Not being able to get 3x start to work, I researched farthur and found a DOS 7.10 site with Hexed 3xstart already installed. I downloaded the floppies, reformated my HD, Put the Floppies in the A drive . Smooth as Silk. I then put my 3.11FWG in the CD typed setup. and again everything seemed Smooth Sailing. I removed all the Disks rebooted, the Dos 7.10 splash screen came up for Five seconds, and my C;> appeared. I typed Win, and Lo and Behold-- the Win Splash appeared, Great wonderful, Oh No, Drats. PageOverCommit Value in System.INI is to large. Decrease the value, or if not present, add a setting that is less than 4. It took a while but I figured out how to open my System.INI file. Nothing called PageOverCommit Nothing {apparently} that may be it under a different name. I tried typing a line as the last in the Boot section PageOverCommit=3. Rebooted, same problem. Help Please. ?What is Page over Commit?, and how should the line read?. thanx

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Indeed: If you have installed more than 256 MB of memory, check the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file and do one of the following: - If the PageOverCommit line is in the file, make sure its value is 3. - If the PageOverCommit line is not in the file, add PageOverCommit=3 (If not, change it to 3.) "It took a while but I figured out how to open my System.INI file." ?? Good for you - - DOS Edit - it's just a text file, to edit you use an editor Computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps only weigh 1 1/2 tons. - Popular Mechanics, 1949

seem to remember that if you had more than 256mb ram, your pageovercommit value had to be a gigabyte divided by the amount of ram you had, rounded down if there was any remainder. i THINK that was the method, dont quote me on that, but i know for a fact my 512mb of ram meant i had to use a pageovercommit value of 2. so if im right, you need to use a value of 1

Also covered by Wengier right here @Computing.Net (response #11) Computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps only weigh 1 1/2 tons. - Popular Mechanics, 1949