since I have a floppy drive on my desktop, but there is no floppy drive on my laptop, I installed Visual Foxpro 3.0 on my desktop to make sure it works ok. It does. Then, I used the procedure listed below (see "Install Procedure") to successfully install the app on my laptop. However, when I click on the desktop icon to run the app, it tries to launch, but I immediately get the warning "Insufficient memory," even with no other app running. I know I do not have insufficient memory. (I am running Windows XP Home. The laptop (Satellite 5205-S503) has 512 MB of memory and a 2.0 GHz processor speed.) I am fairly confident that, with this "non-standard" install procedure, Windows probably did not fully get into the act and is missing some parameter it wants which will eliminate the pesky problem warning -- but I have no idea where to look. The Question: How do I eliminate the "Insufficient memory" warning so my newly installed Visual Foxpro 3.0 will launch on my laptop? (Keep in mind, the Install routine said I had a successful install.) Is there some setting I can make in Windows Registry? Or, is there a different install procedure I can use that will eliminate the problem? (See below for how I installed the app w/o using a floppy drive.) installed app will run? INSTALL PROCEDURE I USED: I discovered that when Install gets to the end of floppy disk one and asks the user to install Disk 2 and press <enter>, it looks for *2.cab on Disk2, and so on for each floppy. So: Step 1 - I created 12 folders, Disk1, Disk2, Disk3,...Disk12 (there are 12 floppies in the app set) on C:. Step 2 - Then I copied the contents of Disk 1 to C:\Disk1... Disk 2 to C:\Disk2, and so on for all 12 floppies. Step 3 - Then I installed the app by Start > Run C:\Disk1\Setup.exe. The rest of the install procedure ran the same as if I were installing from a CD, with no stops after then initial dialog boxes until I got the message "Installation complete!" The install routine created a group named "Microsoft Visual Foxpro" which it added to the Programs list under Start. Step 4 - I then clicked on Start > Programs > Microsoft Visual Foxpro and right-clicked on Visual Foxpro 3.0 > Send to > Desktop to crate an icon on my desktop, which it did. So far, so good. Exciting! Step 5 - Launch the app. I clicked on the Visual Foxpro icon on my desktop. The logo for the app appeared for a split second, followed immediately by the ubiquitous and non-informative warning "Insufficient memory." That's it. One other fact which may be helpful: The Visual Foxpro app does NOT show up as an installed app when I click on "Add or Remove Programs". That tells me Windows did not get in on the act sufficiently during the install process and may be the root of the problem. Other possible options: 1) Could it be that I need a newer Install procedure, that the one that shipped with Visual Foxpro 3.0 (circa 1996?) is inadequate to use with Windows XP? If so, l where do I get one and how to I get it to install these floppies. 2) Since I am the owner of the app (but never registered it since I did not install it), can I get a CD of Visual Foxpro 3.0 from Microsoft. That should solve the problem. These options are moot if you can give me a simple solution by feeding some required parameter to Windows Registry, or whatever. I'm confident the solution is a simple one. I just don't know where to look. Thank you in advance for your expert assistance. WEB7

• Answer:

  web7... This Microsoft Knowledge Base article seems to speak directly to your situation: "The error "Insufficient Memory" displays when you attempt to start a Visual FoxPro 3.0 session. The computer has 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM, or more, and should have enough memory for Visual FoxPro to start." The solution, according to the article, is to use the 'MaxMem' switch: "Using a trial and error method, determine the maximum amount of memory you can use before you receive the "Insufficient Memory" error when launching Visual FoxPro." http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;137809 Instructions for using the MaxMem switch in Windows XP are here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/bootcfg.asp The bootcfg command is available from the Windows XP Recovery Console, and can be used to edit or create a boot.ini file, as noted on the JSIfaq website, here: http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBI/tip4300/rh4392.htm ...and elaborated upon here, with attention to maxmem: http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBJ/tip4600/rh4613.htm You could use the bootcfg command with an 'addswitch' switch, followed by a MaxMem switch - all of which would look like this: bootcfg /addsw /mm 128 /id 2 The id 2 switch is the OS Entry Line Number: "Specifies the operating system entry line number in the [operating systems] section of the Boot.ini file to which the operating system load options are added. The first line after the [operating systems] section header is 1." http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/bootcfg.asp However, I found another page which gives directions for modifying the boot.ini file by hand, rather than using the bootcfg command. It indicates that you can just add the 'maxmem' switch to the ini file on a second OS line created for the purpose of allowing you to make a selection at bootup. The length of time to make the selection is determined by the 'timeout' parameter. You can modify the 'friendly name' of the secondary OS so it's flagged for use with Visual FoxPro. You are still only using one OS, but it will be named differently and act as a second choice. So your boot.ini file would look something like this: ----------------------------------------------------- [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Microsoft Windows XP Home" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\Windows="Windows XP Visual FoxPro" /fastdetect /maxmem=128 ----------------------------------------------------- Note that, due to wrapping on this page, the above entries take more than one line. When edited the boot.ini file, maximize Notepad so that you can ascertain that the entries are all on one line. I created the above based on the example shown toward the bottom of this page from the Open System Resources site: http://www.osr.com/ddk/ddtools/bootini_7c6r.htm I think that'll get you where you want to be, though, as noted earlier, you may have to experiment to find the amount of memory which will allow the program to run with no error. The number 128 in the example above specifies 128MB. Please do not rate this answer until you are satisfied that the answer cannot be improved upon by means of a dialog established through the "Request for Clarification" process. sublime1-ga Searches done, via Google: "insufficient memory" +"Windows XP" "Visual Foxpro" ://www.google.com/search?q=%22insufficient+memory%22+%2B%22Windows+XP%22+%22Visual+Foxpro%22 maxmem "Windows XP" ://www.google.com/search?q=maxmem+%22Windows+XP%22 bootcfg addsw mm ://www.google.com/search?q=bootcfg+addsw+mm