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prior to windows vista max memory for 32 bit systems was 4gig
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prior to windows vista max memory for 32 bit systems was 4gig

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does this hold true for 2003 standard edition? R2
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does this hold true for 2003 standard edition? R2

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When you create new Virtual Machine by using wizard , at the Specify Disk capacity step , If you uncheck : &quot;Allocate all disk space now&quot; , your virtual disk file will start small , then become bigger as you add more applications , files and data .
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When you create new Virtual Machine by using wizard , at the Specify Disk capacity step , If you uncheck : "Allocate all disk space now" , your virtual disk file will start small , then become bigger as you add more applications , files and data .

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It holds true for all 32 bit based os's
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talking memory here and this was moved from a phisical and was allocated 8gb i just nee dto know if it shoudl see all 8gb?
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talking memory here and this was moved from a phisical and was allocated 8gb i just nee dto know if it shoudl see all 8gb?

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You wont see the 8gigs,, since the os is a 32bit system it will only recognize 4
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You wont see the 8gigs,, since the os is a 32bit system it will only recognize 4

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On 32bit OS you need Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition to recognize more than 4GB of RAM<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283037" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283037</a><br />

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On 32bit OS you need Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition to recognize more than 4GB of RAM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283037 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283037]


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You have accepted and incorrect solution....<br />

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You have accepted and incorrect solution....


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oops correction.. if he upgradeto Enterprise edition he can support more than 4GB of RAM<br />

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oops correction.. if he upgradeto Enterprise edition he can support more than 4GB of RAM


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we have a windows 2003 sttandard server in vm. We gave it 8gb of data but when I right click my computer properties it only shaws 4gb? can any one help me understand why
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we have a windows 2003 sttandard server in vm. We gave it 8gb of data but when I right click my computer properties it only shaws 4gb? can any one help me understand why

windows 2003 standard

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.