>>So how do I get Vista to use 4 Gig? It only reports 3 GB RAM.
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>It's probably because of your hardware, usually video cards cause that because they are memory mapped. If you have a 64-bit capable processor, you can enable PAE mode but be warned = Vista runs slower with PAE enabled due to page translation. You will have to disable data execution prevention as well.
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>I'd do some research on it because I considered doing all that.

I asked that 3/4 gig question a while ago. The answer was that Vista reports 3 gigs but uses more