-=PCTechTalk=- Re: RAM question
- From: ~OoO~ <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:31:08 -0500
Ok... first of all, for an application to benefit from this, it must be
specifically written into the app. So, the benefit of the extra gig will not be
seen always. I would assume it will not be seen MOST of the time.
Anyways... find the boot.ini file which is located in the c:\ root. Open it in
Notepad, and find where it says something like this:
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
Then, add this to the end:
/3GB
So, that the whole line looks like this:
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect /3GB
Save.
That's all.
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:44:52 -0500, Tricia wrote:
> 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."
> >
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