LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF MEMORY TO BE USED BY WINDOWS

Qn:

I have a computer with 4gb of RAM, but today after restarting it, It became very slow, after checkig the memory at the system properties, I found that, it says Installed Memory is 4GB but usable memory is only 256MB, what should I do.

Answer:

To solve this in windows seven or server 2008 do the following:

1. Go to RUN or press (Windows Key + R),
2. Type msconfig
3. Click boot tab
4. The booting O.S will be selected, then click Advanced Options

In the BOOT Advanced Options dialog, uncheck Maximum Memory check box to use all memory, all set the Maximum amount of memory you want to use.

Hit OK, then hit Apply and OK, then Restart your Computer, you will be able to use the amount of memory you specified.

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