Microsoft KB Archive/90328

= Conventional Memory Change with WFWG and DYNAMIC=YES Setting =

Article ID: 90328

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11

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This article was previously published under Q90328



SUMMARY
After you install Windows for Workgroups on a computer running Microsoft LAN Manager version 2.1, you may notice a change in available conventional memory.



MORE INFORMATION
This may be caused by having DYNAMIC=YES in the [PROTMAN] section of the PROTOCOL.INI file. The DYNAMIC=YES command causes PROTMAN.DOS to allocate memory to facilitate demand protocol architecture (DPA). Because Windows for Workgroups does not provide DPA functionality, this memory is wasted.

To recover the memory used for DPA, change DYNAMIC=NO, or remove the line all together.

DPA was first implemented with LAN Manager 2.1, and PROTMAN 2.0. DPA allows for the dynamic loading/binding and unloading/unbinding of protocols under MS-DOS.

KBCategory: kbnetwork

KBSubcategory: wfw winmem wfwg

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 PROTMAN PROTMAN.DOS SPARTA lanman

Keywords: KB90328

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