As I said, these patches are derived from certain boot options availiable like /PAE, altering the kernel, but is a very unwise thing to do, especially when it just tricks you. Windows SEES more than your 3 or 4 gigs, but still just allocates the same 3 or 3.2 gigs, depending on your system. Which means that oh yeah, it sees my ram, but actually still can't use it. NO PATCH or HACK can alter the PHYSICAL ARCHITECTURE of a device. Let that be clear once and for all.
+1 Also that switch is used more for software restrictions as in Exchange Server 2003 where you have to use that switch to enable the use of more ram. It does nothing for the OS itself.
then wat's the solution? any working method to get that full 4GB RAM othr than moving ovr to x64... i cant really do tht coz i will hv to reinstall each n every software agn
i read somewhere that a russian group named staforce was able to make a patch for xp, vista and now recently for win7 that allows the 32bit version of the OS to use fully your 4gb ram. google it and also more infos but best is to move to 64bit version, its the now and future anyway... good luck berdi
It's the same damn thing. No patch can alter the physical architecture of a device. Read the thread people That's a load of crap ! Windows x86 ALLREADY uses the full 4gigs that it's physical limitation allows. But few people seem to understand that that 4gigs allocation extends further then ram only. Graphics mem, certain devices, pci cards,etc... all need a certain amount of mem allocation in order to function. Let's say 1.2gigs is needed for all these things. That means that 2.8gigs is left over for ram allocation. Windows then allocates that 2.8gigs for ram. These patches let winodws SEE all above that, but it still can't be USED, cause there is no more room for more allocation. We all have two legs. Nobody can grow a third leg. We are all limited to growing two legs. You can buy a fake leg, but you'll still just use the two that make you walk. Hope THIS is clear. The physical limitation of x86 os also doesn't allow for more then a 4gb memory allocation. No way to go around it, except expanding the architecture of the os (to X64).