How do I get Vista to use MORE memory?

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Bruce Chambers said:
Vista uses what it needs, and no more. If you want to justify your
purchase of additional RAM, install and use more memory-hungry
applications.
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Gee, Bruce, that was harsh. I wasn't trying to justify anything. I was just
curious as to why it looked like I was using only half the ram I had while
people had been complaining here that Vista was using up ALL of theirs.
 
mrgiggle said:
I have the Intel DG33LT board, Q6700 cpu, and 4gigs 667 ram. the problem
I've had for the past week was a very slow boot(3-4 min), after many
websites and unfruitful calls, I ran across a problem with Vista
Ultimate64 running more than 3gigs of ram, once I took out one of the
one gig sticks of ram, my boot time went down to 45-55 seconds.

I have all intel and windows updates, and the only other installed
program I have is Norton Internet Security 2008.

If you had a 4gig problem and over came it, please let me know, and
thank you for your help in advance!
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I've got one box X64 ultimate with 4 gigs of RAM that boots normally.
First thing I'd check is the RAM stick you removed. Swap it around with
the other sticks. It could just simply be bad. What is the RAM count in
systems with all four installed? Mine is 4093 MB.
Then check the BIOS for the RAM settings.
Frank
 
mrgiggle said:
I have the Intel DG33LT board, Q6700 cpu, and 4gigs 667 ram. the problem
I've had for the past week was a very slow boot(3-4 min), after many
websites and unfruitful calls, I ran across a problem with Vista
Ultimate64 running more than 3gigs of ram, once I took out one of the
one gig sticks of ram, my boot time went down to 45-55 seconds.

I have all intel and windows updates, and the only other installed
program I have is Norton Internet Security 2008.

If you had a 4gig problem and over came it, please let me know, and
thank you for your help in advance!
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You seem to be saying this only started a week ago and that previously
the configuration was working okay.

What changed in the last week?

Any new intel stuff? It is not unknown for a BIOS or driver update to
fix one problem (as intended by the manufacturer) but cause or revive
another problem, Asus used to be good at this trick :)

It is also possible that some Norton update turned on a function that
wasn't happening before, although I'd guess that any kind of extra
"Scanning" (say in memory for viruses) would have a proportionate
effect, ie take out another stick and maybe it gets faster still.

I'd try swapping around as Frank suggests and maybe put the stick you
removed in the first slot and try that alone, and shut down - restart a
couple of times at each step instead of just reboot in case temperature
has a bearing on the problem. Bad RAM can be difficult to diagnose since
the problem may not be the RAM per se but a "Timing" error between sticks.

I had a very similar problem and it was totally unexpected since all
hardware right out the maker's boxes, and swapping would not have found
it but removing a stick at a time did.
 
IF you dislike Vista so much, then why are you wasting your miserable state
of exisistence telling us about it? If you love XP, great. It's a happy
marriage. I wish you well. It still amazes me that the inventions and
innovations that have made our lives easier, not to mention improve our
quality of life, are consistently attacked. Do youself a favor, move to a
socialist country and see if their way of life and laws are more applicable
to your beliefs!
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Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. If mountain
ranges and oceans can be overcome, anything built by man can be overcome. -
General Patton
 
Rigged? MY GOD MAN IT'S BEEN 6 YEARS SINCE AL GORE CONCEDED THE ELECTION.
GET HELP!
 
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