Restricting Memory from Windows

[signull 0]

Does anyone know if it's possible to trick Windows into thinking a system has less memory than it actually has and have it run as if the system only had that much memory -- without having to remove memory modules physically? I want to experiment a little and benchmark a program to see how it would perform on a computer with very little memory.

[Vangald 0]

I would think this could be done in maybe VMware or something of the sort, but I have very little experience with virtualization.

[Gregor 0]

Check the /MAXMEM= option in the boot.ini file. Here's a link that might help: hxxp://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/information/bootini.mspx

HTH

[signull 0]

Check the /MAXMEM= option in the boot.ini file. Here's a link that might help: hxxp://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/information/bootini.mspx

HTH

Whoa, thanks! I had no idea such a switch existed.

[Gregor 0]

NP - it seems "made to measure" for your situation!