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How Backwards Compatible...
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..is XP Pro 64? Like in running 32 bit applications?

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Re: How Backwards Compatible... [Re: Le_Canard]
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Totally. In fact the IE that comes with it is 32 bit.


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Re: How Backwards Compatible... [Re: Le_Canard]
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Well, it comes with 32 and 64 bit versions of IE. The reason for the inclusion of the 32-bit version is a lot of plugins won't work with the 64-bit version yet. So I wouldn't say compatibility is perfect, many programs will run fine but some may have problems (for instance, PowerArchiver worked, but the shell extension didn't install. Daemon Tools worked, my preferrered front-end didn't.) System utilities such as antivirus and defrag are likely to outright fail until there's a 64-bit version. You also need 64-bit drivers for all your hardware, a lot of obscure or budget peripherals may never be supported.

Even if a 32-bit program works fine, it's going through the 'Windows-on-Windows' emulation layer which is fast but not quite as fast as running natively in a 32-bit OS. So until native 64-bit versions are released for your software, running a 64-bit OS will do nothing but slow things down. I ended up going back to 32-bit XP for these performance and compatibility reasons.

Personally I recommend that you wait until Vista comes out and makes 64-bit support mainstream. Or install Linux so you can build your own 64-bit binaries. But for now I really think that the only compelling reason to run XP64 is if you're bumping into the 4GB RAM limit.

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Re: How Backwards Compatible... [Re: Ythan]
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Ah, I see. Thanks to both of you!  :cool:

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Re: How Backwards Compatible... [Re: Le_Canard]
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I got a somewhat related question:

I got a full version of XP pro with my dell comp. I also have a gateway laptop which only has XP home.

I also have an XP pro upgrade which I got through my school's site license.

If I format the drive with the XP Pro CD (to get rid of all the bundled garbage I don't need) then reinstall XP pro. Can I use the serial number off the Upgrade CD? or will the comp still recognize the core OS to have come from the original XP Pro CD?


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Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436

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Re: How Backwards Compatible... [Re: badchad]
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I dunno about XP, but a 98SE upgrade key would work. Of course, 98SE didn't have all the copy protection XP does, and it didn't "call home" to verify it. :justdontknow:

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