• I believe that you need to restart the instance before the max memory takes effect. It certainly does work (and needs to be set) on 64 bit.

    100 MB's a little low for SQL Server. How much memory do you have on that server?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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