Less Available Memory After Windows 7 Reinstall

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Recently reinstalled my OS, and now I'm only getting 2GB of available memory instead of 4GB. When looking closer, it displays that the other 2GB is "hardware reserved". What can I do to resolve this issue?
 
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"Look in MSCONFIG and see if Windows is limiting your DRAM. Go to START, and type MSCONFIG in the search box. ENTER > BOOT > ADVANCED >. Ensure the Max Memory box is unchecked." quote from the article

Also are this notebook/desktop pc?

edit: this is dumb question, but you installed w7 x64 right?
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"Look in MSCONFIG and see if Windows is limiting your DRAM. Go to START, and type MSCONFIG in the search box. ENTER > BOOT > ADVANCED >. Ensure the Max Memory box is unchecked." quote from the article

Also are this notebook/desktop pc?

edit: this is dumb question, but you installed w7 x64 right?
 
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msconfig in the search box for windows vista and above or run for windows xp, ENTER > BOOT > ADVANCED >. make sure the Max Memory box is unchecked. this should solve the problem. if not are you using windows 32bit? consider upgrading to 64bit to have access to more memory.
 
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It's was already unchecked. Yes, I'm running 64 bit on a built PC.

 
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