Workaround to Upgrade from 32-Bit (x86) to 64-Bit (x64) Windows 7 Operating System
Direct upgrade from 32-bit (x86-based) operating system of either Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 to 64-bit (x64-based) Windows 7 OS is not a supported upgrade paths to Windows 7. When user tries to run 64bit setup.exe Windows 7 installer from within 32bit operating system, the following error message will occur.
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3.11.2009 64-bit Vista SP1 Runs Faster than 32-bit Vista SP1 and 32-bit XP SP3!
The 64-bit edition of Windows Vista delivers not only support for larger quantities of system memory, with the high-end editions supporting as much as 128 GB of RAM, but also some extra horse power hidden under the hood.
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29.4.2008 Forget 32-bit XP SP3, It's All About 64-bit Vista SP1
Back in 2007, because of the ubiquity of 32-bit architectures, and the market's slow migration pace toward 64-bit computing, Microsoft announced that the next version of the Windows client, Windows 7, would be delivered in both x86 and x64 flavors.
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15.8.2008 Microsoft Plans to Combine 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista After SP1
A clue for the development strategy of Windows Seven? Thanks to odeeee for this post. Although it has downplayed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 as just a standard refresh, Microsoft in fact plans to combine 32-bit and 64-bit versions of its latest operating system.
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16.6.2007 Download 32-bit and 64-bit Vista SP1 RTM Slipstream ISO Images
Microsoft is offering for download both the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista SP1, the slipstream versions as ISO images. A slipstream version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is essentially nothing more than the RTM version of the latest Windows client with the service pack already integrated.
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29.2.2008 Yes, You Can Turn 32-bit Vista into 64-bit Vista
Yes, you can turn the 32-bit SKUs of Windows Vista into the 64-bit editions of the operating system. But it will cost you...
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29.1.2008 32-bit Vista SP1 = 1GB – 64-bit Vista SP1 = 1.5GB
If you think that Windows Vista was a fast operating system, then just wait for the first service pack. According to data released by Microsoft, Vista SP1 with weigh in at a maximum of 1.5 GB.
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30.8.2007 Microsoft Makes Its Own: 32-bit Windows Vista vs. 64-bit Windows Vista
With Windows Vista, Microsoft delivered both the 32-bit and 64-bit flavors concomitantly, a first for the company, whose Windows XP x64 Professional (April, 2005) was launched one year after Windows XP SP2 (August 2005) and four after the initial 32-bit Windows XP (2001).
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8.1.2008 Confirmed: Office 2010 will come in 32-bit, 64-bit flavors
Microsoft has confirmed that Office 2010 will indeed be shipping in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
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14.4.2009 Windows 7 Enterprise Trial 32-bit and 64-bit ISO Direct Download Links
Microsoft has made available free download of Windows 7 Enterprise edition for interested corporate and business customers as trial evaluation software. Windows 7 Enterprise free download has pre-installed product key which lasts for 90 days (3 months) after activated. Activation has to be done within 10 days or else the computer will shut down hourly.
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3.10.2009 32-bit and 64-bit Language Interface Packs for Windows Server 2008 SP2 RTM
Language Interface Pack (LIP), which also known as Multilingual User Interface (MUI) is an update which can be installed into supported operating system to convert the user interface into another localize language. Similar with Windows Vista SP2 LIPs, Microsoft has also released LIPs for Windows Server 2008 SP2 RTM.
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4.5.2009 Exchange 2007: 32-bit vs. 64-bit
In reading through comments regarding Exchange 2007's lack of 32-bit support and confusion around why Microsoft decided to provide a 32-bit "test" version of Exchange 2007, I thought I'd offer some facts about this version and some possible reasons that Microsoft went 64-bit-only with Exchange 2007.
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18.9.2007 Download Windows 7 MUI Language Packs - Official 32-bit and 64-bit Direct Download Links
Microsoft has released MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs for Windows 7 RTM. The Windows 7 language packs is available via Windows Update as optional update for Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions only.
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28.8.2009 Windows: 32-bit, 64-bit, 128-bit
The evolution of Windows in parallel with computing architectures can be mapped out in accordance to the following marks: 32-bit, 64-bit, 128-bit and even further along.
