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How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS?

From	DOS Guy <DOS@Guy.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.msdos.programmer, comp.os.msdos.misc, alt.msdos.programmer
Subject	How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS?
Date	2012-11-22 09:06 -0500
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<50AE315B.EDCCB6C8@Guy.com> (permalink)

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Microsoft has issued some updates recently (KB2724197) that prohibit the
use of EMS memory for 16-bit applications in Windows XP SP3. 

I was wondering if there's a way to know if any given 16-bit app uses
EMS.

What are the distinguishing characteristics of such apps?  Lots of
memory use?

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How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS? DOS Guy <DOS@Guy.com> - 2012-11-22 09:06 -0500
  Re: How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS? Jim Leonard <mobygamer@gmail.com> - 2012-11-23 15:11 -0800
    Re: How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS? Robert AH Prins <spamtrap@prino.org> - 2012-11-24 02:52 +0000
    Re: How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS? Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-11-24 15:30 -0500
    Re: How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS? gof@somewhere.invalid (Adam Wysocki) - 2012-11-26 09:10 +0000
      Re: How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS? Jim Leonard <mobygamer@gmail.com> - 2012-11-29 12:04 -0800
  Re: How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS? Marcus Houlden <spam@nukesoft.co.uk> - 2012-11-24 04:16 +0000
    Re: How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS? Single Stage to Orbit <alex.buell@munted.eu> - 2012-11-24 18:22 +0000
    [OT] Doom Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-11-27 11:06 +0700
  Re: How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-11-24 04:07 -0500
    Re: How do you know if a 16-bit DOS application uses EMS? ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) - 2012-12-19 12:37 +0000

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