Hello there colleagues!I seem to have run into a brick wall. I have downloaded and set-up a trial version of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x86 on a cheap machine that I've bought just for this purpose. The computer spec is as follows:Motherboard: Abit I-45CV with Intel 945GC/ICH7 Express chipsetProcessor: Intel Dual-Core E5200 with 2MB of L2 @ 2.5GHz (FSB @ 800MHz)RAM: 4GB Kingston DDRII (2x2).Windows ISO image:6001.18000.080118-1840_amd64fre_Server_en-us-KRMSXFRE_EN_DVD.isoSome background:So what I'm trying to do for thefirst time(on a Microsoft platform) is try Windows Server 2008, Dual-core CPU, more than 2GB RAM and x64 platform - ALL at the same time.- I've never had a Microsoft platform with more than 2GB RAM- never ran a Microsoft platform with more than one CPU (or more than one core for that matter) and- never ran a Microsoft platform on 64-bit hardware (actually, that may not be quite true, I seem to remember an alpha booting with an NT logo not that long ago, maybe 15 years ago?).(I started doing all of the above a long time on UNIX and VMS though)I may not be your typical early adopter so I might have missed a few tricks that you guys have allready picked up along the way jumping from XP to XP64 to 2003 to vista to 2008.So my question is:What is the trick to get this machine to see all 4GB of RAM instead of the 3.24GB that it presently reports?I have seen a switch somewhere that says something along the lines of "maximum ram size" that was greyed-out and I have entered 4000 in there but still nothing. A switch I should put into boot.ini perhaps?My other question would be (which I will be posting in the Hyper-V forum shortly):Why can I not make use of server virtualization and create some virtual machines on this thing? I've had to download Virtual Server 2005R2 for that and I've got my virtual machines up and running.Best regards and thanks for your input!Pos

What is the trick to get this machine to see all 4GB of RAM instead of the 3.24GB that it presently reports? Please see these links http://blogs.msdn.com/hiltonl/archive/2007/04/13/the-3gb-not-4gb-ram-problem.aspxhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605Above link also applies to 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008.2) A beta version of Hyper-V was included with Windows Server 2008 RTM for x64 editions. The RTM update for Hyper-V is now available for download or from Windows Update.Requirements for Hyper-VHyper-V has specific requirements. Hyper-V requires an x64-based processor, hardware-assisted virtualization, and hardware data execution protection. For more information about the requirements, see the Hyper-V installation prerequisites (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122183).Hyper-V Installation PrerequisitesKnown issuesKnown issues are described in the release notes. We recommend that you review the release notes before you install Hyper-V.To download the Hyper-V release notes, see http://gomicrosoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=98821. The release notes are also available in the Windows Server2008 Technical Library (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=102060).http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732470.aspx#BKMK_reqshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794892.aspxHyper-V role packageThe release version of Hyper-V is distributed in the package Hyper-V Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB950050). The package consists of the Hyper-V role, including the x64 version of the remote management tools, and integration services for the supported versions of the Windows operating system. Integration services for the supported versions of Linux distributions are distributed through the Microsoft Connect Web site and are identified as Linux Integration Components for Microsoft Hyper-V. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=102024. Please Also see this linkhttp://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/microsoft-hyper-v-articles/installation-and-deployment/installing-windows-server-2008-hyper-v.htmlHope it HelpsSyed Khairuddin