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OK, this is probably the 6th pagefile discussion thread I've posted in, but...
If I'm using 4GB of RAM on a 32-bit OS, can Windows actually use the pagefile? How does that work? Surely 4GB is the maximum TOTAL memory the OS can address, whether it's real or virtual, so what's the point of even setting a pagefile?
Please get as technical as you can in your answers, I find this sort of stuff interesting.
If I'm using 4GB of RAM on a 32-bit OS, can Windows actually use the pagefile? How does that work? Surely 4GB is the maximum TOTAL memory the OS can address, whether it's real or virtual, so what's the point of even setting a pagefile?
Please get as technical as you can in your answers, I find this sort of stuff interesting.