I have a dell inspiron 4000 laptop, running windows me. When i turned it on the dell screen appeared and the windows me appeared and then this error message..."This program requires more conventional memory. Unload drivers or memory resident programs that use conventional memory, or increase the value for minimum conventional memory in the programs memory PROPERTIES sheet." At the top of the error box it had Explorer. I tried starting in safe mode, but I get the same error. From what I have been reading in your forums this is MS-DOS problem. I know nothing about MS-DOS Can you help me? You should check your ram is seated PROPERLY it may have COME loose....

Edit: ( to avoid spaming the board, this is my reply to contrex, wheres the need to post somthing like that not only is it off topic, its just silly, i am mearly letting the guy know what i would do if i was experiencing the same problem, you should try it )

I see you're getting that post count up, Spero-T!

That message has nothing to do with loose RAM modules, it is because you need to reduce the amount of memory under 1 MB that your antique OS is using.

Device drivers and memory-resident programs that load from the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files can reduce the amount of conventional memory available for MS-DOS-based programs. Increasing the amount of conventional memory that is available for MS-DOS-based programs TYPICALLY involves removing unnecessary drivers and programs from the Config.sys or Autoexec.bat files, replacing real-mode drivers in the Config.sys file with protected-mode versions, or loading drivers and programs into upper memory instead of conventional memory.

MS Knowledge Base article here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/134399


ok, i checked that link and it was helpful, except i can't get into dos, when i start up, the error comes up that i mentioned before with the dos box behind it and i can't do anything except click ok on the error message and then the dos screen also disappears. so, how do i FIX this problem if i can't even get into the dos screen?