Patch to support more than 4 gb RAM in Windows 7 32bit

[newtekie1]

i know this is an ancient thread, but still i haven't seen anybody giving a proper answer to the guy. first let me start by saying that sometimes there are legitimate reasons why you'd want to stick to the win32-bit version. two of the tools i use for work do not work with win7 64bit, no matter what you try. the only way i managed to make them work was by installing a windows xp virtual machine within win7 64 bit. talk about performance hits

secondly, and more importantly, there IS a way to let your 32-bit win7 use more memory - allegedly up to 64GB, but i only use 8, so i can only confirm it definitely works up to 8 GB, with each inidividual application still being limited to 4 GB. once you install this patch (even though your antivirus will probably report is as a virus and advise you not to install it), you will be able to see (in system properties, task manager) the full amount of your memory.

http://www.bcastell.com/tech-articles/enabling-more-than-4-gb-of-ram-under-windows-7-32-bit/

i have not witnessed any performance losses, my machine works just as good as it did when i only had ~ 3GB of memory enabled... the only difference is that i can feel and see that it's been using the hard drive virtual memory page file much less... the reason has to be that now i have the full 8 GB of memory at my disposal

Yes, that patch will allow you to use more then 4GB of RAM, it also causes issues with some drivers. It is a use at your own risk thing, but by default PAE won't enable more than 4GB in desktop versions of Windows without using a patch like this. Microsoft did this, obviously, to prevent all the support calls from peoples hardware not working.

hello im new
searching from google and i get here

in the end of line

which one better

Win 7 32 bit with 4 GB ram ( PAE enable )
or
Win 7 32 bit with 3.25 GB ram (default)

I'd just leave PAE on, but the difference will be negligible.