polygonum wrote:

On 32-bit W7, look at:

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\System

It will tell you how much is usable. I see quite a lot of HP boxes at
3.24 GB - but it varies.

Thanks for that however I don't have an Inspiron 530 to hand it was Huge
that was asking about RAM for that. And I am sure he doesn't run
Windows at all.

Although replying to TNP I was (sort of) 'talking' about Huge's system