Re: HOW TO give OS more than 4gb RAM?!

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"KAI Network Admin" <KAINetworkAdmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:470AD899-CE2A-4842-BACF-F3E603FBDF16@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I need to appropriate more RAM to the OS (Win 2003 Svr) beyond 4gb.
How do you do this? I have 8gb of RAM in the server, but Windows only uses 4.
I used the /3gb switch in the boot.ini file, but it doesn't help.
Is there a way?


If you are using Windows Server 2003 Standard then there is a cap for amount of RAM supported: 4GB. You need to upgrade to Enterprise Edition to be able to use anything beyond that amount.

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Arek Iskra
MVP for Windows Server - Software Distribution


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