32 bit and 4 GB

Hi,

My laptop came with a 32 bit version of Vista Home Premium. It has 4
GB of RAM, and the 32 bit cannot handle all that. I called microsoft,
but they say I cannot have the 64 bit copy because my software is OEM.
The vendor said that if my laptop came with a 32 bit version, is
because this version is the best for the device. But I think it
shouldn't have sold this laptop with a 32 bit version. Now, what
should I do? Buy a real 64 bit copy?

Thanks.

Vladimir

I have Vista and 4gb of RAM and it handles it with no problem and s
does my XP for that matter. Must be something else that is the problem

4gb is basically the maximum you should have for a 32-bit system. An
more needs a 64-bit system

--
Ex_Bri

::*-Peter-*:
Toronto, Canad
XP Pro SP3, Vista Ultimate SP1, Windows 7 Bet
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:41:04 -0700, Vlad - wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My laptop came with a 32 bit version of Vista Home Premium. It has 4 GB
> of RAM, and the 32 bit cannot handle all that. I called microsoft, but
> they say I cannot have the 64 bit copy because my software is OEM. The
> vendor said that if my laptop came with a 32 bit version, is because
> this version is the best for the device. But I think it shouldn't have
> sold this laptop with a 32 bit version. Now, what should I do? Buy a
> real 64 bit copy?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Vladimir
>

It's probably giving you about 3.2gb usable. What do you plan to do that
would make use of the other .8gb or so?

You purchased a pc with 32bit o/s, that was your choice
Do you actually utilise any software that is optimised for 64bit?

<> wrote in message
news:8b6f0fc3-84b9-4772-ae3c-...
> Hi,
>
> My laptop came with a 32 bit version of Vista Home Premium. It has 4
> GB of RAM, and the 32 bit cannot handle all that. I called microsoft,
> but they say I cannot have the 64 bit copy because my software is OEM.
> The vendor said that if my laptop came with a 32 bit version, is
> because this version is the best for the device. But I think it
> shouldn't have sold this laptop with a 32 bit version. Now, what
> should I do? Buy a real 64 bit copy?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Vladimir
>

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:41:04 -0700 (PDT), "Vlad -
" <> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>My laptop came with a 32 bit version of Vista Home Premium. It has 4
>GB of RAM, and the 32 bit cannot handle all that.

It shows only about 3.2gigs, right? That's NORMAL. The "missing" RAM
is being used for other processes so what you see is free RAM.

>I called microsoft,
>but they say I cannot have the 64 bit copy because my software is OEM.
>The vendor said that if my laptop came with a 32 bit version, is
>because this version is the best for the device. But I think it
>shouldn't have sold this laptop with a 32 bit version. Now, what
>should I do? Buy a real 64 bit copy?

Buying 64-bit version might be a waste of money, depending on your
hardware.


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<> wrote in message
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> My laptop came with a 32 bit version of Vista Home Premium. It has 4
> GB of RAM, and the 32 bit cannot handle all that. I called microsoft,
> but they say I cannot have the 64 bit copy because my software is OEM.
> The vendor said that if my laptop came with a 32 bit version, is
> because this version is the best for the device. But I think it
> shouldn't have sold this laptop with a 32 bit version. Now, what
> should I do? Buy a real 64 bit copy?

Unless you desperately need the extra 800MB to 1GB or so of RAM I'd suggest
leaving it as it is. Typically on a laptop for most tasks you'd hit other
bottlenecks before running out of RAM.

If you were to buy a copy of 64-bit, you'd need to verify that all your
hardware and software was compatible, the OEM clearly doesn't seem keen on
supporting that scenario.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/

DUH!
You do a clean install of vista 64bit version.
Having a 32bit version installed does not mean he can't have 64bit!

Most hardware today is compatible with both versions.
All he needs to worry about is if the manufacturer wrote 64 drivers for his
model.
--
Mad Mike


"brusse01" wrote:

> you need to buy a laptop/desktop that has Vista 64 bit installed. A 64 bit
> copy isnt going to work on a 32 bit system
>
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:8b6f0fc3-84b9-4772-ae3c-...
> > Hi,
> >
> > My laptop came with a 32 bit version of Vista Home Premium. It has 4
> > GB of RAM, and the 32 bit cannot handle all that. I called microsoft,
> > but they say I cannot have the 64 bit copy because my software is OEM.
> > The vendor said that if my laptop came with a 32 bit version, is
> > because this version is the best for the device. But I think it
> > shouldn't have sold this laptop with a 32 bit version. Now, what
> > should I do? Buy a real 64 bit copy?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Vladimir
> >
>

Ex_Brit <> wrote:

>
>I have Vista and 4gb of RAM and it handles it with no problem and so
>does my XP for that matter.

No, it really doesn't. I know it tells you that there is 4GB mounted
(that was fixed with SP1), but it's not using all of it. See
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html

You can't use a full 4GB of RAM unless you have 64-bit hardware and a
64-bit OS. (You can use a lot more than 64GB with that setup, of
course.)

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

"Van Chocstraw" <> wrote in message
news: ...
> Vlad - wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My laptop came with a 32 bit version of Vista Home Premium. It has 4
>> GB of RAM, and the 32 bit cannot handle all that. I called microsoft,
>> but they say I cannot have the 64 bit copy because my software is OEM.
>> The vendor said that if my laptop came with a 32 bit version, is
>> because this version is the best for the device. But I think it
>> shouldn't have sold this laptop with a 32 bit version. Now, what
>> should I do? Buy a real 64 bit copy?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Vladimir
>>
>
> Load and run Linux with dual booting. Then you can use all the ram.
>

Another "Penguin-Rammed-Up-The-Ass" lover.
--

Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:28:09 -0400, "Mike" <rathbunger wrote:

> "Van Chocstraw" <> wrote in message
> news: ...
>> Vlad - wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My laptop came with a 32 bit version of Vista Home Premium. It has 4
>>> GB of RAM, and the 32 bit cannot handle all that. I called microsoft,
>>> but they say I cannot have the 64 bit copy because my software is OEM.
>>> The vendor said that if my laptop came with a 32 bit version, is
>>> because this version is the best for the device. But I think it
>>> shouldn't have sold this laptop with a 32 bit version. Now, what
>>> should I do? Buy a real 64 bit copy?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Vladimir
>>>
>>
>> Load and run Linux with dual booting. Then you can use all the ram.
>>
>>
> Another "Penguin-Rammed-Up-The-Ass" lover.

Really? Please tell us - how did it fit?