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ront2
It was on my desktop in Windows XP. Cannot find it here.. I was told to go
to it to see if I have 64 bit or 32 bit. Thanks Ron
to it to see if I have 64 bit or 32 bit. Thanks Ron
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Joel
ront2 said:
It can be enabled as a desktop icon, but you can also find it in
Windows Explorer above your hard drive. What you're actually looking
for is System in Control Panel, though - Properties for Computer opens
that. It has various info about your Windows installation, including
32-bit or 64-bit.
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Seth
It's no longer called "My Computer", just "Computer".ront2 said:
Click on your Start button. On the Start Menu it will be near the upper to
middle right. Right click on it and check "Show on Desktop".
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Ken Blake, MVP
And to see if you have 64-bit or 32-bit Windows, *right*-click on it
and choose Properties.
However if you don't know whether your Windows is 64-bit or 32-bit,
it's almost certainly 32-bit.
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Nil
I don't think that's a safe assumption. My sister bought a Dell a year
ago or so, and I was surprised to discover that it was Vista 64. I'm
sure she had no idea what she bought or what the difference is.
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Bob
Winkey+Pause/Break will open System Properties in Vista, probably works for
Windows 7 as well.
Windows 7 as well.
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LD55ZRA
And in Windows XP too.Bob said:
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Gene E. Bloch
It works on this Windows 7 Home Premium.
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Ken Blake, MVP
Right. I don't suggest that anyone should assume that, and checking is
*always* a good thing to do; that's why my reply included instructions
on how to check, rather than simply saying "you have 32-bit."
Nevertheless, I'll repeat, "if you don't know whether your Windows is
64-bit or 32-bit, it's almost certainly 32-bit."
In other words, give me a hundred people who don't know whether they
have 32-bit or 64-bit and let me bet ten dollars on each that what is
installed is 32-bit, I'll end up with winning, if not a thousand
dollars, something close to it.
J
Joel
Ken Blake said:
As long as XP remains the largest installed base, I'm quite sure
you're right. I'm hoping that won't be too much longer, though.
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Ken Blake, MVP
As long as XP remains the largest installed base, I'm quite sure
you're right. I'm hoping that won't be too much longer, though.
Take away XP and let me make the same bet only on Windows 7 machines.
I may not win quite as much, but I'll still be way ahead.
J
Joel
Ken Blake said:
Aren't most preinstalled Windows 7 copies 64-bit, though?
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R. C. White
Hi, Bob.
This little <Win>+<Break> trick has worked with every Windows version since
at least Win98.
I don't recall what the actual combo was before keyboards had a Windows logo
key. Recent keyboards - especially for laptops and other non-standard form
factors - combine the Pause/Break key. My current full-size keyboard
(Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 6000 v3.0) labels the key simply "Pause"; I
often have to toggle the F-Lock key to change it from "Pause" to "Break" to
get this keystroke combo to work. This key is near the upper right corner
of the keyboard on almost all keyboards. Also, of course, the <Win> key has
had many names, including <Start>; my current keyboard has no name at all on
that key, just the Windows logo. My new Acer Aspire One netbook has the
logo key and a Pause/Break key.
But the keystroke combo still works in Win7 Ultimate x64! And on the
netbook, even when it was running Win7 32-bit Starter Edition. ;<)
RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64
This little <Win>+<Break> trick has worked with every Windows version since
at least Win98.
I don't recall what the actual combo was before keyboards had a Windows logo
key. Recent keyboards - especially for laptops and other non-standard form
factors - combine the Pause/Break key. My current full-size keyboard
(Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 6000 v3.0) labels the key simply "Pause"; I
often have to toggle the F-Lock key to change it from "Pause" to "Break" to
get this keystroke combo to work. This key is near the upper right corner
of the keyboard on almost all keyboards. Also, of course, the <Win> key has
had many names, including <Start>; my current keyboard has no name at all on
that key, just the Windows logo. My new Acer Aspire One netbook has the
logo key and a Pause/Break key.
But the keystroke combo still works in Win7 Ultimate x64! And on the
netbook, even when it was running Win7 32-bit Starter Edition. ;<)
RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64
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Ken Blake, MVP
I'm sure they will be in the not very distant future, but not yet. I
just wandered around Dell's web site to check. I didn't look at every
system, but all the ones I saw were 32-bit.
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SC Tom
I was helping a friend pick out a notebook last week, and I noticed onKen Blake said:
Amazon that almost all of the HP and Dell notebooks are 64-bit, albeit Win7
Home Premium for the most part. I didn't look at any of the desktops,
though.
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Ken Blake, MVP
The CPU is very likely 64-bit on most computers being sold these days.
Is that what you saw or did you see that 64-bit Windows 7 was
installed?
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Joel
Ken Blake said:
http://www.dell.com/home/desktops#s...em&navValc=Windows 7&a=51800~0~4308952&page=1
http://www.dell.com/home/laptops#su...em&navValc=Windows 7&a=51800~0~4308952&page=1
The only 32-bit Win7 copies sold with those machines were the Starter
netbooks. They are apparently still selling some 32-bit Vista and XP
copies, too, though.
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Ken Blake, MVP
Yes, you're apparently right. Sorry for my mistake.
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Seth
Ken Blake said:
For most of the systems I've looked at when shopping the amount of memory
included in the SKU was the determining factor. If 3GB or less, 32b. For
systems with 4GB or more, 64b.
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SC Tom
64-bit Windows was installed. Look at theseKen Blake said:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yc2d8g7 and these
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yd2uomv
I can tell the difference, TYVM