December 24th 10, 06:28 PM
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Using my extra RAM for other things in an old, updated 32-bit XP Pro. SP3.
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:10:51 -0800, Ant wrote:
Note that the hardware is using the address *space*, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.
Dang. So I can't use it at all for anything. 
You could make a lamp out of it. Or a planter.
I heard that I can use the unused memory for other things like a RAM
drive for swap files, %temp%, etc. How do I do that?
Sorry, you heard wrong.
Bummer.
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