P4 1.6a - Insufficient system resources error!

eva2000 · 2002/05/10

I just upgraded one of my pcs and upgraded to WinXP Pro (2nd system - P4 1.6A in my sig) and i thought it would be powerful enough to multi-task since it's a P4 1.6A@2041mhz with 1024MB Corsair XMS2700 DDRAM @187mhz with 80GB Seagate Barracuda IV with C partitioned with NTFS

but loading up the below programs is fine

- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe ImageReady
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Task Manager

But open one additional program such as SunOffice or an IE 6 browser window gives me an 'Insufficient system resources error' ??

i thought P4's were meant to be good at multi-tasking ?

eva2000 · 2002/05/10

maybe this is the reason ?

Windows 9.x incorporates the Windows 64KB system-resource limit for better performance when it is providing backward compatibility.

Because of their fundamental nature at the core of Windows, the performance of these legacy 16-bit heaps has been improved by limiting their data to a single 64Kb segment of DOS memory (the Intel processors can access data from a 64Kb segment much faster than from a wider area). If either of these segments becomes full, programs may fail to load and Windows may become unstable - regardless of how much other free memory there is. Although the 32-bit heaps are 2MB large, the resource problem really lies with the 16-bit heaps, and so they do not present a problem.

Note that although the resources are unlimited for WinNT/2K/XP, they only apply to 32-bit programs. 16-bit programs are still subject to 32KB or 64KB limitations due to their system handles.
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http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=93

are Above programs 16bit or 32bit ???

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