Connection and memory

I have a Windows Vista Business configuration and when it initially starts
up, it fails to connect. I have to go to the NIC card and disable, then
re-enable it and then it gets a connection just fine.

Any ideas of why?

Also, I have 4 gigs of memory and the OS only reports having 3. The bios
counts it properly, but Vista doesnt. Anyone know why?

Thanks, all -- i appreciate your help SO much!
Susan

As for your memory problem, I assume you are using the 32 Bit version of
Windows. It has a 4GB addressing limit, which includes your RAM, video RAM,
and other devices that map to memory. Therefore, your computer can only use
3.x amount of RAM.

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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

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"susan" <smcrey@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:e7OsQxNlHHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I have a Windows Vista Business configuration and when it initially starts
>up, it fails to connect. I have to go to the NIC card and disable, then
>re-enable it and then it gets a connection just fine.
>
> Any ideas of why?
>
> Also, I have 4 gigs of memory and the OS only reports having 3. The bios
> counts it properly, but Vista doesnt. Anyone know why?
>
> Thanks, all -- i appreciate your help SO much!
> Susan
>

WOW! I had no idea. I guess I better get a copy of the 64bit version.

"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
news:85FD6EBD-D149-473D-9EB5-B9B094C35B3E@microsoft.com...
> As for your memory problem, I assume you are using the 32 Bit version of
> Windows. It has a 4GB addressing limit, which includes your RAM, video
> RAM, and other devices that map to memory. Therefore, your computer can
> only use 3.x amount of RAM.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
> --
> "susan" <smcrey@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:e7OsQxNlHHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I have a Windows Vista Business configuration and when it initially starts
>>up, it fails to connect. I have to go to the NIC card and disable, then
>>re-enable it and then it gets a connection just fine.
>>
>> Any ideas of why?
>>
>> Also, I have 4 gigs of memory and the OS only reports having 3. The bios
>> counts it properly, but Vista doesnt. Anyone know why?
>>
>> Thanks, all -- i appreciate your help SO much!
>> Susan
>>
>