Memory Quirks

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I have 4 Gig of Ram in a custom built machine - Tyan MPX dual AMD boad -
s2466 - 2 AMD MP chips - 2+Gig speed. 4 Gig of Corsair Memory. FInding that
despite having a significant amount of memory, when I open up a lot of Word
files (15+) and a lot of Outlook contact cards, even though my "Commit
Charrge-Total" for Memory is more or less than a Gig, and I should have
plenty left, the machine starts to not react, windows do not open for
additional programs, programs will not run when executed, et al?

Is this a limitation of Windows in 32 bit? Windows XP Pro - Do I need to go
to 64 Bit? Do I need to go to Windows Server?

Thoughts? We keep a lot of data open tracking customer records - added more
and more RAM to address this issue - but it does not seem to be addressed by
more RAM - seems to be a systemic/structural limitation