Is it 32 or 64 bits?

[Guest]

Hi,

Where can I check in my PC runnig windows XP whether it is 32 bits or 64 bits?

 

[Paul Mckenna]

It's probably 32bit if you don't know but you can click start/run and type:
winver it will say if it's 64 bit... if you don't see anything related then
it's 32bit.

Paul

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,

Where can I check in my PC runnig windows XP whether it is 32 bits or 64 bits?

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. Also, because WinXPx64 is available only as an
OEM license, it doesn't come in a box.

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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Bruce Chambers

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