Try setting the virtual memory in Control Panel/system/Advanced/Performance/Settings/Advanced/Virtual Memory, and set it to Custom 3MB Maximum or above.

>For an older program, said to be compatible with Windows 3.1 / 95, now (in Windows XP) we get the message "This program requires at least 3 MB of free virtual memory to run". Compatibility mode (Windows 95) doesn't work.
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>I think I have seen the same messages in two different programs recently. One of them was an older game, which I am sure worked before.
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>Any idea what I should do to make the program work?