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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 128-bit Windows 8, 64-bit Windows 7 Yet to Get All the Love
Forget about the possibility of Windows 8, the next iteration of the Windows operating system planned for 2011 – 2012 getting support for 128-bit processor architectures.
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16.10.2009 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 Microsoft's future is in 64-bit
With the launch of Vista coming over the next few months, Microsoft has had little opportunity to talk about anything else.
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27.11.2006 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 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 Microsoft sets plans to go 64-bit only
Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft Server and Tools, announced at the IT Forum being held in Barcelona, Spain that while the first release of the upcoming next-version Windows Server family code-named Longhorn will be both 32-bit and 64-bit, the future update release to that, known as Windows Server "Longhorn" R2, will bring the complete transition to 64-bit-only hardware.
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18.11.2005 Microsoft Rolls the 64-Bit Dice
Goodbye 32-bits. Sometime next year, Microsoft will release a 64-bit only version if its popular Exchange messaging server software, but has no plans to upgrade the current 32-bit version.
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3.7.2006 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 64-Bit XP: A Failed Tech Trend?
ExtremeTech has published a list of
the Top 10 Failed Tech Trends for 2005. Number 4:
The failure of Windows XP 64-bit edition to really take off. "When Windows XP Professional x64 actually arrived, it was all pretty much underwhelming. This is actually not Microsoft's fault. While the kids in Redmond did hype Windows 64-bit enhancements, they also cautioned that x64 would be a tool mostly for developers and certain vertical applications," the Extreme editors admit.
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1.1.2006 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 Xinput Driver for Microsoft Common Controller (64 Bit)
The Microsoft Common Controller Driver is a new game input standard that is used for both the Xbox360 console and for Windows XP SP1 and above.
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6.5.2006 Microsoft Exploring Windows 8 Exclusively 64-Bit Scenario
Microsoft is exploring the possibility of delivering Windows 8 exclusively for 64-bit. As far as the next iteration of Windows is concerned, the Redmond company already confirmed that Windows 7 would come in both x86 and x64 flavors.
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25.11.2008 Windows 7 64-Bit x64 Direct Download Links
User who only wants to download Windows 7 installation files via official and verified source can choose to download the ESD files instead, which contains setup1.box, setup2.box and a edition-specific Windows 7 setup installer, and not in ISO format, although it’s easy to make a bootable Windows 7 DVD or ISO with the unloaded Windows 7 setup files.
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25.10.2009 16 Windows Vista MUI Packs for 64 bit Versions
Thanks to Ragnor which report this downloads in our forum. Here are Vista 64-bit version of the 16 multi-lingual user interface kits (MUI).
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12.3.2007 64-bit Vista SP1 RTM Available for Download Straight from Microsoft
In another move coming out of nowhere, unconfirmed and unannounced through official channels, Microsoft has now apparently started serving the 64-bit variant of Vista SP1 RTM to end users.
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21.2.2008Microsoft: No plans for 64-bit Silverlight 3
Once again Microsoft is going back on its push for 64-bit computing for the masses. In an interview with ars technica Scott Guthrie, corporate vice
president of Microsoft's .NET Developer Division gave the following response regarding Micrsoft's 64-bit Silverlight plans: Right now our
plan is to run SL in 32-bit mode (and not have a 64-bit native version). This is mostly because other browser plug-ins (and most browsers) don't
support 64-bit yet. We are looking at adding native 64-bit support in the future though. The lack of companies supporting the push for 64-bit
computing is evident and Microsoft needs to lead the way to ensure people can swap to 64-bit browsers and use the addins they are familiar with.
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05.02.2009Confirmed: 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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15.04.2009Office 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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24.03.2009Photoshop, Lightroom, and Adobe's 64-bit Roadmap
As you've probably seen, among the great features in the Lightroom 2.0 beta is its ability to run 64-bit-native on Mac (Intel, 10.5.x) and Windows
(Vista 64). If you think it feels great to beat Aperture to the punch here, you're right. :-)
What does 64-bit computing mean, practically
speaking? In a nutshell, it lets an application address very large amounts of memory--specifically, more than 4 gigabytes. This is great for pro
photographers with large collections of high-res images: Lightroom being able to address more RAM means less time swapping images into and out of
memory during image processing-intensive operations...
