Microsoft KB Archive/99281

= Device Drivers and TSRs That Cannot Be Loaded High =

Article ID: 99281

Article Last Modified on 11/19/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q99281



SUMMARY
MemMaker increases your conventional memory by loading device drivers and terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs into upper memory. Sometimes a device driver or TSR program cannot be loaded into upper memory because of its design.

Since MemMaker is not aware of every device driver or TSR that cannot be loaded high, your system may stop responding (hang) when you run MemMaker. To recover from this situation, refer to the section titled &quot;Your computer stops responding while MemMaker is loading a program or device driver other than EMM386&quot; in Chapter 6 of the &quot;User's Guide.&quot;



MORE INFORMATION
During the beta test of MS-DOS 6 Upgrade, Microsoft found several programs that could not be loaded high. These programs are listed in the MEMMAKER.INF file.

The following device drivers and TSRs cannot be loaded into upper memory and are not currently listed in the MEMMAKER.INF file:   Device Driver or TSR    Function ATDOSHC.SYS            Quantum Hard Card EZ driver DEVSWAP                SuperStor Pro device driver DOSCFG.EXE             Iomega OAD driver for Bernoulli drives GAI.SYS                APPIAN Rendition IIe video card device driver I82593.DOS             Zenith Data System Z-Note portable computer Windows for Workgroups device driver NET                    PC-NFS device driver SSTORDRV               SuperStor Pro device driver STAT4L.EXE             Hewlett-Packard device driver for HP 4L WD80X3.EXE             Wollongong Networking Software device driver PRO4.DOS               Proteon ProNet P1347 device driver MC.SYS                 Memory Commander TSR MCIN.EXE               Memory Commander TSR SK                     Older versions (1.x) of SideKick HPLANE.DOS             HP Ethertwist EISA device driver NETWORK.EXE            Webs Network TSR PRO16EUI.SYS           Proteon ProNet 16/4 TokenRing device driver NANSI.SYS              ANSI.SYS replacement Supplied with various video cards FDCD.SYS               Version 2.01 SCSI driver for NEC CD-ROM drive (currently ships with SoundBlaster compatible                          Aria sound card).

ADTSR.EXE               After Dark for DOS version 1.0



WORKAROUND
To avoid having to specifically exclude a device driver or TSR program each time you run MemMaker, add the filename to the MEMMAKER.INF file. For example, if GAI.SYS is causing your system to hang, edit the MEMMAKER.INF file with a text editor (such as MS-DOS Editor) to add the following line:   *GAI

Device Drivers and TSR Programs Ignored by MemMaker
The following device drivers and TSR programs are listed in the MEMMAKER.INF file and therefore are not loaded high:   *ASPI4DOS *AUTOMENU *BOOT *DOSEDIT *DRAGON *NDD *NETBIOS *PROTMAN *RP *SCREATE *SMARTDRV /DOUBLE_BUFFER *SMARTDRV /L *SSWAP *STRETCH *VANSI *VDEFEND *VRESUME *VT

Additional query words: 6.00 uma umb devicehigh load high loadhigh lh hardcard hang rtr4lm.dos MSIPX Related Device Driver protman.dos smartdrv.exe aspi4dos.sys ndd.com ndd.exe

Keywords: KB99281

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