Windows 7 32 Bit Can See More Than 2GB!

A simple google search found a utility called "Readyfor4gb" that basically (I think, no kernel experts in my house) addds an extra kernel to Windows and lets you add a boot option for selecting either the original Windows 7 boot or the new kernel128 boot.
 
This utility seems to work ok, it has made my Win 7 "see" all 6GB of ram I have installed, and the ram shows up in the task manager Performance - Physical Memory window as total and available. In other words, it apparently really did make all 6GB of ram available to Windows.
 
So if some amateur hack (my words, not his) can do this and make it seem so simple, why on earth hasn't Microsoft already built this 8GB ability into Windows 7? What the f'in h3ll are they holding back for? Surely it is not just a rouse to nudge everybody toward 64 bit apps? Come on, Bill.....why hold out on such a simple fix that makes such an obvious improvement in performance?

when task manager actually show you using more than 4 gig let us know

Unfortunately, it doesn't do me any good.

The ONLY program that will not run under this mode is Sonar. Everything else works fine.

Some times it crashes during the VST scan, other times it lets me choose a project to open then it crashes before the project loads. It always displays the dreaded "c0000005" error code.

If I change nothing, and reboot back into the normal 2GB mode, then Sonar runs fine.

In the "2GB mode" it does actually register slightly over 3GB. In the modified mode it registers 6GB.

But is there any clue why Sonar is the only one that won't run under the modified kernel
mode? I tried changing every setting I could find, tried to sift out anything that might be pertinent from the dmp file created by the BSOD, sometimes the last reference is one of the VST plugs, other times it references some sys file or some driver I've never heard of. If I disable to many pieces of hardware or driver then nothing will run. I even made the mistake of disabling ACPI and had to do a system restore to recover from that, then had to reinstall Superior Drummer, but got back to where I was before the mistake. But still Sonar crashes in the modified mode and runs fine in the normal mode.

I can run Reaper in the modified mode. So if I want to use all 6GB of ram, I will have to export my projects from Sonar. If I want to run Sonar then I'll have to always remember to use the normal mode. Everything else runs fine either way. But if there is some elusive fix to make Sonar work ok in the modified mode, I'd be more than willing to try it.

Yes, it's called Market Manipulation.

It's how they force you into buying the new stuff in order to get new functionality. I just had to buy a new all in one printer, scanner, copier because my perfectly good HP 5470 scanner doesn't have a 64 bit driver and HP even says on their website that they will not be writing a 64 bit driver for it even though it works perfectly and there is no good reason other than they want to force me to buy new stuff.

Progress marches on!

Tom

The versions of Server Enterprise x86 I have only support 4GB of RAM.  Only the x64 versions support more.

Jim