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1.8.2008 Vista SP1 Won't Resolve the 4 GB RAM Limitation of 32-bit Windows Vista
32-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Vista makes no exception whatsoever to this rule, are limited in terms of the amount of system memory that can be addressed to no more than 4 GB.
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4.1.2008 32-bit Windows Vista Eats Up RAM
Windows Vista is a system resource hog. There is little doubt as to that. But to go from there to Windows Vista actually eating up RAM... Well, in fact you shouldn't blame Windows Vista for
missing RAM in a certain scenario.
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17.3.2007 Microsoft: Vista is last version of Windows for 32-bit
It's the end of the line for 32-bit operating systems, Microsoft has proclaimed at its annual Windows Hardware Engineering conference.
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18.5.2007 Offline Vista timestop v2a crack 32 + 64bit
One of our user report this Vista timestop crack. This is Automated batch install by pembros,User interface by SpOtTy DoGg.
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10.2.2007 NEW Offline Vista timestop v2.3 crack 32 + 64bit
One of our user report this Vista timestop crack. SpoTtY DoGg have been working on a new vista crack and seems to be working a treat.
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26.2.2007 Windows Vista Ultimate Ultra Lite 32 Bit
Installation is Fully Automated. Only one thing you will have to select is your Partition, rather than it..u wont need to select product key,language, or any other selection. just set back and wait till 15 mins. you will see desktop within few mins. you have to make new installation. upgrade option is not available.
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24.6.2007 Windows Vista SP2 32 bits FREE download!
Thanks to portos for reporting this in the forum.
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25.10.2008 Is 64-bit Vista ready for take off?
There have been 64-bit versions of Windows since Windows 2000, but Microsoft thinks 64-bit Vista may finally be starting to take off....
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4.8.2008 16 Windows Vista MUI Packs for 32 bit Versions
Thanks to MadSheep! which report this downloads in our forum. Here are Vista 32-bit version of the 16 multi-lingual user interface kits
(MUI).
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10.3.2007 Vista users get the 64-bit blues
Microsoft is keen to stir up enthusiasm for Windows Vista, but when it comes to the 64-bit edition of the recently released operating system, the software giant is sending decidedly mixed messages.
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20.2.2007 6 Caveats – 64-bit Windows Vista
There is little doubt that 64-bit architectures are the future, as far as the parallel evolution of processors and operating systems goes.
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12.1.2008 Windows Vista 64-bit Today
There appears to be a shift taking place in the PC industry: the move from 32-bit to 64-bit PCs. We've been tracking the change by looking at the percentage of 64-bit PCs connecting to Windows Update, and have seen a dramatic increase in recent months.
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31.7.2008 Best 64-bit Windows Vista Anti-Virus
Windows Vista comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. Unlike Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, which is the last server operating system from the Redmond company, the 32-bit client platform will live long after Windows Vista.
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2.8.2007 PC Manufacturers Embrace 64-Bit Vista
We knew it would come sooner or later, and from the looks of it widespread 64-bit computing might be on the horizon.
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7.5.2008 Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1
Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
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30.6.2008 Nvidia ForceWare for Windows Vista 100.64 (BETA)
Nvidia has released yet another beta set of video drivers for Windows Vista. As usual, only English flavours (both 32bit and 64bit) are available.
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16.2.2007Is 64-bit Vista ready for take off?
For many moons, I've been raising the issue of how people get to 64-bit Windows 7, which is a big compatibility shift from 32-bit Windows XP. The
obvious answer is via Vista, but is that 32-bit Vista and/or 64-bit Vista? The price includes both, so it's up to you.
Initially, Vista
was a bit short of drivers, or else had some bad drivers. That made 32-bit Vista the obvious choice for most people, because 64-bit drivers were even
rarer. The same thing applied to software compatibility, only more so, because while it does run 32-bit programs, 64-bit Vista is much less forgiving
about rubbish programming.
