Cannot Address all my Memory XXX

[erik]

My problem is, that it seems that it does not address all
of the physical RAM. The problem manifests itself when I
have over 45 processses running simultaneously. ( my
excuse is, I am a developer and need to have this many or
MORE processes running in order to follow a thread of
thought in a continuous manner). The problem is, I cannot
open any additional windows browsers, IE, cmd, etc, ...
even the task manager, without closing out currently
running processes.

I have a dual 1-GHZ IBM intellistation, with a gig of RAM,
and in fact the machine sees the RAM both at boot and in
the Computer Management System Information, ie.
Total Physical Memory 1,047,976 KB
Virtual Memory 3,072,000
spread over 3 drive partitions.
I am running Windows 2000 Professional with sp3.


For instance ( an example of the maximum threshhold of
memory, before I am unable to open any additional apps.)
Windows Task Manager reads as follows:
Totals:
Handles 11838
Threads 462
Processes 46

Physical Memory:
Total 1047976
Available 647768
System Cache 657080

Commit Change(K):
Total 423038
Limit 40964868
Peak 674460

Kernel Memory:
Toatl 108620
Paged 89568
NonPaged 19052

I have "plenty" of physical memory left, why cant I use
it? What params can I change?

Is this like a max threads / processes deal?

Help!

Thanks

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[Paul Dietrich]

XP PRO handles memory a bit better. I used it at work for development.

Once you get rid of the Horrible buttons, it is really a very nice and even
stable OS to use.

Also, you need another monitor to expand your desktop to see more things at
once. It was a lifesaver for me.

My problem is, that it seems that it does not address all
of the physical RAM. The problem manifests itself when I
have over 45 processses running simultaneously. ( my
excuse is, I am a developer and need to have this many or
MORE processes running in order to follow a thread of
thought in a continuous manner). The problem is, I cannot
open any additional windows browsers, IE, cmd, etc, ...
even the task manager, without closing out currently
running processes.

I have a dual 1-GHZ IBM intellistation, with a gig of RAM,
and in fact the machine sees the RAM both at boot and in
the Computer Management System Information, ie.
Total Physical Memory 1,047,976 KB
Virtual Memory 3,072,000
spread over 3 drive partitions.
I am running Windows 2000 Professional with sp3.


For instance ( an example of the maximum threshhold of
memory, before I am unable to open any additional apps.)
Windows Task Manager reads as follows:
Totals:
Handles 11838
Threads 462
Processes 46

Physical Memory:
Total 1047976
Available 647768
System Cache 657080

Commit Change(K):
Total 423038
Limit 40964868
Peak 674460

Kernel Memory:
Toatl 108620
Paged 89568
NonPaged 19052

I have "plenty" of physical memory left, why cant I use
it? What params can I change?

Is this like a max threads / processes deal?

Not AFIAK.