home premium 32 to 64 OEM

[Guest]

Is there any way to change a home premium 32 bit to 64 bit without buying a
retail version? I read somewhere (I don't remember where) that someone
contacted thier manufacturer and they were able to get a disk to change from
32 to 64 bit but HP said they couldn'tr help me, is it possible?

 

[Saucy]

Is there any way to change a home premium 32 bit to 64 bit without buying
a
retail version? I read somewhere (I don't remember where) that someone
contacted thier manufacturer and they were able to get a disk to change
from
32 to 64 bit but HP said they couldn'tr help me, is it possible?

I think the OEM version licenses is good for the single installation and
doesn't extend to the other platform. So if 32-bits is installed, the OEM
license only covers that one 32-bit installation. Supposedly this is the
value of an OEM license, but I just think it sort of sucks. It's really no
skin off Microsoft's nose if they were to let the user choose between 32 and
64-bit - OEM or no - as the license is still not transferable to
another computer. *Sigh* .. marketing ..

Saucy

 

[XS11E]

Is there any way to change a home premium 32 bit to 64 bit without
buying a retail version? I read somewhere (I don't remember where)
that someone contacted thier manufacturer and they were able to
get a disk to change from 32 to 64 bit but HP said they couldn'tr
help me, is it possible?

No, afraid not. You've already done the correct thing in contacting
HP, they're the only ones who can make the decision.

My only suggestion is that you don't consider their answer as final, go
back and start the, "May I please speak to your supervisor" routine and
keep asking! Good luck.

 

[XS11E]

It's really no skin off Microsoft's nose if they were to let the
user choose between 32 and 64-bit

It's nothing to do with Microsoft, it's the computer manufacturer's
decision. In this case, the OP mentioned it's a HP computer.
According to some posts here, some other manufacturers will exchange
the OEM 32 bit for an OEM 64 bit version, apparently HP will not but
it's their decision, not Microsoft's.

 

[Saucy]

It's nothing to do with Microsoft, it's the computer manufacturer's
decision. In this case, the OP mentioned it's a HP computer.
According to some posts here, some other manufacturers will exchange
the OEM 32 bit for an OEM 64 bit version, apparently HP will not but
it's their decision, not Microsoft's.

Sorry, my bad. 'Good to know.

Saucy

 

[Charlie Tame]

Is there any way to change a home premium 32 bit to 64 bit without buying a
retail version? I read somewhere (I don't remember where) that someone
contacted thier manufacturer and they were able to get a disk to change from
32 to 64 bit but HP said they couldn'tr help me, is it possible?

May I ask why you are considering this?

64 bit does not confer any advantage unless you want to exceed the 4
GByte memory limit or you have some application that must have 64 bit,
and there are few of those at the moment.

Drivers are harder to get (Maybe that is why HP say no) and what you
"See" in processing speed / power will be the same.

This applies to 64 bit XP, 64 bit Linux and is just about across the board.

Certainly these matters should improve, but equally certainly you will
not see any staggering improvements in speed or anything else, however
you "Probably" will have more glitches and difficulties. This will be
even worse if you have games.