I think there is some confusion on the 2 gig limit for x64. I think I have
seen there is sometimes an issue installing Vista 64 when there is 4 gig of
memory installed. Again if I am remembering correctly, you had to remove 2
gigs of memory so you only had 2 gigs available, install Vista 64, then add
the 2 gigs back and it would be recognized. I do not believe this was
universal, just in some instances. Again, if I remember some of the articles
on SP1, it corrects this issue. As I had not encountered this problem, I was
reading the articles about the 2 gig problem with x64 in passing and could be
completely wrong, but I do believe this may be what you are thinking about. I
am using Ultimate 64 with 4 gigs of memory with no problems. If I am correct
on this then SP1 will not fix the problem for someone installing with a
non-sp1 Vista disc, it will be only installation with new Vista SP1 included
discs that will be helped with this fix.
"Rob I" wrote:
> Ok, I will check it out.
>
> So are there any benifits to getting SP1 now or should I wait? I did all of
> the other updates with the automatic update.
>
>
>
> "Mike Brannigan" wrote:
>
> > "Rob I" <RobI@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7C6FA93C-F616-4B47-8C0B-648246F40B7B@microsoft.com...
> > >I was told in Vista 64 it would not sse more than 2GB. I have not tried as
> > > this is what I have heard.
> > >
> > > I tried the auto update and it does not show the SP1 as an option, on MS
> > > site it says it is coming soon to auto updates. Am I mising something?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> >
> > Your 64 bit Vista can see and will use up to extremely large amounts of
> > memory (depending on what edition you have , such as Ultimate or Home
> > Premium etc)
> > You do not need SP1 to use more memory.
> > see
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ons/64bit.mspx
> >
> > Windows Vista Edition 64-bit memory support
> > Home Basic 8 GB
> > Home Premium 16 GB
> > Ultimate 128+ GB
> > Business 128+ GB
> > Enterprise 128+ GB
> > --
> > Mike Brannigan
> >
> > "Rob I" <RobI@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7C6FA93C-F616-4B47-8C0B-648246F40B7B@microsoft.com...
> > >I was told in Vista 64 it would not sse more than 2GB. I have not tried as
> > > this is what I have heard.
> > >
> > > I tried the auto update and it does not show the SP1 as an option, on MS
> > > site it says it is coming soon to auto updates. Am I mising something?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > "Mike Brannigan" wrote:
> > >
> > >> "Rob I" <RobI@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:3DB55EEA-D2EC-444F-A987-65B2A707DA90@microsoft.com...
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > I need to update my Windows Vista 64bit Ultimate and I know they are
> > >> > working on adding it to the automatic updates but I can not wait as I
> > >> > need
> > >> > to
> > >> > add in memory and it will not see anything over 2gb with out SP1. I
> > >> > went
> > >> > to
> > >> > Microsoft's website and found this but not sure this is correct so I
> > >> > wanted
> > >> > to make 100% sure this is the correct update for me and my software as
> > >> > there
> > >> > are several version of Vista out.
> > >> >
> > >> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks
> > >>
> > >> Yes that is the correct one.
> > >> I can only assume that it is specific to you system that you cannot see
> > >> more
> > >> then 2GB of memory as my x64 systems are happily running and using both 4
> > >> and 8GB of memory.
> > >> Are you sure SP1 will fix your problem?
> > >> Also SP1 is already on Windows Update for both x86 adn x64 systems.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> Mike Brannigan
> > >>
> >
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