2008-10-05, 03:07 PM
Well, I think I found a possible solution, though I can't confirm it because I don't bother to get 8 GB ram on a x32 OS:
make boot.ini writeable (able to change it)
open boot.ini in notepad or some text editor, you'll get up something like this:
Whatever written does not really matter, but just change the last line by adding in /PAE in it (Physical Address Extension) so it's like this:
(Uh, please do not blame me if the computer blows up. It won't do it, most likely, but meh)
make boot.ini writeable (able to change it)
open boot.ini in notepad or some text editor, you'll get up something like this:
Code:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimerWhatever written does not really matter, but just change the last line by adding in /PAE in it (Physical Address Extension) so it's like this:
Code:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer /PAE(Uh, please do not blame me if the computer blows up. It won't do it, most likely, but meh)

