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Anonymous on "Compatibilty - 32 bit on 64 bit"

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:15:52 +0000

I did find this list of software found to be working if anyone is interested.

http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=10217

BuBBy on "Compatibilty - 32 bit on 64 bit"

BuBBy — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:15:57 +0000

Oh.. "Vista" 64bit - why didn't you say... I thought you meant XP64. ;)

Was Windows XP Microsoft's last good OS?

Anonymous on "Compatibilty - 32 bit on 64 bit"

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:12:34 +0000

Good news then.

Got a deal on an o.e.m. Vista Home Premium 64 bit, so when I get it, then slipstream
it with sp1 using vlite, I hopefully should not have too many problems on the software side.

Some software I got, which is 64bit enabled, IE7proSetup_2.0.x64, Vista_R187a X64, LightScribe Vista 64bit so far, plus most drivers except for my finger print reader. M$ login device.

That currently only has 32bit support.

I am not sure if I will install vista this year, however, I might build a test machine just for it.

BuBBy on "Compatibilty - 32 bit on 64 bit"

BuBBy — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:34:25 +0000

This is a decent primer.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896456

http://www.3dvelocity.com/article.php4?action=win64

Once you get drivers and such sorted (most vendors have stepped up to the plate for recent hardware) most problems should be able to be dealt with.

Anonymous on "Compatibilty - 32 bit on 64 bit"

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:44:45 +0000

Just a quick question, thanks for replies in advance.

Lets talk software, rather than drivers.

Has anyone encountered problems after installing 32 bit software on a 64 bit
operating system?

Are their any techniques to counteract these problems if they exist?

Usually, virus, firewall software from the bit publishers comes in both flavours
on an install disk so that would not be a problem.