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Assuming your BIOS supports it (and is enabled if you can enable it, it's possible the option doesn't exist in the bios but it supports it by default).....right click Computer -> Properties

Should no longer show "(3.0GB Useable)" and be 4GB


Just tried this bit as i was curious...


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Does this mean its already enabled?

If my laptop is running with 4gb of ram, and it is this slow/laggy I am VERY disappointed!

At least it saves me installing Windows 7 64-bit! :P
Task Manager says this:

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Now I'm confused...

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Just tried running the commanded and restarting... Task Manager still says 3069 and computer properties still says 4.00gb :(

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RE: Partitioning Questions - 32bit Vista + 64bit Windows 7
:zippy: Isn't this good?
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:zippy: Isn't this good?
no! lol stupid windows needs to make up its mind about how much memory it has... ¬_¬

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RE: Partitioning Questions - 32bit Vista + 64bit Windows 7
Install Windows 7. The system being slow/laggy won't be solved by having 1GB more addressable or not, but moving from Vista to 7 in general does fix slow/laggy issues. More addressable ram would just be added benefit.
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RE: Partitioning Questions - 32bit Vista + 64bit Windows 7
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:zippy: Isn't this good?
no! lol stupid windows needs to make up its mind about how much memory it has... ¬_¬
It means it sees 4GB physical ram in "Your computer" * but it can only use/address 3GB for the OS's system memory**

* Hence the window you see is about your computer, the hardware... and it is also titled as such...

** Task manager is all about the software, the OS. It doesn't care about hardware.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605

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if my machine doesnt support it will anything go wrong?

if i restart and it still shows 3gb how do i disable it?
Nothing will go wrong.

Be carefull though. See the extra info in KB 929605 (second link above)

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hm, thanks cookie. I shall definitely be disabling it as it didn't work!

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