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I was discussing with someone recently who claimed to be an ex Microsoft
OS developer, and he said Home Edition only supported 2GB RAM. Anything
above 2GB, the Memory Manager would just ignore.

Is this true? Is there any documentation specifically address this
issue for Home Edition?

I found this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223/
At the bottom it says it applies to Home Edition as well, but the
content only mentions Professional version.
 
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In news:eMpcgLJtFHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
PHiLiP <@.com.hk> typed:

> I was discussing with someone recently who claimed to be an ex
> Microsoft OS developer, and he said Home Edition only supported
> 2GB
> RAM. Anything above 2GB, the Memory Manager would just ignore.
>
> Is this true? Is there any documentation specifically address
> this
> issue for Home Edition?



It's false. The maximum RAM is the same for both Professional and
Home. It's 4GB.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup
 
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"PHiLiP" <@.com.hk> wrote:

>I was discussing with someone recently who claimed to be an ex Microsoft
>OS developer, and he said Home Edition only supported 2GB RAM. Anything
>above 2GB, the Memory Manager would just ignore.

Wrong. WinXP, whether home or pro edition, can handle up to 4GB of
RAM. It's very likely, however, that your motherboard has a lower
limit.

The 64-bit edition of WinXP can handle something like 128GB of RAM.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov
 
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PHiLiP wrote:
>
> I was discussing with someone recently who claimed to be an ex Microsoft
> OS developer, and he said Home Edition only supported 2GB RAM. Anything
> above 2GB, the Memory Manager would just ignore.
>
> Is this true? Is there any documentation specifically address this
> issue for Home Edition?
>
> I found this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223/

"All processes (e.g. application executables) running under 32 bit
Windows gets virtual memory addresses (a Virtual Address Space) going
from 0 to 4,294,967,295 (2*32-1 = 4 GB), no matter how much RAM is
actually installed on the computer."

Perhaps that's why your friend is an "EX Microsoft Developer"



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Plato <|@|.|> wrote:

>PHiLiP wrote:
>>
>> I was discussing with someone recently who claimed to be an ex Microsoft
>> OS developer, and he said Home Edition only supported 2GB RAM. Anything
>> above 2GB, the Memory Manager would just ignore.
>>
>> Is this true? Is there any documentation specifically address this
>> issue for Home Edition?
>>
>> I found this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223/
>
>"All processes (e.g. application executables) running under 32 bit
>Windows gets virtual memory addresses (a Virtual Address Space) going
>from 0 to 4,294,967,295 (2*32-1 = 4 GB), no matter how much RAM is
>actually installed on the computer."

That's perfectly true, but it has nothing to do with how much RAM can
be plugged in. Even in you have only 128MB of physical RAM, each
process will have a virtual address space of 4GB. Of course, if each
of 20 processes tries to allocate and use 4GB, it's not likely to work
too well.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov
 
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My motherboard can handle a Pentium D and 4GB RAM just fine 😛



"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
news:m1r0i192kdcknhfnud7akba97pg5lhi70b@4ax.com...
: "PHiLiP" <@.com.hk> wrote:
:
: >I was discussing with someone recently who claimed to be an ex
Microsoft
: >OS developer, and he said Home Edition only supported 2GB RAM.
Anything
: >above 2GB, the Memory Manager would just ignore.
:
: Wrong. WinXP, whether home or pro edition, can handle up to 4GB of
: RAM. It's very likely, however, that your motherboard has a lower
: limit.
:
: The 64-bit edition of WinXP can handle something like 128GB of RAM.
:
: --
: Tim Slattery
: MS MVP(DTS)
: Slattery_T@bls.gov
 
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But if you have more than 1 GB RAM, you will not be able to hibernate
your machine.

"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

>In news:eMpcgLJtFHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>PHiLiP <@.com.hk> typed:
>
>> I was discussing with someone recently who claimed to be an ex
>> Microsoft OS developer, and he said Home Edition only supported
>> 2GB
>> RAM. Anything above 2GB, the Memory Manager would just ignore.
>>
>> Is this true? Is there any documentation specifically address
>> this
>> issue for Home Edition?
>
>
>
>It's false. The maximum RAM is the same for both Professional and
>Home. It's 4GB.
Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!
 
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Correction, SOME machines may SOMETIMES fail to hibernate after having >
1 GB memory installed. It is not always an issue.

Juan I. Cahis wrote:

> But if you have more than 1 GB RAM, you will not be able to hibernate
> your machine.
>
> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
>
>>In news:eMpcgLJtFHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>>PHiLiP <@.com.hk> typed:
>>
>>
>>>I was discussing with someone recently who claimed to be an ex
>>>Microsoft OS developer, and he said Home Edition only supported
>>>2GB
>>>RAM. Anything above 2GB, the Memory Manager would just ignore.
>>>
>>>Is this true? Is there any documentation specifically address
>>>this
>>>issue for Home Edition?
>>
>>
>>
>>It's false. The maximum RAM is the same for both Professional and
>>Home. It's 4GB.
>
> Thanks
> Juan I. Cahis
> Santiago de Chile (South America)
> Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!
 
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Well, according to the experience in my site, MOST OF the machines
will ALLWAYS fail to hibernate after having MORE than 1 GB memory
installed. So, if hibernation is an important feature for you, DON'T
add more than 1 GB of memory to your computer or notebook, unless you
test it exhaustively before.

Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Correction, SOME machines may SOMETIMES fail to hibernate after having >
>1 GB memory installed. It is not always an issue.
>
>Juan I. Cahis wrote:
>
>> But if you have more than 1 GB RAM, you will not be able to hibernate
>> your machine.
>>
>> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In news:eMpcgLJtFHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>>>PHiLiP <@.com.hk> typed:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I was discussing with someone recently who claimed to be an ex
>>>>Microsoft OS developer, and he said Home Edition only supported
>>>>2GB
>>>>RAM. Anything above 2GB, the Memory Manager would just ignore.
>>>>
>>>>Is this true? Is there any documentation specifically address
>>>>this
>>>>issue for Home Edition?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>It's false. The maximum RAM is the same for both Professional and
>>>Home. It's 4GB.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Juan I. Cahis
>> Santiago de Chile (South America)
>> Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!
Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!
 
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In news:h293i11vp5gsctq256m6neloq19g2rhpve@4ax.com,
Juan I. Cahis <jiclbch@SINBASURAattglobal.net> typed:

> But if you have more than 1 GB RAM, you will not be able to
> hibernate
> your machine.


OK, but that's irrelevant to the question asked, which has to do
with whether Home Edition, as opposed to XP Professional,
supports no more than 2GB.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
>> In news:eMpcgLJtFHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>> PHiLiP <@.com.hk> typed:
>>
>>> I was discussing with someone recently who claimed to be an
>>> ex
>>> Microsoft OS developer, and he said Home Edition only
>>> supported
>>> 2GB
>>> RAM. Anything above 2GB, the Memory Manager would just
>>> ignore.
>>>
>>> Is this true? Is there any documentation specifically
>>> address
>>> this
>>> issue for Home Edition?
>>
>>
>>
>> It's false. The maximum RAM is the same for both Professional
>> and
>> Home. It's 4GB.
> Thanks
> Juan I. Cahis
> Santiago de Chile (South America)
> Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to
> improve it!
 
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