-=PCTechTalk=- Re: RAM question

Hi Bob,
    Both WinXP Home & Pro are designed to recognize up to 4GB of RAM.  WinXP 
Pro X64 will recognize up to 128GB, but good luck finding a mainboard 
that'll hold that much.       lol

    The /3GB switch for Boot.ini is to tell Windows to reserve the lower 3GB 
for programs and such (user mode processes).  The Windows kernel mode 
processes will then all load above 3GB.  The details are available at the 
link below, but it can only be used when more than 3GB of RAM is loaded.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791558.aspx

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy"" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "GMan" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 2:39 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: RAM question


>I guess I'll buy that, though it leaves me a bit confused.   Here's what I 
>know to be fact.....I have WinXP Pro on a computer and I have four Gig of 
>RAM that Win XP recognizes.  Based on the articles I saw it was because of 
>the difference between Win XP Home and Win XP Pro.  Maybe I had the 64 bit 
>loaded from the start?  Who knows, it came from Dell this way <G>
> Regards,
>
> Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy" 

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