Archive :: June 2009

Using over 4G memory in Windows XP

memoryEver since I built this computer I threw in 4gigs of memory not knowing Windows XP x86 are only capable of handling 3.2GB of memory. So those left over memory has been sitting there unused.

I was looking for a way to use it and found this using google.  I can’t read chinese so here is the Japanese translation.

Basically this driver will turn additional memory space into a ram-drive.

Its a ram drive so it can only store  datas temporarily but very useful for photoshop and illustrator caches.  So throwing extra on-board memory can be useful.  Since any kind of driver has a compatibility issue, make sure to check out the user reports.

Adobe CS4 fail

CS4 just made my day!  And I haven’t slept for 24hours.  Thanks to Adobe.

I finally decided to buy CS4 Production Premium.  Purchased download version and began my installation process (BTW, CS3 un-installation took 30minutes approx).  For some goddamn reason, installation failed.  Yes installer crashed.  When I try to resume installation, now it gives me “準備中”, meaning in preparation and does nothing at all.

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