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Originally Posted by TATAR
Hi...i have this question i have Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3,will the last thing mentioned in u'r thread damage my Windows or even PC...i mean for the Optimising Your System for Games the last thing u mentioned:[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /3GB coz here is what is written in my settings:[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect...will i have any problems if i add "3GB" at the end?  |
Hi TATAR
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First, I am going to start a New Thread Topic with this PM; this way anyone else with this question can view the answer, too.
Second, NO, this will not damage your system. As a matter a fact, you will probably not even notice a difference in how your system performs, untill you start "beating" on your machine with something like FSX or Adobe PhotoShop or something.
This
switch tells the Operating System that it is OK for programs to use what the OS is not. By default the OS is set to flag ANY program that tries to acces too much memory; physical or virtual. It is a saftey mechanism to allow Windows room for itself to operate. The problem is that newer programs and games
Demand more from the system these days. They use EVERY bit of the resources available, and without this switch, I have found that you will recieve more dreaded OOM errors (
Out
Of
Memory). Windows only needs about 512MB of virtual and physical memory each. Windows is greedy sometimes and does not like to play well with the other children!
As far as viruses and other malware using more memory goes... They don't! These programs are designed to lay low and try to hide from the user. They block themselves by using very little of the system resources, to try and remain "cloked". If they used a bunch of memory, they would be really easy to find.
Just make sure that the switch is used properly:
/3GB at the end of your boot file; with a space between it and the last entry.
Let me know if you have any other questions...
Sven2157
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