Searches

Advanced Search

Enable Support for More than 4GB of RAM

Keywords:
Tags: General Tutorial  Vista
Entered On: 2008-06-17
Views: 268

Windows Vista can’t utilize more than 4GB of RAM by default. Here’s how to enable the ability for it to see 4GB of RAM or more.

  1. Press Window key + R to open the Run dialog, and then type cmd to open a command prompt. Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to tell the command prompt to open with elevated privileges.

  2. Type BCDEdit /set pae ForceEnable and press Enter.
    Note: PAE must be supported by the processor.

  3. Type BCDEdit /set nx AlwaysOff & BCDEdit /set pae ForceEnable and press Enter.

  4. Restart Windows Vista.

Comments On This Post

No comments on this post yet!

 

You must be logged in to post a comment.

 

Did You Know?

An average mattress contains 2 million house dust mites.