Is anyone still using Windows 7?
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If you are running Windows 7 32-bit, you can use patchpae3 to enable using the full 4GB, in fact up to 128GB RAM. It makes a difference in performance going from 3.25GB to 4GB (if you have a discrete graphics card with its own RAM) and even bigger going from 2.93GB to 3.9GB (if you have an onboard graphics card sharing RAM with the system).
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Windows 7 Was a good friend......but the apps stoped updates in windows 7 so i changed to windows 10 on my main but i still have a old desktop runs win7
You don't need updates for W7 to run well. Mine hasn't been updated since the last reinstall six years ago. If you need help, post again or PM me.
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If you are running Windows 7 32-bit, you can use patchpae3 to enable using the full 4GB, in fact up to 128GB RAM. It makes a difference in performance going from 3.25GB to 4GB (if you have a discrete graphics card with its own RAM) and even bigger going from 2.93GB to 3.9GB (if you have an onboard graphics card sharing RAM with the system).
Why would you want to do that? Just install Windows 7 64-bit. While you are at it add more RAM so you at least have 8GB.
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Why would you want to do that? Just install Windows 7 64-bit. While you are at it add more RAM so you at least have 8GB.
You are right, but there are some computers that cannot be upgraded, such as old Pentium 4 systems which are 32-bit only and can reach 4GB RAM if you use four 1GB DDR modules. Also some office computers with thousands of user data and expired support for their ERP application cannot just reinstall it, they would have to pay for support to activate the ERP application again and also risk losing their customer's data. I could think of some more cases, but you get the idea. For all of those trapped in Windows 7 32-bit (or 8, 8.1, 10 32-bit) they can use patchpae3 to enable using the full 4GB RAM. For systems with DDR2 or newer modules they can see up to 128GB RAM.
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My little beast is running 64bit, and the Max DDR2 Ram allowed, a lot of OEM's capped this
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Recently upgraded my W7 Ultimate SP1 from 16G to 32G. Dunno that it's made a huge difference, tho. Board is Asus 310M-E R2.
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If you are running Windows 7 32-bit, you can use patchpae3 to enable using the full 4GB, in fact up to 128GB RAM. It makes a difference in performance going from 3.25GB to 4GB (if you have a discrete graphics card with its own RAM) and even bigger going from 2.93GB to 3.9GB (if you have an onboard graphics card sharing RAM with the system).
I would advise against this. Windows had PAE enabled on XP but disabled because of stability issues with the drivers. Physical Address Extension - Wikipedia Doing this takes Windows past the physical capabilities of the computer. Besides you also have to consider what the motherboard is designed for with it's limits.
Last edited by townsbg; 2 Weeks Ago at 22:42.
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Yes, I know there is a chance for BSOD, but it 2-3 systems that I enabled PAE I didn't have any issues, so I will accept the risk and improve performance.
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yes, still using w7 on daily pc. 2 other pc for editing and gaming, are running 10 and they are and will always be offline.
I only use w10 for loss of support for programs games in w7, but if I have to do this with w11, same thing. pc will never be connected to the net.
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You can connect an old secondary PC to the internet and download whatever you want. Then scan files for viruses and malware, then transfer them to a USB flash drive for use with the other offline computers.
Workaround for a single PC: Disable the ethernet card or disconnect the cable. Create a Virtual Machine (I read elsewhere that VMWare Workstation is now free for all), connect a wireless USB dongle and pass control to the virtual machine. This way the host has no Internet to get infected and the guest is isolated and very hard to infect the host. You can do whatever you want online in the virtual machine using the wireless USB dongle directly. Then copy-paste the files you want to the host after you have scanned them.
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