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    Trying to run Win98SE on a "newer" laptop

    I successfully installed Win98SE on a Dell D600. The splash screen comes up but then a DOS error message pops up:

    "Insufficient memory to initalize windows.

    Quit one or more memory-resident programs or remove unnecessary
    utilities from your config.sys and autoexec.bat files, and restart your computer.

    Press any key to continue..."

    If I press a key or a minute (or so) later the screen pops up telling me it is safe to turn off the computer.

    I get this in normal mode and safe mode.

    Suggestions?

    I know there is more than enough memory since I used to run Win98SE with 128MB and I'm sure this has more memory.

    Config.sys has this lone line in it:

    DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\setver.exe

    Autoexec.bat is empty.

    If I remember correctly, wasn't there an EMM386 command for larger memory management?
    Last edited by Draggar; June 12th, 2009 at 06:48 PM.
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