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32 bit software RAM utilization in a 64 bit windows machine [duplicate]
I have a 64-bit laptop with 8 Gb of ram, which came installed with a 32-bit MS Excel. So I wanted to know if MS Excel can utilize the complete ram, or is it just utilizing up to 4 Gb of Ram?
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Small amount of hardware reserved memory meaning?
I know there are a lot of questions about "hardware reserved memory", but almost all of them are regarding to fix high amount of reserved memory. I am wondering about the case where there is ...
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BSOD Windows 10 in certain applications
I've been getting random BSODs during certain programs,
but all have the same error codes.
I've put the minidump here.
Anyone knows what might cause this?
I've been looking everywhere
The minidump ...
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Memory access on 32/64 bit Windows, freeze
So I have this old laptop, a Lenovo ThinkPad T510 and I tried upgrading it's RAM from 2GB to 2*4GB (8GB). I was on a Windows 8 x32, and it worked, but only 3 out of 8GB were usable.
So I tried to ...
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Why 2.66 GB usable in 4 GB ram? [duplicate]
I am having windows 10 pro 64 bit OS,With 4 Gb RAM. But in memory section its showing 2.66 GB usable. Why? doing some research(Googling) I found that 32 bit machine can't utilize the full RAM. But ...
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What is the "low memory warning" threshold with 16GB x64 windows?
EDIT4 We now have an answer. Thank you for everyone participating in the test, esp Jamie. Since the answer was deleted, here's the short summary: Win10 introduces memory compression, making this kind ...
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Is there a way to force Windows 10 to recognize more than 3.5 GB Ram on a 64 bit system? [duplicate]
I've got a machine that is 64-bit, running 32-bit windows 7, which has 8GB ram.
I did the official upgrade to windows 10 that Microsoft was offering a few weeks ago, but I'm having a difficult time ...
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Backing up software with its licenses
I have a PC which is mostly used for photo and video editing. This PC was starting to get slow and I decided I had to install some more RAM memory in it (6GB in total now).
After doing that, I ...
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What will happen if I install Windows 8.1 32 bit on a 64 bit PC? [duplicate]
I found that my PC can run a 64 bit OS, but my RAM is only 1.5 GB. Am I doing something wrong by installing windows 8.1 32 bit? Is my system capable of performing better? What happens if I install the ...
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dvd drive stopped working in windows 8 64 bit
I have a lenovo ideapad y510p windows 8 64 bit for one year.
The optical drive is a matshita dvd ram uj8db by panasonic with the latest driver installed
It suddenly stopped reading cds and dvds.
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Windows 7 Ultimate [64bits] - 12GB installed but 3,18GB usable
I've got a Packard Bell iXtreme M5800 and I've added two new memory sticks (2x4G) to upgrade the RAM from 4G to 12G.
The new memory stick are the same type of the old sticks (DDR3-1333) and the BIOS ...
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3GB ram systems: 32bit or 64bit. Ram efficiency tradeoff? [duplicate]
I have a system with 3GB RAM installed. I am planning to move to Windows 8 and am considering whether to install the 32bit or 64bit version.
Regarding CPU, drivers and software there are no issues ...
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DDR3 RAM only works 32 bit Windows XP, not in WIndows 7
My laptop (Acer aspire 4738z) was running on 2GB DDR3 RAM on WIndows XP 32 bit. And I added one new module 4GB DDR3. Then it shows correctly the usable amount of RAM is 4GB.
Then I tried to ...
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How exactly is my 'missing' memory being used?
I notice on 64-bit Windows and Ubuntu, there is a small amount of memory that isn't even reported to the OS. For example: I have 16GiB (16384MiB) of memory in my box according to BIOS, but Ubuntu ...
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Windows 8 64bit say low memory while 4+Gb free
I have windows 8.1 64 bit, 8Gb ram.
My Task Manager shows 49% used ram, but I still get messages like "Windows is low memory, we recomend to close application". It always says that about the ...
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