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Q122490: Macintosh The Ultimate Haunted House - Memory Issues

Article: Q122490
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfaq
Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Haunted House for the Macintosh, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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The Ultimate Haunted House should run on any Macintosh with 8 MB (8,192K) of
RAM. However, if there is not 5,120K of memory free, regardless of the total
memory, a warning message will be displayed indicating insufficient memory when
you run The Ultimate Haunted House.

Most users with 8 MB of RAM will not experience problems, but if your system
software takes up more than about 2000K, you may need to adjust memory usage to
make The Ultimate Haunted House run properly.

MORE INFORMATION
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Here are some general guidelines to follow when configuring your machine:

1. Run only one application at a time. If other applications are running, close
  them before restarting The Ultimate Haunted House.

2. Check the amount of memory being used by your system software. To do this,
  return to the Finder, select the Apple menu at top left of the menu bar, and
  choose the first menu item, About This Macintosh. The Largest Unused Block
  needs to be greater than 5120K to run The Ultimate Haunted House. If System
  Software is the only item listed in the About This Macintosh dialog box, and
  your Largest Unused Block is less than 5120K, you need to reduce the amount
  of memory consumed by your system software.

You should refer to your Macintosh documentation to perform the above procedure.
However, here are some suggestions to follow:

- Open the Memory Control panel and check the Disk Cache setting. For best
  performance with The Ultimate Haunted House, set the cache to 32K.

- Large numbers of fonts and sounds consume system memory. Removing those you
  aren't using will make more memory available.

- Third-party system extensions such as screen savers, fax software, desktop
  pictures, menu-modifying utilities, and other system enhancements increase
  the amount of memory consumed by your system. Removing some or all of these
  extensions will increase the amount of memory available to applications. Be
  sure that you save anything you remove from your System folder in a separate
  folder on your disk so that you can restore it later.

If you receive a memory error while running Byron Preiss Catalog, first try
setting your monitor to 256 colors using the Monitors Control panel.

Additional query words: 1.00

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Keywords          :  kbfaq
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbZNotKeyword kbKidsSearch kbHauntedHouseMac
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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