XP Upgrade Memory Mismatch
Well, I'm still on XP, with no possible means of buying a new PC in the forseeable future. My machine is a Philips Freevents MT2800, Core 2 Duo E64x, with a replacement 1Gb Nvidia graphics card. I have gone to the M$ website, and downloaded their compatibility checker for Win 8.1, which reports insufficient memory and goes no further.
Now I have 2 1Gb sticks in there. Task Manager, Control Panel and Nvidia Settings all show 2Gb of physical memory. Win 8.1 appears to only require 1Gb for 32 bit. I went to the Crucial memory site, and used their checker, which reported only one memory slot in use, and that containing a 32Mb stick!
So I'm stuck. Any ideas on why I am getting different results? Unfortunately, I am stuck with using M$ products due to software I need.