Microsoft KB Archive/61953

PRB: Running Windows/286 with Basic DOS LAN Manager ID Number: Q61953

2.00 MS-DOS

Summary:

SYMPTOMS After installing a Basic DOS LAN Manager version 2.0 workstation, when attempting to start Windows/286, a message is displayed stating that the memory configuration has changed.

CAUSE The DOS LAN Manager Basic redirector is utilizing the High Memory Area provided by HIMEM.SYS. This provides approximately 30K in memory savings over the non-HIMEM.SYS configuration.

RESOLUTION The following are two workarounds:

  To disable this functionality, modify the LANMAN.INI file as follows: start workstation $1 start redirector $1 start wksta $1 start rdr $1 chknet minses < redir /L:9 /S:9 redir /L:9 /S:9 /HIMEM:NO setname $1 That is, add the line /HIMEM:NO to the REDIR line in LANMAN.INI.   Run MEMSET.EXE from Windows/286 to make available memory “Windows compatible.” 

Additional reference words: 2.00