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This is because of the most annoying limitation of windows:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/09/01/735298.aspx
Solution (not a final) and more explanation:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?scid=126962
"John_061211" wrote:
> I have a 6 month old Dell dual-processor Windows XP desktop PC that is very
> fast. I have Windows XP Media Edition with Service Pack 2. I noticed I was
> limited to about 35 open windows (for example 35 IE7 windows - not using the
> tab option in IE7) before apparently running out of memory when I had just
> 1GB of memory in the machine. I am working on many things at once and would
> like to be able to open at least 50 windows on the machine.
>
> I just added 2GB of memory (3GB total now) and although the computer
> recognizes the extra memory, I can not open any additional windows. Is there
> some limitation in Windows XP on the maximum number of windows or
> applications you can have open, or is there perhaps something wrong with the
> memory that I installed? I call the memory manufacturer, and they said they
> memory should be fine and that it is the correct memory for my machine. I
> called Dell technical support and they don't have any clues. All inputs I
> received suggest going from 1GB Ram to 3GB Ram should allow me to have a lot
> more windows open than I had before.
>
> I suspect there is either a limitation in Windows XP or some setting that I
> need to change to allow it to make use of the additional memory that I have.
> Otherwise it must be bad memory, or something wrong with other hardware
> components.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help or comments on this problem.
>
> --
> John
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/09/01/735298.aspx
Solution (not a final) and more explanation:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?scid=126962
"John_061211" wrote:
> I have a 6 month old Dell dual-processor Windows XP desktop PC that is very
> fast. I have Windows XP Media Edition with Service Pack 2. I noticed I was
> limited to about 35 open windows (for example 35 IE7 windows - not using the
> tab option in IE7) before apparently running out of memory when I had just
> 1GB of memory in the machine. I am working on many things at once and would
> like to be able to open at least 50 windows on the machine.
>
> I just added 2GB of memory (3GB total now) and although the computer
> recognizes the extra memory, I can not open any additional windows. Is there
> some limitation in Windows XP on the maximum number of windows or
> applications you can have open, or is there perhaps something wrong with the
> memory that I installed? I call the memory manufacturer, and they said they
> memory should be fine and that it is the correct memory for my machine. I
> called Dell technical support and they don't have any clues. All inputs I
> received suggest going from 1GB Ram to 3GB Ram should allow me to have a lot
> more windows open than I had before.
>
> I suspect there is either a limitation in Windows XP or some setting that I
> need to change to allow it to make use of the additional memory that I have.
> Otherwise it must be bad memory, or something wrong with other hardware
> components.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help or comments on this problem.
>
> --
> John
