DOCUMENT:Q69300 07-NOV-1999 [win95x] TITLE :QEMM386: Exiting Windows 3.0 and Starting Word Reboots System PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== Quarterdeck's QEMM386 memory manager version 5.11 or earlier causes any program that uses expanded memory to reboot the system after you exit Microsoft Windows version 3.0. For example, if you start Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, version 5.0 or 5.5, immediately after you exit Windows, the system will reboot. CAUSE ===== Quarterdeck Systems has confirmed this to be a problem with versions 5.11 and earlier of the QEMM386 driver. WORKAROUND ========== You can avoid the problem by doing the following: 1. Start Word with the /x switch to disable Word's use of expanded memory. 2. Use the extended memory manager HIMEM.SYS included with Windows 3.0 (instead of QEMM386.SYS). MORE INFORMATION ================ Quarterdeck corrected the problem in the QEMM386 memory manager version 5.12. A complementary upgrade to version 5.12 can be obtained from Quarterdeck's technical support. NOTE: The information in this article was obtained from Quarterdeck technical support and has not been confirmed or tested by Microsoft. The product included here is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft. We make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability. Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a win30 3rdparty ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.