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07.04.2008Windows Server 2008 will be Microsoft's last 32-Bit OS
During a speech this
morning, Bill Laing, general
manager of the Windows Server
division, reiterated that,
after 2008, Microsoft would
only produce 64-bit operating
systems. Windows Server 2008
will be Microsoft's last
32-bit OS.
Laing spoke during the
second day of Microsoft's
Windows Hardware Engineering
Conference.
The
future has been an ongoing
theme among the WinHEC
keynotes. In talking about the
future, Microsoft is telling
its customers and hardware,
software and channel partners
where it will take the
technology in the 2009-2010
release cycle—and somewhat
in the meantime.
The
move to 64-bit has been much
shakier than from 16-bit to
32-bit. The transition is
slowest on the desktop, where
driver and application support
is an impediment. On the
server, Microsoft offers mixed
32-bit and 64-bit products,
with mixed acceptance. But
Laing made clear that many new
Microsoft server products
would only be 64-bit...
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16.05.2007Windows 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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31.07.2008Confirmed: Office 2010 will come in 32-bit, 64-bit flavors
Last month, a very believable
rumor started flying around in regard to Office 2010 shipping in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Check out
ZDNet and
Within Windows to see how the conclusion was
drawn. Everything pointed to Microsoft finally offering a 64-bit flavor of its Office suite, previous versions of which have only shipped in 32-bit or
16-bit flavors. In an e-mail exchange with Ars today, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that Office 2010 will be available in both flavors: "Yes,
Office will have two separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Office 2010 will be the first to do this."
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15.04.2009Is 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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04.08.2008Office 2010 32-bit and 64-bit to be on the same DVD?
One of the most important details about the upcoming Office 2010 release is that it will come in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, helping pave the
path towards an x64 computing future. However, people have been wondering if these versions will come separately, or if Microsoft will choose to
include them in the same package. Ars Technica have unearthed some valuable details which hint that the latter could indeed be the case; Microsoft
will most likely include both versions on the same DVD. Ars Technica posted an error message that read the following: "If you want to install 64-bit
Office 2010, you must uninstall all 32-bit Office products fist, and then run setup.exe in the x64 folder.
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19.05.2009Exchange 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.
First, as advertised, the 32-bit version is for testing only. Many people like to test server software in a virtual
environment before making the production plunge. Take note that Virtual Server 2005 R2 does not support 64-bit guests virtual machines. Even VMware
ESX 3.0 only had experimental support for 64-bit guest operating systems. ESX 3.0.1 now includes full support for 64-bit guests, but this is a recent
release. Sure, desktop virtualization packages have supported 64-bit guest OSs for a while now, but the enterprise-variety virtualization offerings
are just catching up to this.
In short, had Microsoft opted to skip a 32-bit testing version, they would have locked out anyone
who wanted to test the product on older servers -- those that do not support 64-bit. I don't think that releasing a 32-bit unsupported test version
was irresponsible and it shouldn't be confusing. It's for testing, runs on just about any hardware you have laying around and is easily available.
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18.09.2007Microsoft makes its way to
Microsoft said some
upcoming products, including
its Exchange 12 email server,
will run only on 64-bit
processors.
At a conference for its
management software customers,
company executives detailed
its plans to add support
64-bit microprocessors in its
server applications and
operating
systems.
By late
next year, Microsoft expects
to deliver Exchange 12, which
will run only on
x86-compatible 64-bit servers,
said Bob Kelly, general
manager of infrastructure
server marketing at
Microsoft.
Kelly
said 64-bit chips will make
the greatest impact on the
performance of applications
such as Exchange and its SQL
Server
database.
"IT
professionals will be able to
consolidate the total number
of servers running 64-bit
(processors) and users will be
able to have bigger mailbox
size," he said...
