What limits Windows 7 x64 machines to <=192GB RAM?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/710955/w...

Accepted answer links:
[Licensed Memory in 32-Bit Windows Vista]: http://www.geoffchappell.com/notes/windo...
[Software Licensing]: http://www.geoffchappell.com/studies/win...
[SYSTEM_LICENSE_VIOLATION]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/...
[ExGetLicenseTamperState]: http://www.geoffchappell.com/studies/win...
[GiB]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte
[Windows Anytime Upgrade]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Any...
[Licensed Memory in 32-Bit Windows Vista]: http://www.geoffchappell.com/notes/windo...
[Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory]: http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovi...
[Memory Limits for Windows Releases]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/...
[Physical Address Extension]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Ad...
[Binary prefix]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_pref...
[Windows 7 editions - Comparison chart]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_e...
[Windows 7 Professional EULA]: http://download.microsoft.com/Documents/...
[Windows Anytime Upgrade]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Any...

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