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This seems like an appropriate place to ask this question. At work I have an i5 with 8 GB of ram. Unfortunately we're stuck with XP 32. So is there a away for m
by virmundi 14y ago
This seems like an appropriate place to ask this question. At work I have an i5 with 8 GB of ram. Unfortunately we're stuck with XP 32. So is there a away for me to use more memory over all? Specifically I have to have Outlook and my VirtualBox Linux machine running at the same. I'd like to use bank switching or PAE to give my VM 4 GB. While all of the other applications just fight out for the remaining 4.
- Symmetry 14y agoNo, only Windows server editions have PAE enabled and AFAIK this isn't something you can use without kernel support.
- masklinn 14y agoTechnically, all modern Windows versions have PAE enabled (the NX bit requires enabling PAE for instance), but Windows adds license-based memory restrictions on top of that. That's how the 2GB limit on Starter, the 4GB limit on non-server and the various limits on server editions are implemented. And there is a kernel hack/patch to lift that restriction, although it is of course fully unsupported: http://superuser.com/questions/52275/how-can-i-enable-pae-on-windows-7-32-bit-to-support-more-than-3-5-gb-of-ram/95309#95309 http://superuser.com/questions/52275/how-can-i-enable-pae-on...
- virmundi 14y agoThanks for the info. It's sad that I out my employer will allow it.
- keithpeter 14y agowould employer allow a linux install then XP in a VM or several? All problems solved then.
- j_s 14y agoRun VMWare vSphere on the bare metal, virtualizing both XP and Linux. Of course, you'd have to re-install everything. http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/faq.html http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/faq.html
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