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Originally Posted by Skybird

Why?

Hmm was thinking of getting a 32-bit OS to use more than 4GB of memory, tend to lose track of all the different terms and techniques. Long story short: it's a lot easier to just move to a 64-bit OS. Aparently PAE doesn't even work for a consumer OS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension

The 2GB per application applies to 64-bit applications as well unless they are flagged as 'large address aware'. When they are, 32-bit applications (on a 64-bit OS) can use up to 4GB while 64-bit applications with the flag can use up to the theoretical maximum of 8TB.

On 32-bit Windows, you can still get an application to use more than 2GB with AWE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address...ing_Extensions


So why not a good idea? These are all things that circumvent normal operation, hacks. As such, you're more likely to run into trouble. Flagging 'large address aware' is aparently fairly easy-going though.