I tried this but after the reboot it still says that I have 4gig installed but 2.00 GB is usable. I think maybe I should try to install and run 64bit?? Not sure. But thank you for your help thus far. Nice to find a place where people do give you some answers to questions...
Great post
Billy
Go into Resource Monitor > Memory tab and look at the colored bar. What does it say all the way to the left (the gray portion).
Last edited by Brink; 05 Apr 2010 at 15:30. Reason: added link
whs,
I like it. I'll need to remember to tell people to get the "pictorial" view. I'd always used MSINFO32 but consider your approach better for memory overview.
@Karl, Yeah, with MSINFO32 (or SYSTEM) you get too much other info. May be confusing.
@Brink, thanks for the link.
whs,
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Hey Brink. Very nice tutorial.
When I open up Ms config and select advanced boot. The default ram is 0. Is this normal or am I miss reading something?
Thanks Simon
Hello Simon,
Yes, that's the default setting as WHS posted above. When the Maximum Memory "box" is unchecked, then Windows 7 will use all available installed RAM by default. It's only when you check this box and select how many GB of RAM you want Windows 7 to use instead of the default. :)
Hi Brink,
I noticed the warning, that you will not be able to change settings back.
This is a permanent setting, or did I misunderstand.
Experimenting is probably not advised then?
Hello J.P.,
You will still be able to go back and make changes again if you like. It's a sort of misleading warning that it gives you. It would be better if it read that it saves your setting changes so that they are not temporary after a restart or log off instead.
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