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How can i run Windows 7 on 256 ram? (Not for me friends wants windows 7 on an old machine)
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256 RAM? As in DIMMs? That's a ton!

If you mean 256MB, then no, he won't be able to run it.

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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahaha.... that means its impossible because ud basically have to turn off all the "super duper features" so it wouldnt be worth it

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You'd be lucky to even run XP smoothly with that.
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http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/inde...mb-ram-how-to/

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There are at least 2 ways to install Windows 7 in a computer with less than 512 mb of ram.
One way is installing Windows 7 with 512 mb of ram and then once Windows is installed you can remove the memory leaving into the system only 128 or 256 mb of ram installed.
The computer should run just fine.
I sold 3 computers, 2 with 256mb and 1 with 128 mb ram with windows 7 up and running just fine...probably even faster that if they would have windows xp.

Another way is modifying windows 7 xml setup data to allow it being installed with less than 512 mb of ram.
This is what i found but it sounds kind sketchy.. can someone confirm this?
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Why would your friend want to waste a key on such a machine?
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Why would your friend want to waste a key on such a machine?
Thats what i told him.. but im just finding out for him.
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You'd be lucky to even run XP smoothly with that.
A majority of retail computers came with 256mb ram back then... They all ran fine.

to op, my old p4 system could run w7, though, it started to get really laggy as I loaded multiple applications, and that was with 1 gb of ram lol
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Windows 7 should be able to run fine on 512 mb of ram. It basically went from XP's 256 mb, to Vista's 2 1/2 gb, to 7 needing 512. I think that's a great reduction since Vista. I don't know about 256 for 7, though.. I'd stick with XP for that...
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A friend of mine has W7 in a 256Mb with a 1.6Gz Pentium4 but it's the most basic version of Windows 7.
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