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Compaq 286 HIMEM.EXE file needed..see no
Name: Crutch Date: April 24, 2001 at 04:57:56 Pacific
Comment:
Looking for the HIMEM.exe file (not himem.sys). Trying to install Win3.1 and ran across MS Q81710 at Microsoft site:
Name: jboy Date: April 24, 2001 at 12:28:05 Pacific
Reply:
See powerload page: http://www.powerload.fsnet.co.uk/win9x.htm HIMEM.EXE is listed there (thanks Google)
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Response Number 3
Name: Tony Date: April 24, 2001 at 12:37:02 Pacific
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wrong one =) thats actually a self extracting exe of a patch for win95 osr2. this one is going to be a tough find, becuase the file himem.exe is used by different things.
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Response Number 4
Name: jboy Date: April 24, 2001 at 12:44:48 Pacific
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Oops
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Response Number 5
Name: fred6008 Date: April 25, 2001 at 11:07:12 Pacific
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I don't know enough about this to be contributing, but I was wondering whether HIMEM.SYS for MS.DOS 5 or 6.00 would work. Obviously the Himem.sys that counts extenced memory will balk when none is there, but these earlier versions do not do that. You are probably right that you need HIMEM.EXE, but there was usually some backward compatibility.
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Response Number 6
Name: Tony Date: April 25, 2001 at 12:20:35 Pacific
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thats what he had been trying, dos 6.0 (i believe) and 6.22, and it would tell him that he has no extended memory. even xmsmmgr.exe from windows 3.1x (which setup loads, when you run setup without an xms manager loaded) also didn't work. i dubt, ibm pc dos 7's himem.sys will work its possible that a win9x himem.sys may work, im not sure if he had tested that yet (As per my email i sent him) its a very hard find though, as himem.exe is also a patch for an osr2 himem.sys (not known if that patch is official, or just for use with a dual boot win3.x/msdos7, with win9x) himem.exe is listed on the support site (above) for the compaq 286 computer. this is a very strange issue though. =)
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Response Number 7
Name: Mark p Date: April 25, 2001 at 23:43:31 Pacific
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Try using DRDOS.
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Response Number 8
Name: jboy Date: April 26, 2001 at 13:58:13 Pacific
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Crutch, I was able to locate a Compaq utility disk with HIMEM.exe on it. Check your email
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