Just had a scary experience last night. I messed with the msconfig maximum memory settings (stupid, I now know) and got myself into a situation where I couldn't re-boot, couldn't start in Safe Mode, and couldn't access the msconfig file in order to fix the problem. (Maybe you all know a simple way to correct the problem, but it was 2 in the morning and I was panicked.)
Luckily, I read this Forum thread:
Msconfig maximum memory issue Solved - Windows 7 Help Forums
and Windows 7 and 8 are similar enough that I was able to manually re-set maximum memory from the Command Prompt and avoided having to re-install Windows. My post about the experience is on Page 2 of that Windows 7 Forum thread, above.
Learn from my mistake--do what I say, not what I do. (We have turned into our parents.)
Luckily, I read this Forum thread:
Msconfig maximum memory issue Solved - Windows 7 Help Forums
and Windows 7 and 8 are similar enough that I was able to manually re-set maximum memory from the Command Prompt and avoided having to re-install Windows. My post about the experience is on Page 2 of that Windows 7 Forum thread, above.
Learn from my mistake--do what I say, not what I do. (We have turned into our parents.)
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Dimension XPS 600
- CPU
- Intel Pentium D 4-processor 3.73 GHz CPU
- Motherboard
- factory XPS 600 motherboard (ACPI x64-based PC)
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVidia GeForce GTX 970
- Browser
- Firefox 54.0.1 (64-bit)
- Antivirus
- Microsoft Windows Defender