Windows 7 on 256mb ram

In this article, I have given detailed steps about how to install Windows 7 in your home PC. Read this article to know the details about installation guide of Windows 7 Professional operating system. Comments Guest Author: Encooled 17 Feb Guest Author: sunny 13 Sep Guest Author: Oliver 07 Feb Guest Author: yfggh 08 May Guest Author: zeus 03 Feb Notify me by email when others post comments to this article.

Do not include your name, "with regards" etc in the comment. Write detailed comment, relevant to the topic. No HTML formatting and links to other web sites are allowed. This is a strictly moderated site. Absolutely no spam allowed. Spam check. Follow Us. Compared to having the right amount of RAM, the boot up to the Windows 7 desktop took at least 40 seconds, almost triple the amount of time required with 1 GB. Starting task manager and looking at the processes reveals that Windows 7 uses exactly MB of RAM while in idle state.

Although Windows 7 works with just MB of RAM while in idle state, using it for normal use is highly not recommended. There is no way to run any good programs here, except for the built-in ones such as WordPad and Paint. I tried to install Microsoft Office , too, but running Microsoft Word caused a system crash.

The same thing happened when I tried to scan the computer using Windows Defender. First of all, as I have stated before, this is not recommended. Windows 7 install only recognizes mb ram. Thread starter jhwk Start date Oct 9, Joined May 14, Messages I am not sure if this is the right place for this question or not.

I am trying to install windows 7 on my families old dell xps for my little brother. The cmos battery was dead and so was the hard drive so I replaced both of those. I am now trying to install windows 7 on the machine, It takes literally 30 minutes to reach the install screen and when I finally click install it says "windows detects that the machine has mb memory, windows 7 requires MB, Windows install cannot continue" Is windows detecting only the video card memory?

Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Jerome36 2[H]4U. Joined Jul 27, Messages 4, Have you run memtest? Joined Aug 24, Messages Last edited: Oct 9, KatalDT 2[H]4U.