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The Customize Windows > Windows 7 tutorials > How to set the amount of RAM Windows 7 will use

By Abhishek Ghosh January 28, 2011 10:14 pm Updated on January 28, 2011

How to set the amount of RAM Windows 7 will use

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It is possible to set the amount of RAM Windows 7 will use. In this tutorial, we will show you how you can set a specific amount of RAM for usage for Windows 7 itself so that the physical memory can be used by other applications in better way.

Click Start, type “msconfig” (without the quotation marks)  and hit Enter from keyboard:

How to set the amout of RAM Windows 7 will use

Windows 7 System Configuration window will open, under the Boot tab in System Configuration, click on the Advanced options button:

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By default, Windows 7 can use all the available RAM, just check the box saying ” Maximum memory ” and set the amount you want. Do not set anything below 700 mb (you can test though), it will make Windows 7 very unstable :

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Click OK button. Then Apply and OK in the System Configuration Window. A security prompt will alert you that you are going to change some settings under boot menu. Accept it. Then Windows 7 will ask you to restart to make the changes. Close all applications and click the restart button.

After restart, you can see the change from Windows task manager’s (CTRL + Shift + Escape) Performance tab.

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About This Article

Title: How to set the amount of RAM Windows 7 will use
January 28, 2011
Author: Abhishek Ghosh
Subjects: Windows 7 tutorials
Is Part Of:

TheCustomizeWindows, January 28, 2011, Vol.1(01),
p.1–39075 [IoT Ready Journal]

Source:The Customize Windows
ISSN: 0019-5847 ;
E-ISSN: 0019-5847 ;
Publisher: jima.in

Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "How to set the amount of RAM Windows 7 will use," in The Customize Windows, January 28, 2011, April 26, 2018, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2011/01/how-to-set-the-amount-of-ram-windows-7-will-use/.
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