32bit or 64bit XP??

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HOW TO: Determine Whether Your Computer Is Running
a 32-Bit Version or 64-Bit Version of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827218/en-us

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| Can someone please tell me how to identify if I have XP 32bit or 64bit ?
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| TIA
| Buck
 
Buck Rabbit said:
Can someone please tell me how to identify if I have XP 32bit or 64bit ?
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If you had a 64-bit system, you'd know it. Since you don't know, you
must have a 32-bit system.
 
Buck said:
Can someone please tell me how to identify if I have XP 32bit or 64bit ?
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Unless you installed the 64-bit operating system yourself or have an
amazingly expensive Itanium processor (extremely unlikely except on
high-end servers), you have the 32-bit operating system.

Go to the General tab in the System applet (Control Panel) and it will show
you your operating system. If it doesn't say 64-bit, you don't have it.

Having an AMD 64 processor only means that it can run a 64-bit operating
system, not that you have one.

Malke
 
Buck said:
Can someone please tell me how to identify if I have XP 32bit or 64bit ?

TIA
Buck
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If you have to ask, you're almost certainly running the 32-bit
version of WinXP. I'm not trying to be facetious; I'm sure you'd have
noticed paying several thousand dollars more for the Itanium or Itanium
II CPU required to run the original 64-bit version of WinXP Pro, or
whether or not you purchased a computer with an AMD Athlon64 or Intel
EM64T CPU. There are, of course, no 64-bit versions of WinXP Home, WinXP
TabletPC, or WinXP MCE.

Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/overview.asp

To verify for yourself, Click Start > Run, type in "Winver" and
press <Enter>. If the resulting dialog box does not _explicitly_ state
that you have "Windows XP 64-Bit Edition" or "Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition," then you have a 32-bit OS.


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Settle guys, your posts mostly seemed slightly indignant that I asked. I already know I am running a 32bit system, I just wanted
to know how I go about checking it.
For future reference of course. All good :)

Buck
 
Buck said:
Settle guys, your posts mostly seemed slightly indignant that I
asked. I already know I am running a 32bit system, I just wanted to
know how I go about checking it.
For future reference of course. All good :)
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Nobody is indignant. People are trying to help you. What you don't realize
is that this is a very common question here. It's been asked dozens--maybe
hundreds--of times, almost invariably by people who do *not* know which they
were running.
 
Thanks Ken :)


Ken Blake said:
Nobody is indignant. People are trying to help you. What you don't realize is that this is a very common question here. It's
been asked dozens--maybe hundreds--of times, almost invariably by people who do *not* know which they were running.
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