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Well, I decided to move to the 64-bit scene and ordered XP X64, and with it, two more 1GB sticks, for a total of 4GB. We'll see what happens when they get here...
Anyway, I'd like to reply to whoever said that AMD CPU's are Mickey Mouse... well, the fact is that statement is completely FALSE...
Hence why I said not to shut off page file completely. The ideal thing would be to have a large page file on a separate physical drive altogether, but that's another story. And even then, I'd still leave a small 128MB for paging on the OS drive, for the reason you just said.
Dimprawn, try the following and see what happens:
Right click on My Computer, select Properties. Notice how much RAM is listed. Now, I want you to go to the Advanced tab. Under Performance, click on Settings. On the tabs that appear, click on the Advanced tab. At the bottom you will see a...
I've basically made an account just to clarify some issues with windows xp and the whole 4gb ram thing. First of all, Windows XP Home, I believe, has a 2GB RAM limit, whereas Windows XP Pro has a 4GB RAM limit (not 100% sure). Anyway, take a look at this article which explains things in a much...