Windows xp ram use

Popular Topics in General Windows. Spiceworks Help Desk. The help desk software for IT. Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Learn More ». Thai Pepper. Opie This person is a verified professional. Kismet Feb 21, at UTC. Thanks guys. But if I do, don't I have to upgrade the processor? Kismet wrote: Thanks guys. What processor do you have now? If it's a Bit CPU, then no. Most are as of 5 years ago. What CPU is it? Texkonc Feb 21, at UTC. If the Processor is not 64bit.

A 32 bit operating system supports a memory map of 4GB. Yeh Chris, I was just thinking the same, that my only option without having to switch to 64bit XP is to go up to 3GB RAM and hope that it'll be sufficient to run all processes and applications. Nick-C This person is a verified professional. Gearhead89 Feb 21, at UTC.

Kyle Stembridge wrote: Intel Core 2 Duo should be a x64 bit processor. Hmmm, quite interesting Kyle. I have Windows 7 Ultimate bit at home and everything runs like a champ. This conversation is currently closed to new comments. Its the way that the memory IO subsystem in NT was developed. It will always move stuff to the page file based on the way it is in use.

Just the nature of NT. I have seen people who use some of their ram to create a RAM disk and then put the page file on there, not sure if it would work in your situation, possibly, but their are some very definate issues with moving a page file to RAM Go to the RUN box in the start menu and type regedt32 registry editor.

Name it DisablePagingExecutive and Value at 1. This tweak tells XP to use all available physical memory befor swapping to disk.

Good Luck! It really does the trick! You will have to reinstall all your programs after installing Windows 7. Here are the steps:. Backup all your files and settings to avoid losing docs, photos, and other information. Windows Easy Transfer is a free tool to copy files not programs from your PC, and then transfer them back after you install Windows 7.

Note: Easy Transfer will not work when changing languages, or when going from 64 bit to 32 bit it will work going from 32 bit to 64 bit. If you downloaded some programs from the Internet you can redownload them. Put the Windows 7 disk into your DVD drive. A window should pop up starting the install process, when asked the type of installation do you want click Custom advanced.

Note: 32 to 64 bit requires you to restart and boot from the DVD. Then you're done - enjoy Windows 7. How To Install Windows