Vista - The 3 GB Question…

I am new to this group, so I apologize in advance if I am asking a redundant
question. I looked, but didn’t see the answer anywhere.

I understand that a 32 bit operating system can only see 4 gb of RAM.
Windows XP had a switch you could turn on in the boot.ini file that allowed
you to use 3 gb RAM to a single program. I am a photographer and utilize
Adobe PhotoShop (a huge RAM slut) and after moving from XP to Vista I find
that I effectively went from 3 BG of available RAM in PhotoShop to about 1.7
BG of RAM – creating a huge speed difference. Does Vista have a way to
recreate this 3 GB switch?

"AzPhotoGuy" <AzPhotoGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am new to this group, so I apologize in advance if I am asking a
>redundant
> question. I looked, but didn’t see the answer anywhere.
>
> I understand that a 32 bit operating system can only see 4 gb of RAM.
> Windows XP had a switch you could turn on in the boot.ini file that
> allowed
> you to use 3 gb RAM to a single program. I am a photographer and utilize
> Adobe PhotoShop (a huge RAM slut) and after moving from XP to Vista I find
> that I effectively went from 3 BG of available RAM in PhotoShop to about
> 1.7
> BG of RAM – creating a huge speed difference. Does Vista have a way to
> recreate this 3 GB switch?
>
The problem is that the 32-bit version of Vista can't map all 4GB.

What you are seeking, I don't think can be done within Vista, at least not
that I'm aware of. However, some systems support memory remapping in the
system BIOS and in those cases you might be able to accomplish the task.
Check the following Knowledge Base article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/

If your system doesn't fall into that category, you might try running with
3GB of ram and see if that provides more available ram to your application.
I make this suggestion only if you happen to be currently running 4GB as
removing 1GB might allow the system to take better advantage of 3GB and
should be able to deal with all of your memory under those conditions.

--
Michael Solomon
Backup is a PC user's best friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

AzPhotoGuy wrote:
> I am new to this group, so I apologize in advance if I am asking a redundant
> question. I looked, but didn’t see the answer anywhere.
>
> I understand that a 32 bit operating system can only see 4 gb of RAM.
> Windows XP had a switch you could turn on in the boot.ini file that allowed
> you to use 3 gb RAM to a single program. I am a photographer and utilize
> Adobe PhotoShop (a huge RAM slut) and after moving from XP to Vista I find
> that I effectively went from 3 BG of available RAM in PhotoShop to about 1.7
> BG of RAM – creating a huge speed difference. Does Vista have a way to
> recreate this 3 GB switch?
>

http://www.prophotowiki.com/w/index....ing_the_Switch

"jorgen" <na@invalid> wrote in message
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> AzPhotoGuy wrote:
>> I am new to this group, so I apologize in advance if I am asking a
>> redundant question. I looked, but didn’t see the answer anywhere.
>>
>> I understand that a 32 bit operating system can only see 4 gb of RAM.
>> Windows XP had a switch you could turn on in the boot.ini file that
>> allowed you to use 3 gb RAM to a single program. I am a photographer and
>> utilize Adobe PhotoShop (a huge RAM slut) and after moving from XP to
>> Vista I find that I effectively went from 3 BG of available RAM in
>> PhotoShop to about 1.7 BG of RAM – creating a huge speed difference. Does
>> Vista have a way to recreate this 3 GB switch?
>>
>
> http://www.prophotowiki.com/w/index....ing_the_Switch

Interesting. I'll be curious to see how well this works for him.

I thank you for the link as well.

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Since you are a photographer then you must be using a high end video card. How much Ram does your video card take up and use

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"AzPhotoGuy" <AzPhotoGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:06CCAA33-F158-4D40-B7D6-35EE1AAFEC7F@microsoft.com...
>I am new to this group, so I apologize in advance if I am asking a redundant
> question. I looked, but didn’t see the answer anywhere.
>
> I understand that a 32 bit operating system can only see 4 gb of RAM.
> Windows XP had a switch you could turn on in the boot.ini file that allowed
> you to use 3 gb RAM to a single program. I am a photographer and utilize
> Adobe PhotoShop (a huge RAM slut) and after moving from XP to Vista I find
> that I effectively went from 3 BG of available RAM in PhotoShop to about 1.7
> BG of RAM – creating a huge speed difference. Does Vista have a way to
> recreate this 3 GB switch?
>

BINGO,

That's it - it worked - Thanks so much

"jorgen" wrote:

> AzPhotoGuy wrote:
> > I am new to this group, so I apologize in advance if I am asking a redundant
> > question. I looked, but didn’t see the answer anywhere.
> >
> > I understand that a 32 bit operating system can only see 4 gb of RAM.
> > Windows XP had a switch you could turn on in the boot.ini file that allowed
> > you to use 3 gb RAM to a single program. I am a photographer and utilize
> > Adobe PhotoShop (a huge RAM slut) and after moving from XP to Vista I find
> > that I effectively went from 3 BG of available RAM in PhotoShop to about 1.7
> > BG of RAM – creating a huge speed difference. Does Vista have a way to
> > recreate this 3 GB switch?
> >
>
> http://www.prophotowiki.com/w/index....ing_the_Switch
>

Microsoft Documentation on the use of the switch to increase the virtual
address space for the program on a 32-bit system
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366912.aspx
other boot switches
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa906217.aspx

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Mike Brannigan
"Michael Solomon" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "jorgen" <na@invalid> wrote in message
> news:OmpmPjb5HHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> AzPhotoGuy wrote:
>>> I am new to this group, so I apologize in advance if I am asking a
>>> redundant question. I looked, but didn’t see the answer anywhere.
>>>
>>> I understand that a 32 bit operating system can only see 4 gb of RAM.
>>> Windows XP had a switch you could turn on in the boot.ini file that
>>> allowed you to use 3 gb RAM to a single program. I am a photographer and
>>> utilize Adobe PhotoShop (a huge RAM slut) and after moving from XP to
>>> Vista I find that I effectively went from 3 BG of available RAM in
>>> PhotoShop to about 1.7 BG of RAM – creating a huge speed difference.
>>> Does Vista have a way to recreate this 3 GB switch?
>>>
>>
>> http://www.prophotowiki.com/w/index....ing_the_Switch
>
> Interesting. I'll be curious to see how well this works for him.
>
> I thank you for the link as well.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon
> Backup is a PC user's best friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/