Re: Vista 32 bit and 8gig ram

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

You need the 64 Bit version of Windows to utilise anything over 4GB RAM. The 32 Bit windows Vista can only use a maximum of 4GB and then, in most cases, it will only register 3.5GB

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"d0nd3r" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:f8e32dbd1251d3f14b8cae50594337dc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello all,

I just bought me a new PC with 8 gig ram, and using Vista Ultimate 32
bit.

There is a problem, cause it only shows me 3gig ... is there a way to
boost this up ?

I have seen on a forum, that someone putted a change on his msconfig,
but were can i find this trick, step to step.

Greetings don.


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