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Re:Can a 32-bit OS machine use up all 8GB RAM + 20GB page file? by masklinn on Saturday July 14, 2012 @01:40PM (#4244824)
> NT kernel certainly supports PAE, but likely MS has disabled

Nope. They can't actually disable it since the NX bit requires that PAE be enabled.

The limitation comes from licensing and tiering, and is handled in the kernel independently from PAE.

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