Windows 7 Bug?

DeaconFrost · 22 Jun 2010

[QUOTE=Vector;801605]

Product FRED said:

But certain flavors of 32-bit Windows allow much more than 4 GB...

And apologies to the TS for this thread diversion.

Not desktop versions, which makes this point not applicable to this subject, or even these forums, yet someone always has to bring it up, serving only to belittle someone else and muddle the information given to the OP. Please not, I'm not technically directing my mini-rant at you....it just happens every friggin' time this subject is discussed, and 99.9% of the time, PAE isn't applicable.

Thorsen · 22 Jun 2010

does this happen wtih 75 notepads?

Jonathan_King · 22 Jun 2010

Thorsen said:

does this happen wtih 75 notepads?

How about 50 XP Modes?

noobvious · 22 Jun 2010

This thread is priceless!

Product FRED · 22 Jun 2010

DeaconFrost said:

Vector said:

Product FRED said:

But certain flavors of 32-bit Windows allow much more than 4 GB...

And apologies to the TS for this thread diversion.

Not desktop versions, which makes this point not applicable to this subject, or even these forums, yet someone always has to bring it up, serving only to belittle someone else and muddle the information given to the OP. Please not, I'm not technically directing my mini-rant at you....it just happens every friggin' time this subject is discussed, and 99.9% of the time, PAE isn't applicable.

I think you messed up the quote. Vector said it, not me.

EDIT: Is it just me or is the quote system broken? There is no closing tag for the [ QUOTE ] tag when I quote.

chrysalis · 23 Jun 2010

pparks1 said:

Yes, mine crapped out at exactly 80 explorer Windows with Ctrl-E. Running 64-bit Ultimate with 8GB of RAM. Just got a cursor and the spinning blue wheel.

without reading this now long thread my guess would be hitting desktop heap limit.

Dave76 · 23 Jun 2010

Why was the OP opening Explorer 80 times?

Did you find any other extraordinary ways to crash Win7?

So we'll know what not to do

Vector · 23 Jun 2010

chrysalis said:

without reading this now long thread my guess would be hitting desktop heap limit.

If you are correct, increasing the desktop heap may help the TS in his quest for 80+ open windows.

DeaconFrost · 23 Jun 2010

Product FRED said:

I think you messed up the quote. Vector said it, not me.

I believe I did. This is the only forum that brings in multiple quotes, rather than just what the one particular person said. I think I deleted the wrong set of tags. But yes, my comments were in response to what Vector said.

Win7User512 · 23 Jun 2010

I tested it on my x64 Win7 with 4GB RAM using a little program I wrote. I tried 50, 100, 500, then 1000 Notepads.

At 500 and 1000, my system was unusable. At 1000 Notepads, it warned me that resources were short and asked me if I wanted to stop Aero.

At no time did it bluescreen or otherwise error. I just couldn't do anything on the system.