-=PCTechTalk=- Re: RAM question

  • From: Tricia <lafalot7@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:44:52 -0500

thank your for that. So am I safe with 3 gigs? I won't have to play 
around with the bootini file? Thanks

At 09:59 AM 2/23/2007, you wrote:
>  From MS Site
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721
>re: "/3GB" in the boot.ini
>"This switch forces x86-based systems to allocate 3 GB of virtual 
>address space to programs and 1 GB to the kernel and to executive 
>components. A program must be designed to take advantage of the 
>additional memory address space. With this switch, user mode 
>programs can access 3 GB of memory instead of the usual 2 GB that 
>Windows allocates to user mode programs. The switch moves the 
>starting point of kernel memory to 3 GB. Some configurations of 
>Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 may 
>require this switch."
>
>
>======================================
>= SirTroth

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