Can Vista use all 4MB of RAM?

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I read somewhere (in a magazine) that there was a way for 32 bit Vista
to use all 4 MB of RAM - but I can't remember where I saw it. Anybody
know?
 
I read somewhere (in a magazine) that there was a way for 32 bit Vista
to use all 4 MB of RAM - but I can't remember where I saw it. Anybody
know?
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Dur to other hardware chewing up somewhere between .5 and .8 mb of
memory, Vista only get to use 3.2 to 3.5mb for the OS and programs.
So, it's all being used by your computer, it's just not all available
to the OS.
 
From: "+Bob+" <[email protected]>


| Dur to other hardware chewing up somewhere between .5 and .8 mb of
| memory, Vista only get to use 3.2 to 3.5mb for the OS and programs.
| So, it's all being used by your computer, it's just not all available
| to the OS.


I think you had better re-examine your answer and your nomenclature.
 
I read somewhere (in a magazine) that there was a way for 32 bit Vista
to use all 4 MB of RAM - but I can't remember where I saw it. Anybody
know?
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Windows has been capable of using more than 4MB ram for years.
 
Peter Foldes said:
Explain how you arrive at this
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Because, your brain is filling in info that isn't there. The message says
"4MB", not the 4GB that you're seeing.
 
I read somewhere (in a magazine) that there was a way for 32 bit Vista
to use all 4 MB of RAM - but I can't remember where I saw it. Anybody
know?
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I doubt it. I think the area above 3 Gbyte limit is used for memory mapping
a variety of IO devices, and even if you could force 32 bit Vista to look
above that limit, any enabled RAM would conflict with these addresses.
 
Peter said:
I doubt it. I think the area above 3 Gbyte limit is used for memory
mapping a variety of IO devices, and even if you could force 32 bit
Vista to look above that limit, any enabled RAM would conflict with
these addresses.
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Your reply is perfectly correct ... for 4Gb, but if you re-read the
message the OP was asking about 4MB not 4Gb :)

Simon
 
Hi,

What you're probably thinking of is that once SP1 is installed, Vista will
report seeing all 4GB (not MB) of installed ram in a 32-bit installation.
However, it cannot actually use it under any circumstances. As Peter Webb
has pointed out, the 4GB of address space available in Vista 32-bit is
partially used for hardware, the remaining amount is allocated for
addressing memory.

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Best of Luck,

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Vista can only use 3.2 to 3.5mb for the OS and programs? No wonder people
complain of slow start problems. Barely enough left to run notepad!

Guess I wasted my money buying 4 GIG of RAM!
 
My post was facetious!

Everyone is missing the point. The guy said megabytes NOT gigabytes! You
missed it too.
 
Of course he meant 4 gig, but everyone was parroting his 4 megabytes and
running with it.
 
From: "Richard Urban" <[email protected]>

| Of course he meant 4 gig, but everyone was parroting his 4 megabytes and
| running with it.

Worse was nomenclature in this thread.

4mb <> 4MB
b = bit
B = byte
m = milli
M = mega
 
From: "whs" <[email protected]>

| David H. Lipman;1123231 Wrote: > From: "Richard Urban"
| <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> > > | Of course he meant 4 gig, but everyone was
| parroting his 4 megabytes > and > | running with it. > > Worse was nomenclature in
| this thread. > > 4mb <> 4MB > b = bit > B = byte > m = milli > M = mega > > > -- >
| Dave > 'Generic Trojan / Adware Infestation Removal Procedures' >
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| Tool - PCtipp.ch - Downloads' > (http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp) You guys
| are too purist - use your imagination. But since the OP seems to have abandoned the
| thread, it may not matter anyhow. -- whs

This is Usenet. We don't use crystal balls or imagination. All we have to go on is the
text of the query.

If someone asks a question they have to be precise and provide proper facts or the query
can be misconstrued and the answer provided may be completely wrong.
 
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