Enable more than 4gb ram windows xp

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Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by X3lectric Unsolved. How can i enable 4 gb of ram in windows xp 32 bit version. How can i enable 4 gb of ram in windows xp 32 bit version any one knows please give the guidence or link thank you.

All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 7. You can't. I have the same issue. Also he mentioned upgrading to 64 bit Win7 so he won't need the tweak then either. Moab was pointing out that all 32 bit OS's are not stuck with 4gb just xp.

I was just answering the question as it was presented. The user mentioned a future upgrade to Win7 64 bit so there was no point suggesting "Well I posted it as an alternative to using Wbit to get access to more than 4gb memory.

It is off topic, that is why I posted it as a comment, not an answer. Simon Sheehan 8, 12 12 gold badges 50 50 silver badges 70 70 bronze badges. Chris Chris 11 1 1 bronze badge. Add a comment. I simply refuse to believe that Microsoft disabled it because applications can't handle it. Considering you also need to set a flag - they could have left it as an "unsupported mode". Enterprise applications are not any better or worse than the average application you can download.

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Linked Related 2. Hot Network Questions. Question feed. The minimum reserved address space varies from to MB with MB being more common. Add a top end graphics card and a number of PCI cards, and the amount of reserved memory address space can exceed 1. Thus, the amount of usable memory on a 32 bit system can vary from 2. It sort of falls under the guideline that individual results may vary. Then, Microsoft started getting complaints about why Windows did not report all of the installed RAM.

For Vista, Microsoft sent out a patch and now system properties reports installed rather than usable RAM. So, another way to look at RAM above 3GB on a 32 bit system is sort of like the difference from the decimal bits and the formatted bytes on a hard drive.

I will go ahead with the upgrade for sure now that I know the system will be able to use the memory. Now to upgrade the graphics and "voila" finished computer!

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All submitted content is subject to our Terms Of Use. My question is: will I have full use of all the memory if I make the upgrade?