st: Re: setting memory on network stata on Windows XP

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

I'm not sure how much this will help, but have you tried using the /3GB 
switch in boot.ini?  According to MS, this switch will give applications up 
to 3GB of memory instead of the usual 2GB limit, but the application must be 
set up to take advatage of this (using a flag in the file header) and I'm 
not sure if Stata has this setting.

Michael Blasnik
michael.blasnik@verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ma, Ada" <a.ma@abdn.ac.uk>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 7:24 AM
Subject: st: setting memory on network stata on Windows XP



> Hi Statalist,
>
> I know this is a v often asked question but I have looked around a bit and
> already installed the patch (Microsoft hotfix 8944472), I wonder if there
> are other things I can do.
>
> I'm on a Windows XP with 3GB of memory using STATA 9, calling up the STATA
> program from a network drive.  Before I install the patch I could only
> increase my memory up to 800m, after I have installed the patch I can
> increase to 1400m but still fall v far short from the 3GB that's on my
> computer.  I have tried the fix that should only apply to users of
> Windows95/98/NT and alter the system.ini file and still it wouldn't allow 
> me
> to set mem more than 1400m.  Any thoughts?
>
> All comments welcome.  Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> Cheers,
> Ada
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