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You will make Microsoft angry if you do this. They have various versions of Windows 8, and some are more crippled than others. It enables PAE which is 36bit ad
by LeeLorean 13y ago
You will make Microsoft angry if you do this. They have various versions of Windows 8, and some are more crippled than others.
It enables PAE which is 36bit addressing Microsoft brought in for their server product line. You still only have 4GB per process, though.
I've been using this one for Windows 7. Gives me 64GB
http://www.adminsehow.com/2011/03/windows-7-32-bit-pae-patch/ http://www.adminsehow.com/2011/03/windows-7-32-bit-pae-patch...
- jsight 13y agoDon't the 32bit and 64bit versions cost the same amount? I'm not sure why this would make MS angry.
- yuhong 13y agoYea, I think the licensing mechanism was used for this limit just because it was convenient to do so.
- xtrumanx 13y agoHow safe is it to use? Have you heard of people having issues with the patch? If things don't work, would it be as simple as removing the patch or would a fresh Windows install be required?
- cpleppert 13y agoI'm pretty sure that not all the drivers(especially graphic ones) fully support PAE. Server versions of PAE would be much easier to support than making sure drivers for win32 would be compatible in a PAE environment. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg487512.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg4... Typically, device drivers must be modified in a number of small ways. Although the actual code changes may be small, they can be difficult. This is because when not using PAE memory addressing, it is possible for a device driver to assume that physical addresses and 32-bit virtual address limits are identical. PAE memory makes this assumption untrue.