ASP.Net / .Net Framework 1.1 >4GB Memory Problem

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Just a quick mention of the following article - it's not a virtual address space issue per se; this one's talking about problems when the amount of physical memory in the machine exceeds 2GB - particularly where greater than 4GB.

893360 FIX: Generation 1 garbage collections and generation 2 garbage collections occur much more frequently on computers that have 2 GB or more of physical memory in the .NET Framework 1.1
https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;893360

This problem occurs because the GlobalMemoryStatus function that the garbage collection uses is not designed for computers that have more than 2 GB of physical memory

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This hotfix uses the newer GlobalMemoryStatusEx function instead of the GlobalMemoryStatus function. The GlobalMemoryStatusEx function correctly returns the memory status on computers that have more than 4 GB of physical memory.

[Update 19/07/06] - linked the MSDN article for GlobalMemoryStatus, where more information is available.

The hotfix is available on request.

Other potentially interesting fixes are linked from this article - well worth a bedtime read:

914962 List of updates that were released after the release of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;914962