Large Address Aware

[Heaven's Authority]

How do I download this large adress aware? and how do I use it to install the mass effect mod.

repost. don;t know what happened to my post. did ant one get my post??

 

[FordGT90Concept]

It's under "Attached files" at the bottom of the original post.

 

[Cristina]

Hy all

Hy there i've done the changes in the Windows and now my computer wont start i don't know how to restore the damage please help me!!!

I know but please i need help!!

I just need to know if anyone knows how to restore the change i've made to windows boot file because i think tha's the problem

**Do not double/triple post. Use the edit button. -staff **

 

[FordGT90Concept]

There are instructions just below the instructions you followed to change it on the first post in this thread.

If Windows won't boot at all, boot into safe mode by holding/pressing the F8 key as the computer boots then select safe mode from the list.

 

[Cristina]

I don't blame anyone i just need help, i've made the Windows boot change and restart and Windows won't start,i don't know how to restore the damage please help me!!

I would like to try but Windows wont start so i don't know what to do

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I already said: safe mode. I posted a link with full instructions on how to get into safe mode.

What version of Windows are you running?

 

[Cristina]

I already said: safe mode. I posted a link with full instructions on how to get into safe mode.

What version of Windows are you running?

I have Windows XP works with that to?

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Yes. When you are in safe mode and open msconfig, it will be in diagnostic start up. Make sure to check the Normal startup box before making changes. You only need to remove the one (/3GB) or two flags (/3GB and /userva) you added, save, then restart. It should be back to normal, if it isn't, reboot to safe mode and tell us what is in the Normal startup boot.

Do not edit the diagnostic start up boot INI.

 

[Cristina]

I've tried in safe mode but wont start so i don't know what to do

I think the only way is to restore Windows but i don't want to lose all my photos and other stuff!

 

[Easy Rhino]

Good lord this is not a freaking IRC support room!

 

[Cristina]

Good lord this is not a freaking IRC support room!

You don't have to be rude i've just need help tha's all because i don't really know so much stuff about computers!

 

[Steevo]

Use your XP disk and boot to it, when its started choose to boot to recovery console.


https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/307654


Then open the path to your enviroment variables as listed, and use setx to rewrite.

http://best-windows.vlaurie.com/environment-variables.html

 

[Cristina]

I don't have an original Windows it works the same?

Windows cannot create a temporary profile directory. This may be caused by insufficient security rights. If this problem persist, contact your network administrator!
What means that!

I've made it thank god! Thank you all!

 

[Steevo]

Glad its working again, also your multiple posts have given me eye cancer.

 

[Cristina]

Glad its working again, also your multiple posts have given me eye cancer.

Sorry!!!!!! Is my phone that woud't show me when i right new posts! Sorry for my english!!

 

[Steevo]

Just kidding, your English was fine.

 

[Cristina]

Just kidding, your English was fine.

Can y ask you a question?

 

[Mussels]

Can y ask you a question?

as long as its related to this thread topic of Fords large address aware tweaking app.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

There are instructions just below the instructions you followed to change it on the first post in this thread.

I apologize. The above statement is not true. I was thinking a different website where I detailed how to undo it.


Anyway, I made the warning bigger and more clear for XP so people think twice about trying it. Edit: Also added a "to revert changes" section for each operating system set.

 

[Pill Monster]

MS article on /3GB

MS article on PAE

Yes XP 32 supports PAE. No PAE isn't relevant to this discussion. MS is very clear on what /3GB is for:

MS say a lot of things..some of which are even true.
PAE is relevant here because it's the reason you should not be advising people to use the /increaseruserva switch.
Reducing kernel address space is only needed if the platform doesn't support over 4GB. In this case the only way to extend space beyond 2GB for the userprocess is to take it from the kernel. Otherwise there is no reason to do it.

Large address aware simply tells Windows to give applications access to the 32nd bit in 32-bit applications or the 64th bit for 64-bit applications effectively doubling the amount of memory they can access. If Windows doesn't give the last bit, the applications effectively see a negative value thus, erring.

LAA doesn't double the available memory. LAA tells Windows Memory Management the app can handle over 2GB.
This means a 32bit app can use up to 4GB... 64bit apps can effectively use as much as they want, not double.



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Actually tbh LAA just lets the app to use maximum user address space, so technically a 32bit app running on X64 with AWE compatibility (Addressing Windows Extension) could make use of more than 4GB....

Prob a dead end discussion anyway since everyone is on 64bit these days...

 

[Steevo]

MS say a lot of things..some of which are even true.

I'm sorry, but Microsoft, who writes the code for their popular operating system "Says a lot of things...some of which are even true."

Implying they don't know the flags the kernel uses and can use for hardware access and resource management, in the operating system they wrote........ interesting thoughts you have there, but they are wrong. Please don't thread crap, I fail to see the software or anything you have written or done other than writing incorrect posts here. Please stop.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff542202(v=vs.85).aspx

"
increaseuserva Megabytes

Specifies the amount of memory, in megabytes, for user-mode virtual address space.

On 32-bit editions of Windows, applications have 4 gigabyte (GB) of virtual address space available. The virtual address space is divided so that 2 GB is available to the application and the other 2 GB is available only to the system.

The 4-gigabyte tuning feature, enabled with the increaseuserva option, allows you to increase the virtual address space that is available to the application up to 3 GB, which reduces the amount available to the system to between 1 and 2 GB. The BCEdit /set increaseuserva Megabytes command can specify any value between 2048 (2 GB) and 3072 (3 GB) megabytes in decimal notation. Windows uses the remaining address space (4 GB minus the specified amount) as its kernel-mode address space.

See 4-Gigabyte Tuning (Windows) for additional information about this feature."

Merely using the /3GB switch on XP enables the system to manage the memory up to the 3GB boundary.


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Windows Server 2003 and earlier: To enable 4GT, add the /3GB switch to the Boot.ini file. The /3GB switch is supported on the following systems:

• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP Professional

In Windows Vista X86 and later you could specify how much to allocate to the user space, but by this point X64 had become native and or applications were large address aware, or could be set to large address aware by other programs.

 

[Mussels]

can people just listen to ford? he did his research before making this app and its been proven correct numerous times.

 

[Mussels]

Can we keep this on topic so i don't have to break out the modhammer?

That'd be swell.

 

[Cristina]

as long as its related to this thread topic of Fords large address aware tweaking app.

It's

as long as its related to this thread topic of Fords large address aware tweaking app.

it"t related to a game!can i still make the question?

 

[Steevo]

Have u got your OS going again? The file you need to edit is called boot.ini.



Are you kidding, that's exactly the file she needs to edit. Why would u say that?

The DIAGNOSTIC Boot.ini

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/310353


"Click to clear the Load Startup Items check box. Verify that Load System Services and Use Original BOOT.INI are checked."

I'm not sure if you are really that stupid to tell someone to edit the clean copy of Boot.ini that windows keeps as a clean diagnostic copy, or if you are just trolling, either way, please stop.