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  2. ReadyBoost - Wikipedia

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    The removable media's capacity must be at least 256 MB [7] (250 MB after formatting, Windows 7 reports in its Event Log a required minimum of 235 MB). Windows 7 allows up to eight devices for a maximum of 256 GB of additional memory, [8] with up to 32 GB on a single storage device. [9] The device must have an access time of 1 ms or less.

  3. 2 GB limit - Wikipedia

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    The 2 GB limit refers to a physical memory barrier for a process running on a 32-bit operating system, which can only use a maximum of 2 GB of memory. [1] The problem mainly affects 32-bit versions of operating systems like Microsoft Windows and Linux, although some variants of the latter can overcome this barrier. [2]

  4. Windows 7 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009. [10] It is the successor to Windows Vista, released nearly three years earlier. Windows 7's server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 R2, was released at the ...

  5. Features new to Windows 7 - Wikipedia

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    A notable use of this technology in Windows 7 is the operating system's adaptive display brightness feature, which automatically adjusts the brightness of a compatible computer's display based on environmental light conditions and factors. [50] Gadgets developed for Windows 7 can also display location-based information. [51]

  6. Comparison of operating system kernels - Wikipedia

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    XP, 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server: ... Prevent memory from being swapped out

  7. 3 GB barrier - Wikipedia

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    Many 32-bit computers have 32 physical address bits and are thus limited to 4 GiB (2 32 words) of memory. [3] [4] x86 processors prior to the Pentium Pro have 32 or fewer physical address bits; however, most x86 processors since the Pentium Pro, which was first sold in 1995, have the Physical Address Extension (PAE) mechanism, [5]: 445 which allows addressing up to 64 GiB (2 36 words) of memory.

  8. Prefetcher - Wikipedia

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    The prefetcher stores its trace files in the "Prefetch" folder inside the Windows folder (typically C:\Windows\Prefetch). The name of the boot trace file is always NTOSBOOT-B00DFAAD.PF , and application trace files are a concatenation of the application's executable name, a hyphen, a hexadecimal representation of the hash of the path the file ...

  9. Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    It is possible to install the MS-DOS variants 7.0 and 7.1 without the graphics user interface of Windows. If an independent installation of both, DOS and Windows is desired, DOS ought to be installed prior to Windows, at the start of a small partition.