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Does Autodesk Inventor ® support the /3GB switch on windows XP SP1 or newer?

April 26, 2017Autodesk inventor newer SP1 support Switch Windows XP

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Does Autodesk Inventor ® support the /3GB switch on windows XP SP1 or newer?

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• Anyone that uses the 3GB mode, does so at their own risk. • Autodesk Inventor® 7 and newer supports this option. • Before enabling this mode, please check your workstation vendors web site for patches that may be needed for your system. HP is known to have some patches. Try searching on “3GB”. • Tip: When Autodesk Inventor® is running, Help > About shows if the workstation is configured for this option. This is useful if you do not know in which mode the workstation was booted. • Tip: Before installing any driver (including a graphics driver) reboot the workstation to the standard 2GB mode, install the driver, and reboot to the standard 2GB mode so that the installation can finish. • This switch is available on Windows XP Professional. Attempting to use it on Windows 2000 or NT4 will cause system instability. • Be very careful setting up the 3GB option. If you do not leave yourself a way to boot in the standard configuration, you may have to reinstall windows. • MS Windows was design