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Subject: Re: 2 GB virtual memory limit in Windows

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 12:24:15 08/30/05

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On August 30, 2005 at 15:22:41, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On August 30, 2005 at 14:46:50, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>On August 30, 2005 at 14:27:42, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On August 30, 2005 at 14:05:02, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 30, 2005 at 13:53:27, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 30, 2005 at 05:46:14, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On August 29, 2005 at 23:29:30, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On August 29, 2005 at 23:12:24, Lance Perkins wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On August 29, 2005 at 19:18:32, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On August 29, 2005 at 16:13:58, Marc Bourzutschky wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>What are the options to be able to access more than 2 GB of memory in XP Pro?
>>>>>>>>>>Does the /3G boot option work in XP Pro, and if so, are special tweaks needed by
>>>>>>>>>>applications?  Are there other options?  I'm trying to have more memory
>>>>>>>>>>available for myself of the 4 GB I have installed on my machine...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>Marc
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Perhaps install linux, has more advantages with respect to memory.
>>>>>>>>>Windows i cannot recommend for software that wants to use more than 480MB ram.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Vincent
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I'm not sure where you got that 480MB limit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Older Windows versions would fail to malloc over 256M.
>>>>>
>>>>>Soon 64 bit Windows will be released, which will make these discussions sound
>>>>>pretty funny.
>>>>
>>>>64-bit Windows were released several years ago.
>>>
>>>It was?
>>>What was it called then?
>>
>>
>>I suppose it's Win2003-64 bits
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/64bit/x64/default.mspx
>
>That was launched only a few months ago (from the same page):
>
>"In the News
>Microsoft Launches 64-Bit Windows
>CNET News.com (April 25, 2005): Ina Fried covers the announcement that 64-bit
>versions of Microsoft Windows are now available—how to get yours and what the
>future may hold."
>
>Maybe Eugene was talking about Betas.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/64bit/ipf/default.mspx

Thanks,
Eugene



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