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Memory

Windows has switches that allow configuring the amount of RAM used and reserved. The /maxmem switch specifies the maximum amount of RAM in bytes that Windows can use. The /burnmemory switch reserves a set amount of RAM in megabytes that Windows cannot access, to test for RAM depletion issues. The /3GB switch forces x86 systems to allocate 3GB of virtual address space to programs and 1GB to the kernel, allowing programs to access 3GB of memory instead of the usual 2GB limit.

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Memory

Windows has switches that allow configuring the amount of RAM used and reserved. The /maxmem switch specifies the maximum amount of RAM in bytes that Windows can use. The /burnmemory switch reserves a set amount of RAM in megabytes that Windows cannot access, to test for RAM depletion issues. The /3GB switch forces x86 systems to allocate 3GB of virtual address space to programs and 1GB to the kernel, allowing programs to access 3GB of memory instead of the usual 2GB limit.

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Memory:

/maxmem=number
This switch specifies the amount of RAM, in bytes, that Windows can use. For example, if you want Windows
to use less than 64 MB of memory, use the /maxmem=64 switch.

/burnmemory=number

This switch specifies the amount of memory, in megabytes, that Windows cannot use. Use this parameter to

confirm a performance problem or other problems that are related to RAM depletion. For example, type

/burnmemory=128 to reduce the physical memory that is available to Windows by 128 MB.

/3GB
This switch forces x86-based systems to allocate 3 GB of virtual address space to programs and 1 GB to the
kernel and to executive components. A program must be designed to take advantage of the additional
memory address space. With this switch, user mode programs can access 3 GB of memory instead of the
usual 2 GB that Windows allocates to user mode programs. The switch moves the starting point of kernel
memory to 3 GB. Some configurations of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server
2003 may require this switch.

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