> I am asking this because we have an Microsoft Access 95 application and
> Access 95 does not run on workstations with 1 GB of RAM or more.

> I was wondering if we created a stub VC6 application that launched Access
95
> in the VC6 application shell that this could limit it to 512 MB RAM or
> something like that and run the Access 95 application within that shell.

> If anyone knows if this is possible or has any other ideas, it would be
> greatly appreciated.

> Thanks in advance.

> Scott

> If you are developing under Windows NT or 2000 or XP you can create a
> special boot configuration to limit how much memory the system can see.

> Turn off the "readonly" attribute of C:\boot.ini and edit it. It will look
> something like this...

> [boot loader]
> timeout=5
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT2
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT2="Microsoft Windows 2000
> Professional" /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /fastdetect

> This system is configured to dual-boot between 2000 and XP. To limit the
> 2000 boot to 512 MB of RAM I would copy and paste the 2000 line and add
the
> /MAXMEM qualifier to the new copy. Also, your should change the
description
> string so you will know which boot is the memory limited one when you
> reboot.

> The result for this example will look like this...

> [boot loader]
> timeout=5
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT2
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT2="Microsoft Windows 2000
> Professional" /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT2="Microsoft Windows 2000 Low
> Memory" /MAXMEM=512
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /fastdetect

> Dave Smith

> > Is it possible to limit the amount of memory that can be used by a VC 6
> > application?

> > I am asking this because we have an Microsoft Access 95 application and
> > Access 95 does not run on workstations with 1 GB of RAM or more.

> > I was wondering if we created a stub VC6 application that launched
Access
> 95
> > in the VC6 application shell that this could limit it to 512 MB RAM or
> > something like that and run the Access 95 application within that shell.

> > If anyone knows if this is possible or has any other ideas, it would be
> > greatly appreciated.

> > Thanks in advance.

> > Scott

> I am asking this because we have an Microsoft Access 95 application and
> Access 95 does not run on workstations with 1 GB of RAM or more.

> I was wondering if we created a stub VC6 application that launched Access
95
> in the VC6 application shell that this could limit it to 512 MB RAM or
> something like that and run the Access 95 application within that shell.