Memory Limitations

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Eric Brantner

I am a college student in a Computer Technician class. I
am assigned to find out the memory limitations for
Windows XP or Windows XP Professional... I know that with
previous versions of Windows, if you had more than 512 of
RAM that it would actually make Windows run slower, does
ANYONE know what the 'limit' is for Windows XP ????? In
the knowledge base, it shows that you can receive errors
when you get up to 1GB or 2GB or higher but there are
hotfixes for all of the errors I found. ANYONE THAT COULD
HELP - PLEASE E-MAIL ME !!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!!
 
Why don't you run various benchmarking tests with
different memory allocations? Monitor the event log, try
different memory sticks, try different mobo's, etc...

Yeesh...
 
For all practical puposes and assuming no hardware problems the memory is
only limited by the number of bits available to address it.
 
-----Original Message-----
I am a college student in a Computer Technician class. I
am assigned to find out the memory limitations for
Windows XP or Windows XP Professional... I know that with
previous versions of Windows, if you had more than 512 of
RAM that it would actually make Windows run slower, does
ANYONE know what the 'limit' is for Windows XP ????? In
the knowledge base, it shows that you can receive errors
when you get up to 1GB or 2GB or higher but there are
hotfixes for all of the errors I found. ANYONE THAT COULD
HELP - PLEASE E-MAIL ME !!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!!
.
Hi
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i think the memory limit in all windows versions is 4GB,
but win XP might have changed that.
 
Hi, Eric.

Lesson 1: Don't rely on what people tell you in Discussion Groups or
newsgroups. We're just users - like you - and many of us are no more expert
than you. Many of our answers are guesses - and wrong.

Lesson 2: Go find and read the official documentation. The complete
Windows XP Professional Resource Kit Documentation may be in your college
library. It is online and you can read it for free.

Start at:
Windows Deployment and Resource Kits
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/default.asp

But even that doesn't have some information that I think should be there.
Fortunately, from there, you can have Google "Search Site"
(www.microsoft.com) for "memory" and find this article (which, surprisingly,
is not in the RK itself - and Microsoft's own Search box didn't find it
within the top 40 or so hits):
Memory Support and Windows Operating Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx

I hope you get an A. ;<)

Lesson 3: No email! The rule for newsgroups (called Discussion Groups here
in the Web-based interface) is: Ask your question here; come back here for
your answer. Email can benefit only the two people involved; newsgroups can
benefit hundreds or thousands of readers (including "lurkers" who only read
and never post - and that's a GOOD thing, because they can learn a lot that
way). Bad or incomplete advice given here can be corrected or expanded by
other readers, but if you get bad advice in email, you're just stuck with
it. If you're too busy to come back here for your answer, then we're too
busy, too. ;^}

RC
 
"Many of our answers are guesses - and wrong."

Holy cow, R.C., your answers certainly aren't guesses and neither are mine.
This group certainly has its share of half-wits but most of us are aiming
for the target.

Rocky
 
Calm down, Rocky! I didn't say ALL! ;^}

Of course, your answers and (most of) mine are right on, but "many" are not.
My point was that, while these newsgroups provide mostly correct and useful
information, none of us should "bet the farm" on tips from unknown advisors
with unknown qualifications and motives. Not without at least trying to
find some authoritative documentation. Especially "a college student in a
Computer Technician class", who should be learning how to find information
that he can "hang his hat on".

As they say: On the Internet, nobody knows if you're really a squirrel.
;<) Of if you really know what you're talking about, or even if you really
are trying to help.

RC
 
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