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Purchase 32 or 64 windows 7

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Purchase 32 or 64 windows 7

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I have been using the 32 bit version of windows 7 for 6 months now. Going out to get the full version of 7 home premium. I have a Dell xps 720 thatcame with Vista 32 on it 1 1/2 years ago. When I installed 7 I also added a second hard drive that works great. I have 4 GB of memory but can add more, Video card is nVidia 8800 GT 512MB, Core 2 Q6600 quad-core 8mb L.2 cache, 2.4GHz, 1066FSB processer.

Does anyone know if I upgrade to 64 bit will I be able to find drivers for my system? I called Dell and they were no help. Thank You.

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Actually, you can use 4GB - and more - in 32-bit Windows. After all, Windows Server 2003 does up to 64GB. The limit is one of licensing, and can be patched out with a test kernel:

http://greenreaper.livejournal.com/98724.html

 

There may be issues with particular drivers or hardware that cause this to fail on certain systems. However, it worked fine for me.

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The limit is one of licensing, and can be patched out with a test kernel
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Yes. This is directly that I've done. At first on Vista and now - on Win7 x86. The system is working very quickly and stably (it's only necessary to update BIOS and all drives before the patching).

Only one little thing - the Test Mode watermark on the desktop which can be removed by patching user32.dll.mui and running mcbuilder.exe in the command prompt.

What can I say else? I like Windows-7. This is really a Great Operating System that has a long future.

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well you have all convinced me. 64 bit it is and I knew you received both 32 and 64 with windows 7 I just didn't list that correctly. Thank you everyone for the help.

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

So I can find this post again