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16.11.2005Adobe brings 64-bit Flash to Linux
Adobe first experimented porting its products to Linux back in November of 2004. Since acquiring Macromedia in mid 2005, Adobe has also been committed
to porting Macromedia's assets, such as Flash, to Linux. The most recent milestone in this process was the synchronization of releases between
Windows and Linux with Flash Player 10. Though equality had been established between the operating systems, this release did not calm users. Still, a
common complaint amongst users of all operating systems was: Where is our 64-bit version? Users of 64-bit Linux distributions were required to use the
NS Plugin Wrapper or install a 32-bit browser in order to see Flash.
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17.11.2008Microsoft claims a consumer 'shift' to 64-bit Vista, but where are the drivers?
A big "shift" is now on to 64-bit Windows Vista PCs, even among consumers, according to Microsoft product manager Chris Flores. But he
acknowledges that, even now, few if any 64-drivers are available for some categories of consumer products, including DVD/RW devices...
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31.07.2008Adobe CS4 will be 64-bit, but only on Windows
In a total reversal of what Windows and Macintosh users might expect, Adobe Creative Suite 4 will include 64-bit support for the Windows platform, but
not for Mac...
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04.04.2008Microsoft 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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16.11.2005Microsoft: We've reached the 64-bit tipping point
Over five years after the
launch of the first x86-64 desktop CPU, 64-bit versions of Windows
are finally poised to take over. DailyTech
got the scoop from several sources inside Microsoft, one of which said over 25% of Vista installations in the U.S. were 64-bit at the end of 2008.
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23.01.2009Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 brings 64-bit compatibility
Adobe has officially released Photoshop Lightroom 2, following three months of beta testing for the photo management software. It is Adobe's first
product supporting 64-bit Windows Vista and OS X...
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29.07.2008Only Microsoft stands between me and 64-bit bliss
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Back in November of last year I switched one of the systems that I use regularly over
from Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit to 64-bit. I had expected that the switch
would be a painful one, but as it turned out, things went quite smoothly - so much so that now only Microsoft stands between me and 64-bit bliss.
When I decided to make the switch, I did it on a whim. If things worked out, I got full use of my 4GB or RAM (a move which would
pave the way to 8GB of RAM), bit if things got a bit too hairy and I couldnt get the system running right, Id abandon the experiment and go back to
32-bit and announce to the world that 64-bit is still not ready. Problem is, things went well. Too well. Everything just worked and I was lulled
into thinking that 64-bit headaches were a thing of the past. Sure, the drivers I needed for a particular piece of hardware might not be on the CD
supplied, but Id be able to find them on the web when I needed them.
Then I got a Microsoft Fingerprint Reader for
Christmas...
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07.01.2008Application Specific Glass Colorization in Windows 7?
Microsoft might be introducing application specific glass renderings. The color of the glass frame around a window can be changed in Vista, but the
change is global to the system. The color of any particular window glass frame can not be set by choice. But, how about being able to change the
color/opacity level of a the glass frame of any application through defined events or commands? According to a Patent number 7418668:
A
method for changing a color value and/or level of opacity value of a glass appearance window frame for an application window is described. The method
includes steps of determining a defined color value and a defined level of opacity value to apply to a glass appearance window frame and displaying
the glass appearance window frame in accordance with the defined color value and the defined level of opacity value. A command may be received to
apply the defined color value and the defined level of opacity value to the glass appearance window frame, thereby applying the defined color value
and level of opacity value to the glass appearance window frame. Color values and/or level of opacity values may be changed automatically, be
application specific, and/or be changed in response to receipt of an input from a user to change one or more portions of a default configuration.
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06.09.2008Microsoft's Exchange 12,
Longhorn SBS, Centro Will Be
64-Bit Only
[b]Microsoft announces that
the next version of Exchange,
its upcoming Windows Server
"Longhorn" Small Business
Server and its Centro
infrastructure solution for
midsize businesses will only
be released as 64-bit.
[/b]
Microsoft
Corp. is pushing forward with
its plan to embrace 64-bit
computing across all its
products and has decided that
the next version of Microsoft
Exchange as well as the
upcoming Windows Server
"Longhorn" Small Business
Server and its Centro
infrastructure solution for
midsize businesses will only
be released as 64-bit and
optimized for x64 hardware.
Bob Muglia, senior
vice president of Microsoft
Server and Tools, announced
this at the IT Forum being
held in Barcelona, Spain...
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