Thread: Is there a way to get the 32-bit version to use all the ram?

I have 4GB of RAM in my machine, and the 32-bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate.

I do not want to upgrade to the 64-bit version. I was given the 32-bit version from Microsoft for free. So is there a way to get Windows 7 to use all 4 GB of RAM on the 32-bit version?

No, you want a 64 bit version.32 bit versions can only address 4,294,967,296 locations. Some of those are used for hardware. Home versions do not support PAE which permits 36 bits for memory addressing; you require a 32 bit Server version of Windows for that to work, plus the motherboard should support PAE or more than 4 GB of RAM.