DOCUMENT:Q83276  01-OCT-1999  [win95x]
TITLE   :"Insufficient Conventional Memory" when Starting Windows
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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You may receive the following error message when starting Windows:

   Insufficient conventional memory to run Windows; reconfigure your system to
   increase available memory and try again.

This error message may be caused by attempting to load Windows into the Upper
Memory Area (UMA) by typing one of the following commands

   loadhigh win

-or-

   lh win

at the MS-DOS command prompt or in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. To prevent this error
message, leave off the LOADHIGH command and load Windows into conventional
memory by typing the following command:

   win

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a execution

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Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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