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Does Windows OS suport mem > 128mb

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Lud

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I was told that the Windoze OS would not support memory greater than 128mb. Is this true? Why do I see so many guys here with 256 plus then?

TIA!
 
Definitely misinformed. Windows 2000 loves RAM. You will get a very noticible improvement going from 128 to 256MB. Windows 2000 pro is basically the same core as windows 2000 Server, but without some added features and tools. There are a lot of servers out there that use way over 512mb. What limits it is the motherboard.
 
what you probably heard is that win9x doesn't know what do with 256mb+ ram and that it starts to actually degrad performance with more than that.

I dunno know the truth since I only run w2k and when I had win98 I never ram more than 128mb but I would believe it since win9x's memory management isn't exactly great.
 
Windows 9x/ME can address up to 4GB of RAM, but can only use up to 2GB of physical RAM. Due to a problem with the vcache and the kernal, Win9x/ME uses up to 512MB of RAM before it chokes. You need to make an adjustment to the vcache settings in system.ini to use more than 512MB of RAM.

Windows 2000 Pro and Server can address and use up to 4GB of RAM. Win2K AS (Advanced Server) and DC (Data Centre) can address and use much more.
 
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