Now it looks as though the dramatic improvements in Vista drivers etc could be feeding through into the 64-bit
version (possibly with a bit of help from the Windows Server market, which is now almost all 64-bit). Anyway, according to Chris Flores on the
Vista team's
blog.
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04.08.2008Windows Vista 64-bit Today
Chris Flores: There appears to be a shift taking place in the PC industry: the move from 32-bit to 64-bit PCs.
We've been
tracking the change by looking at the percentage of 64-bit PCs connecting to Windows Update, and have seen a dramatic increase in recent months. The
installed base of 64-bit Windows Vista PCs, as a percentage of all Windows Vista systems, has more than tripled in the U.S. in the last three months,
while worldwide adoption has more than doubled during the same period. Another view shows that 20% of new Windows Vista PCs in the U.S. connecting to
Windows Update in June were 64-bit PCs, up from just 3% in March. Put more simply, usage of 64-bit Windows Vista is growing much more rapidly than
32-bit. Based on current trends, this growth will accelerate as the retail channel shifts to supplying a rapidly increasing assortment of 64-bit
desktops and laptops.
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31.07.2008Top Ten Vista Tips: Video, Display, and Software Problems Solved!
This holiday week we've got 10 Windows Vista Blasts from the Past for you to savor, enjoy!
Boot manager for Windows Vista and Windows MCE? I
have a system with TWO hard drives installed. One has MCE and the second has Vista. I would like to get a boot manager that will allow me to pick one
at boot without having to access the BIOS or innards of the machine. Any suggestions?
Can I upgrade 32 Bit Windows XP to 64 Bit Windows Vista? The real question is can I buy the 64 bit upgrade version and be able to apply it to my current 32 bit Windows XP? Or do I have to buy the more
expensive new install 64 bit version and do a fresh install, thus losing all my precious Windows stuff?
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22.11.2007No HD DVD or Blu-ray in 32-bit
Vista
Microsoft disclosed at TechEd
2006 in Sydney Thursday that
32-bit versions of Windows
Vista would never support
high-definition protected
content, including HD DVD and
Blu-ray movies. The new
formats will require 64-bit
systems running the x64
edition of Vista...
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26.08.2006Vista and ExpressCards: An Update
Robert Larson: I have heard from some people that they are not able to get an Sil3132 based eSATA ExpressCard to see an attached drive. I thought it
was just a driver issue until recently I was testing a new Dell Inspiron 1420 notebook and experienced the same issue. I could get the driver to
successfully to install on Vista-32, Vista-64, and Windows 2008 RC0. But only Windows 2008 RC0 actually saw an attached disk drive.
I tried everything, updated the firmware of the eSATA card, the latest drivers, different cards (but same 3132 chipset). Nothing worked on
Vista-32 or Vista-64.
I decided to download Vista SP1 and try that.....Voila, it worked the first time. It even loaded the latest
version of the drivers from Windows Update.
I will try and see if I can find a hotfix that addresses this issue and post it, but
wanted to let you know that if you are having this problem, try installing Vista SP1 on a new disk and see if that solves it.
Note that I installed Vista SP1 slipstreamed as part of a new install, I have not tried an upgrade in place.
BTW, if you are
trying to get a Sil3132 card to work under Windows 2008 RC0 x64, go to
www.siliconimage.com and get the latest drivers from their site. Use the Vista-64 drivers, they work fine....so far ;-)
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01.10.2007Vista: 32-bit vs. 64-bit & RTM vs. SP1
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: To augment the benchmarking of
Vista 32-bit versus Vista
64-bit that I carried out the other day I decided to run a few additional benchmarks to see which platform really is the fastest. The results are
quite interesting.
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23.02.2008Another Windows Vista SP1 Feature From TechEd
In one of the later session
during TechEd last week I
learned of another very cool
feature coming to Windows
Vista with Service Pack 1.
During his talk Wes Miller,
who is writing a ton for
TechNet magazine these days
mentioned that setup will now
be able to run either 32-bit
or 64-bit installs.
What does this mean?
Well basically a lot less
work for anyone who has to
deal with both 32-bit and
64-bit images. After SP1 you
will be able to deploy either
version of the OS from a
single DVD.
So
what?
Well the
reason this is a big deal is
if you are doing anything
custom with Windows PE then
you currently have to maintain
two boot wims (one 64 and one
32) and in extreme cases where
you have custom code you have
to maintain to codebase sets
because 64-bit WinPE doesn't
support 32bit code due to the
lack of WOW support .
It wasn't clear if WDS
would also offer this
capability, but it would make
sense.
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15.06.2007Vista 32-bit vs. Vista 64-bit - Benchmarked
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: My
benchmarking marathon last week seemed to generate more questions and requests for further benchmarking. A
popular request from you, Constant Reader, was to see Windows Vista 32-bit benchmarked against Windows Vista 64-bit.
You asked, I
delivered. Enjoy!
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22.02.2008Windows Vista available on Volume Licensing
Thanks Tom Warren and
Bink for
this information that was
relayed to me yesterday
(shortly before my power
outage), but better late than
never! We can reveal that
Windows Vista is available for
Volume License users, shortly
ahead of the scheduled Nov.
17th release to MSDN
subscribers.
The
following flavours were
released:
- Windows Vista
Business 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD
English
- Windows Vista
Business 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD
UPG
- Windows Vista
Business 64-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD UPG
English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL MVLS Only DVD Language
Packs
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 64-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 64-bit English Disk
Kit MVL MVLS Only DVD Language
Packs
The site
appears to be non-responsive,
it's probably being
hammered!
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16.11.2006MS denies Rumor: undecided on last 32-bit Windows Client
Bill Laing, a General Manager
in the Microsoft Windows
Server Division, has been
quoted as saying that Windows
Server 2008 will be the last
32-bit operating system. Bill
is a server guy and indeed
Windows Server 2008 is the
last 32-bit server operating
system - all future operating
systems for server hardware
from Microsoft beyond Windows
Server 2008 will be 64-bit.
A few folks took
Bill's comments on Windows
Server and applied them to
Windows Client deriving that
Windows Vista would be the
last 32-bit operating system.
That is an incorrect
extension. While Windows
Vista includes both 32-bit and
64-bit and there is a growing
community of drivers for
64-bit Windows Vista we have
not decided when Windows
Client will follow Windows
Server and become 64-bit
only.
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18.05.2007Vista users get the 64-bit blues
Microsoft is keen to stir up
enthusiasm for Windows Vista,
but when it comes to the
64-bit edition of the recently
released operating system, the
software giant is sending
decidedly mixed messages.
Vista is available in both
32-bit and 64-bit versions,
with the latter targeted at
owners of recent computers
with 64-bit processors.
However, customers who
purchase the retail version of
Vista Home Basic, Home Premium
or Business don't have the
option of buying the 64-bit
version directly.
Instead, they have to
purchase the 32-bit version
and then order a replacement
CD from Microsoft, for which
they are required to pay a
postage charge. The charge is
described as "minimal" by
Microsoft, but comes in at
just under AU$15 for
Australian users.
The online ordering scenario
is not straightforward either.
To ensure that people don't
try order upgrades based on
pirate copies, or install the
32-bit OS on one system and
the 64-bit OS on another,
users have to provide the
software product key. Credit
card payment is the only
option offered. The issue
doesn't apply to the
top-of-the-line Windows Vista
Ultimate release, which does
include 32- and 64-bit
releases in the same package.
Enterprise customers on
subscription arrangements can
also download the 64-bit
versions directly.
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20.02.2007Confirmed: Office 2010 will be 32-bit and 64-bit
Recently Neowin reported that Office 14 (or Office 2010, you choose) will most likely be shipping in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. Well, as Ars
Technica is reporting, this is fully confirmed by Microsoft themselves. According to Ars Technica, an email exchange between them and a Microsoft
spokesperson revealed that, "Yes, Office will have two separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Office 2010 will be the first to do this." This means
that from now on, those running 64-bit versions of Windows will not longer have to emulate a 32-bit environment to have a working Office; it'll be
fully compatible, with all the benefits 64-bit brings.
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15.04.2009Catalyst 8.12 display driver
AMD has released the new Catalyst 8.12 display driver for Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Media Center Edition, Windows Vista 32-bit and
Windows Vista 64-bit. The new Catalyst 8.12 drivers, aside from performance improvements, enable ATI Stream technology. View: ATI website
Download: ATI Catalyst 8.12 Display Driver
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11.12.2008Will your PC run Windows
Vista? Download the Windows
Vista Upgrade Advisor
The Windows Vista Upgrade
Advisor is an application that
you can run on your current
Windows XP-based computer to
find out if it's ready for an
upgrade to Windows Vista...
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25.05.2006Microsoft recommends upgrade to Vista before Windows 7
As Windows 7 gets ready for its next release, it could be already hurting Vista's remaining chances with businesses and organizations. Microsoft
has started to push Vista to its corporate customers. Earlier this month Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer warned companies to upgrade from XP. Following
Ballmer, Gavriella Schuster, Senior Director in Windows Product Management group urges businesses to upgrade to Windows Vista now, even if they plan
to move to Windows 7 when it ships. Schuster argues that the benefits of Vista upgrade would outweigh the costs of upgrading to Vista and urges
companies to start Windows 7 Beta testing as soon as possible.
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12.02.2009Office 14 to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors
Beta releases have become a great way to discover potentialy unannounced products by snooping around in the files that accompany the beta. Ed Bott
did said snooping and is now claiming that Office 14 will ship in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. Located within the Migwiz.xml file shows the code
extensions that prove that a 64-bit version does exist. This is great news for users that can take advantage of the 64-bit flavor and should come
as welcomed news that Microsoft is expanding support for 64-bit. One day soon we will hopefully be able to drop 32-bit forever.
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24.03.2009Microsoft: Upgrade Your Vista Betas
Microsoft reminded users of
Windows Vista beta builds
Tuesday that their operating
system will expire on May 31.
However, those running the
free pre-release copies of
Vista may be happy to discover
they can simply purchase a
cheaper Upgrade version of the
OS...
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25.04.2007Microsoft Software to Require
64-bits
64-bit computing may not be
taking off on the desktop due
to a lack of drivers and
applications, but Microsoft is
preparing to force an upgrade
on the server side. The
company announced at the IT
Forum in Barcelona Tuesday
that it would drop support for
32-bit systems in upcoming
product releases...
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16.11.2005Official Windows Vista SP1 RTM MD5s
For anyone interested, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDNet
posted the MD5s for the
official 32-bit and 64-bit update executables for Windows Vista SP1 RTM.
-32-bit (434MB ): d597866e93bc8f80ecca234c4e9ce5a2
-64-bit (726MB ): 983308426e8ee7649f53b41f4e5c42d4
As a quick reminder, Vista SP1 RTM = Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2
= 6001.18000.
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09.02.2008Dell pledges to restore x64 drivers
Following on from yesterdays post
"Dell No Longer Supports Vista x64...and Other Rants", Neowin is happy to report that Dell have responded to
our reader Morpheus Phreak blaming the whole issue on a "web site glitch". Lets not forget however that Morpheus had already pointed out to
Dell support about their contract obligations to both Microsoft and the Customer to which the Supervisor responded "Our legal team are working on
that".
They must of come to the conclusion to add back the missing drivers!
In a Dell Support representative email response
he pledged to restore the missing updates by saying "Dell does provide both 32-bit and 64-bit Vista drivers for the XPS 410. Checking our website
it appears that the option for XP and Vista 64 are missing, I can get those added back." he goes on to say "Luckily most of the drivers
posted for Vista 32-bit also cover Vista 64. Some of the drivers like the network driver and most of the applications are limited to 32. For those
exceptions, the drivers are available on the Resource DVD and you can locate the drivers using the search feature (a difficult procedure at the
moment, I’m afraid)." without explaining exactly why its difficult, he finishes up the email with "Andy and I will work on getting the
64-bit OS selection added back."
It appears after many emails back and forth Dell are finally doing what they are good at, Customer
service. God forbid they forget exactly who it is that put them on a pedestal and who can just as easily knock em off!
Morpheus had this to
say ->
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