I just finished puting together my first computer about a week ago and since I had used a 64 bit processer i figured Windows XP X64 Pro would be a good OS. But at the time I did not realize that many 32-bit porgrams will not run on a 64-bit OS . So I wanted to know if anyone had a way to run these programs on this computer short of dumping X64 and going with regular XP for now. Please help.
The Wiggin I let my mind wander and it never came back.
Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
Or if you don't know how to do this can you point me the direction of a cheap copy of reg. XP.
The Wiggin I'm out of my mind please leave a message.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
32-bit programs should run in compatibility mode in X64. I don't know if it does it automatically. Would help to know which programs aren't working, of course.
Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
Mainly 1 game (Sacred), I havent found any really good anti-virus yet, and then it was partly drivers but i fixed that by buying a $30 Sound Card and am looking at a slightly better Video card since ATI doesn't have 64-bit drivers for anything below a 9500 Radeon and currently have a 9250. And yes I have e-mailed the company about the game.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
My new computer came with XP64. It was sluggish as all get out and it crashed when I turned on my external hard drive. I eventually installed normal XP.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
quote:I havent found any really good anti-virus yet
And you won't for a while, I'm afraid.
Posted by The Wiggin (Member # 5020) on :
Also does anyone know of a cheap wireless net card that will work with X64?
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. So I wanted to know if anyone had a way to run these programs on this computer short of dumping X64 and going with regular XP for now. Please help.