How to find /3GB without using boot.ini
Hello Folks,
It might be useful for the Exchange Server 2003 admins. The Performance Team explained three different ways to find out if the /3GB is enabled, as follows:
We've talked a lot about the /3GB switch and its effect on system resources in previous posts. Today we are going to discuss how to determine whether or not /3GB is enabled on a 32-bit system without looking at the boot.ini file or using MSCONFIG.EXE. Finding out this information is not as difficult as you would think - there are actually multiple ways to find this information. We are going to find this information in three different ways - by looking in the registry, by using PSTAT.EXE and by looking at a Memory Dump File. So, without further delay, let's look at the simplest of the three methods - finding the information in the registry.
Read more at source: http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2008/05/27/two-minute-drill-find-3gb-without-using-boot-ini.aspx