Win7 SP1 released to public

Irishman said:

(Sorry if it's been brought up already)

Having a 32bit system and 4GB of ram installed, I knew that windows wouldn't use my full 4 gigs. On my performance page it would state that I had 4 but told me in brackets (Using 3.25) but I noticed after installing SP1 that it now just says 4GB. I re-ran the performance test and my score jumped up.

Pre Test



Post Test


Is this really possible?

The same thing happens to me long ago with vista sp1
Edit: i found my old thread,read this...
Vista 32bit memory limitation - Vista Forums
<<1084 days ago>> suddenly i realize that i am getting old

panais said:

The same thing happens to me long ago with vista sp1
Edit: i found my old thread,read this...
Vista 32bit memory limitation - Vista Forums
<<1084 days ago>> suddenly i realize that i am getting old

Cheers!
Finally using my full RAM without having to install W7 64bit

Irishman said:

panais said:

The same thing happens to me long ago with vista sp1
Edit: i found my old thread,read this...
Vista 32bit memory limitation - Vista Forums
<<1084 days ago>> suddenly i realize that i am getting old

Cheers!
Finally using my full RAM without having to install W7 64bit

The benefits from 64bit installation is Not just the <<unlimited>> usage of ram!
Again read this please...
64-bit: More than just the RAM - Vista Forums

panais said:

The benefits from 64bit installation is Not just the <<unlimited>> usage of ram!
Again read this please...
64-bit: More than just the RAM - Vista Forums

Yea I've had a good read at that before and will install a 64bit system down the line when I upgrade my rig but the ram issue was the only thing that made me think of doing it sooner.

F1FAN said:

im not a fan of 64bit, it slowed boot up time on my old set up and a few friends said it did the same on there system, plus it used more resources (RAM)

Allthough i could prob now go with 64 now i have quad core, SSD etc..I'm not sure if i want to since i *only* have 4gigs and 64 seems to love taking up RAM, i didn't notice any perfomance benifits either.

If the RAM is there, it might as well be used right?

You really won't notice any performance benefits untill you start getting into the 6gb of RAM area.

NoN said:

Maybe before any SP1 install....

System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB947821) [February 2011]

Download details: System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB947821) [February 2011]

SP1 will not install nor will anything else after trying that one. Ran System update readiness tool and it wanted to download and install hotfix KB947821. I downloaded the hotfix but it will not install no matter how long I wait. I tried a system restore and that no longer works either.Any help or ideas would be most appreciated.
JD

Irishman said:

panais said:

The same thing happens to me long ago with vista sp1
Edit: i found my old thread,read this...
Vista 32bit memory limitation - Vista Forums
<<1084 days ago>> suddenly i realize that i am getting old

Cheers!
Finally using my full RAM without having to install W7 64bit

No you are not using the full 4GB, 32-bit systems cannot do that even if SP1 is installed.

yowanvista said:

No you are not using the full 4GB, 32-bit systems cannot do that even if SP1 is installed.

Well that's a buzz killer

I'll be fine with what I've got until I upgrade.