How to enable 3GB switch support on a PC to get the full benefit of v10.0.3 and later

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In v10.0.3, support for Windows 3GB switch has been added to enable SellerDeck to use more than 2GB of RAM on your PC, and therefore can improve the performance of the software.

For example, if you some times see “Out of memory” errors in SellerDeck when editing layouts, creating a snapshot or editing products, then 3GB switch support will prevent this problem.

If you are using a 64 bit PC (x64) with a 64 bit Windows operating system (x64), then 3GB switch will already be enabled on your PC and you won’t have to make any changes to your PC.

If you are using a 32 bit PC (x86), your 32 bit operating system needs to be 3GB switch enabled, please see instructions below:

Warning: Enabling 3GB switch support in the operating system could make the system crash and fail to boot up again. A PC expert should be consulted or should be asked to enable the change in case drivers need updating. Any change to the operating system is at your own risk, SellerDeck will not take any responsibility for what could happen to your PC or any other software on your PC.

Windows XP 32-Bit:

1. Right click on “My computer” and select “Properties”.
2. Click on the “Advanced” tab.
3. Under the heading “Startup and recovery” click “Settings”.
4. Under “System startup”, select “Edit”.
5. In the boot.ini file, you will see a section under the heading [operating systems] which will look like this:
   
   [operating systems]
   multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
   
   
6. add “/3GB” to the end of this section, so the section will now look like the below:
   
   [operating systems]
   multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /3GB
   
   
7. Go to File | Save
8. Restart your PC.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 32-bit

1. Log on to Windows with an Administrator account
2. Go to Start | Programs | “Accessories” menu, right click Command Prompt and select “Run as Administrator” from the drop down
3. In the run field type “cmd”, then click “OK”
   
   
   
   
   
4. Type the following into the command prompt:
   
   BCDEDIT
   
   
   
   
   
5. Hit return on your keyboard. A report will appear for the “Windows Boot manager”. You can take a screenshot of this report and keep it safe in the event of a problem.
   
6. Type the following into the command prompt
   
   BCDEDIT /set increaseuserva 3072
   
   
   
   
   
7. Hit return on your keyboard, then the message “The operation was completed successfully” should appear, this means the change has been applied successfully.

If you experience any PC related problems after enabling the 3GB switch, you should contact a PC expert incase drivers on your PC need updating.

Warning: Enabling 3GB switch support in the operating system could make the system crash and fail to boot up again. A PC expert should be consulted or should be asked to enable the change in case drivers need updating. Any change to the operating system is at your own risk, SellerDeck will not take any responsibility for what could happen to your PC or any other software on your PC.

Sources:

This information was taken from:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/a...ed-my-3gb.aspx

Details of BCDedit can be found here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx