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There is a way around this limitation on consumer versions of Windows. There's a patch by Wen Jia Liu and it works even to this day on the very latest build of
by SwimSwimHungry 6y ago
There is a way around this limitation on consumer versions of Windows. There's a patch by Wen Jia Liu and it works even to this day on the very latest build of Windows 10 (20H2).
https://wj32.org/wp/2016/02/01/pae-patch-updated-for-windows-10/ https://wj32.org/wp/2016/02/01/pae-patch-updated-for-windows...
Granted, in 2020, I can't imagine why you'd still want to run a 32-bit version of Windows these days outside of select scenarios, like IoT or embedded systems.
- vardump 6y ago"Granted, in 2020, I can't imagine why you'd still want to run a 32-bit version of Windows these days outside of select scenarios, like IoT or embedded systems." There is a ton of old hardware and software that only supports 32-bit Windows for a reason or another. So some organizations are perpetually stuck to it. Then there are those who are still running 2000 or XP. Or even DOS...
- SwimSwimHungry 6y agoI should clarify my statement for "new" installs of Windows. Typically older set ups are already running specific configurations where a 32-bit install makes sense and are left alone until the next upgrade cycle. This PAE patch is more of a bandaid though than a long term solution.
- vardump 6y agoI don't think anyone is arguing that 64-bit is not the way to go. :-) If you have $200k hardware (like some sort of machine) in daily use that requires that old Windows, you're going to skip more than one Windows upgrade cycle.