I just applied the following 2 coomands and restarted database without any issues. It is Window 2003 with 4GB ram. No other changes made to any other parameter or any file. SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET SGA_MAX_SIZE = 1500M SCOPE = SPFILE; System altered. SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET SGA_TARGET = 1500M SCOPE = SPFILE; System altered. Instance_Name Host_Name Db_version startup_time Status Db_Status--------------- ------------ ---------- ------------------ ---------- ----------ABC WINDOWS2003 10.1.0.4.0 07-FEB-08 11:43:24 OPEN ACTIVE SQL> show parameter sga NAME TYPE VALUE------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------lock_sga boolean FALSEpre_page_sga boolean FALSEsga_max_size big integer 1577058304sga_target big integer 1577058304SQL> Regards Rafiq Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:44:19 -0800From: jkstill@xxxxxxxxxxx: davidg.oraclel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Re: Implementing ADDRESS WINDOWING EXTENSIONS (AWE) for increased memoryCC: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx the ML Note:The size of this window is defined by a registry setting in the HOME key for Oracle (HKLM\Software\Oracle\Homex) called AWE_WINDOW_MEMORY. By default, this value is 1GB, so if this value is not set in the registry, AWE_WINDOW_MEMORY will be 1GB. This is set on a per instance basis. On Feb 1, 2008 1:22 PM, David Grosser <davidg.oraclel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi, I'm trying to implement ADDRESS WINDOWING EXTENSIONS (AWE) to take advantage of all of the memory on my server. The server details are: Windows server 2003 enterprise edition, 4 processors, 8 GB memory, Oracle 10.2.0.1. I tried to implement awe according to metalink note 225349.1 but my instance is not coming up. I did the following: added switches /PAE and /3GB to the boot.ini removed sga_target from the spfile added USE_INDIRECT_DATA_BUFFERS=TRUE to the spfile added DB_BLOCK_BUFFERS to the spfileThe error I get when I start the database is :ORA-27102: out of memoryOSD-00034: additional error informationO/S-Error: (OS 8) Not enough storage is available to process this command. I've tried raising and lowering the memory but nothing works. Has anyone implemented AWE? If so, how did you get it to work? Thanks,David GrosserDBANSTAR Electric and Gas Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your "fix". Check it out.-- Jared StillCertifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/