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How to increase the size of physical memory in windows 7 32 bit OS [closed]

I have a total 4 Gb ram and I had installed a Virtual box and had assigned it 1.5 Gb memory. But now my applications in windows are reporting
"running out of memory". So i changed the setting in Virtual Box to use 512mb of memory. But still the Task manager in Windows shows only
2Gb of physical memory. I have tried a couple of ways mentioned to increase virtual memory in Advanced system property but that doesn't
help either. So i want a way to increase the ram size allocated to windows.

MSDN says the Physical memory limit in Windows 7 Ultimate is 4Gb

Thanks

windows windows-7

asked Nov 17 '10 at 23:19

JoshMachine
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This isn't a programming question, it sounds like a question straight from VirtualBox's forums
Marcus Whybrow Nov 17 '10 at 23:23

2 Answers

Thanks for the help everyone. I googled yesterday and got a way to increase the size of
physical ram through /3GB switch. Here is the method:

To enable the 3GB switch on Windows Vista or Windows 7:

1. Right-click Command Prompt in the Accessories program group of the Start menu. Click
Run as Administrator.
2. At the command prompt, enter "bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVa 3072"
3. Restart the computer.

To disable the 3GB switch:

1. Right-click on Command Prompt in the Accessories program group of the Start menu.
Click Run as Administrator.
2. At the command prompt, enter "bcdedit /deletevalue IncreaseUserVa"
3. Restart the computer.

This does not display the increased size in the task manager as it still shows 2GB but now
when my applicationx crash they indicate the current memory usage as 3GB

answered Nov 18 '10 at 15:09

JoshMachine

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Thanks for sharing user44298 Nov 22 '10 at 10:03

You may have 4GB of RAM, but usually 1-2GB of that is taken by things like the kernel and the
graphics card, leaving you with 2GB "usable" RAM.

answered Nov 17 '10 at 23:26

Niet the Dark Absol
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