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Page file, by default, is set to 1.5 times the amount of physical ram installed. It seems that 32 bit OS's add the physical ram and the page file together to get the total amount of memory that it will support. 4Gb is the advertised maximum for recognition but it's more like 3Gb plus the page file. I haven't seen this personally, only read about the concept. If this concept is true, you should be able to disable the page file (aka - Virtual Memory) and increase the amount of recognized physical memory. Here's where to adjust the Page File.
Right click My Computer>Properties>Advanced tab>Settings button under Performance>Advanced tab>Change button under Virtual Memory>Select No Paging File for all hard drives>Select Set>disregard any warning notices>OK>OK>OK>reboot
Please post back with the results if you do this. It would be nice to know if this method does in fact increase the amount of recognized physical ram.
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