I am running XP SP3; a friend is running Vista. Where can we go in Windows
to determine whether we are running 32 or 64 bit software?

--
John

John wrote:

> I am running XP SP3; a friend is running Vista. Where can we go in Windows
> to determine whether we are running 32 or 64 bit software?

Run 'winver'. Start -> Run -> winver.exe

See
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...sked-questions
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


John wrote:
> I am running XP SP3; a friend is running Vista. Where can we go in
> Windows
> to determine whether we are running 32 or 64 bit software?

Thanks for the reference. The instructions for looking up 32/64 bit
capability are written for Vista, which is fine. However, in XP, there seems
to be no reference to 32 or 64 bit computing. Is there anything else in XP
that will tell me explicitly which I have?
--
John


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> See
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...sked-questions
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> www.banthecheck.com
>
>
> John wrote:
> > I am running XP SP3; a friend is running Vista. Where can we go in
> > Windows
> > to determine whether we are running 32 or 64 bit software?
>
> .
>

On Dec 12, 9:16*am, John <jREMOVEc...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reference. *The instructions for looking up 32/64 bit
> capability are written for Vista, which is fine. *However, in XP, thereseems
> to be no reference to 32 or 64 bit computing. *Is there anything else in XP
> that will tell me explicitly which I have?
> --
> John
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>
> > See
> >http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...-and-64-bit-Wi...
> > --
> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> >www.banthecheck.com
>
> > John wrote:
> > > I am running XP SP3; a friend is running Vista. *Where can we go in
> > > Windows
> > > to determine whether we are running 32 or 64 bit software?
>
> > .

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827218

John wrote:

> Thanks for the reference. The instructions for looking up 32/64 bit
> capability are written for Vista, which is fine.

The same System applet is in Windows XP.

> However, in XP, there seems to be no reference to 32 or 64 bit computing.
> Is there anything else in XP that will tell me explicitly which I have?

Sigh. (rolls eyes)

Apparently winver.exe disappeared from your host. You actually have to buy
the Windows XP Professional x64 version. It doesn't come bundled on the
same install CD as the 32-bit versions.

http://www.start64.com/images/win64/user/winver-1.png

Right-click on My Computer | Properties: What WinXP version is displayed on
the resulting General tab?

TIP: If you're running WinXP 64-bit, you'd probably know it already as you
would've paid 50-100% more for the computer than WinXP 32-bit.


John wrote:
> Thanks for the reference. The instructions for looking up 32/64 bit
> capability are written for Vista, which is fine. However, in XP, there
> seems to be no reference to 32 or 64 bit computing. Is there anything
> else
> in XP that will tell me explicitly which I have?
>
>> See
>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...sked-questions
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>> www.banthecheck.com
>>
>>
>> John wrote:
>>> I am running XP SP3; a friend is running Vista. Where can we go in
>>> Windows
>>> to determine whether we are running 32 or 64 bit software?
>>
>> .

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> Thanks for the reference. The instructions for looking up 32/64 bit
> capability are written for Vista, which is fine. However, in XP,
> there seems to be no reference to 32 or 64 bit computing. Is there
> anything else in XP that will tell me explicitly which I have?

If you didn't specifically ask for 64 bits when you've bought your computer
(or your Windows XP) you can be 99% sure it's 32 bits.