Got Vista x64 questions? I've got answers
I got a lot of great questions and comments via e-mail and in the Talkback section of my previous post on the sudden surge in adoption rates for Windows Vista x64. In this follow-up, I summarize the answers I’ve found for each question.
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5.8.2008 Microsoft Is Defending x64 Windows Vista
The 64-bit editions of Windows Vista have came under assault recently (read about it here and here), especially when it comes down to the kernel mode code signing security mitigation introduced in the x64 versions of the operating system.
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3.8.2007 x64 Vista SP2 JPG Rendering Performance Inferior to x86 Vista SP2's
The JPG rendering process on 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is inferior to that on the 32-bit variants of the operating system.
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10.6.2009 Vista x64 to require digital signatures for many drivers
With little fanfare, Microsoft just announced that the xX64 version of Windows Vista will require all kernel-mode code to be digitally signed. This is very different than the current WHQL program, where the user ultimately decides how they want to handle unsigned drivers.
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23.1.2006 Vista Timer Stopper Crack for x64 bit
S. Simon report, that Vista RTM Timer Stopper Crack work for x64 bit too. Follow the instructions.
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3.1.2007 Windows Vista Activator 2007 x86 and x64
Windows Vista Activator 2007 Activate Windows Vista Completely. Now support for both Windows Vista x86 and x64.
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8.7.2007 Dell No Longer Supports Vista x64...and Other Rants
Let me step onto my own personal soapbox for a minute. I've always been one of those do-it-yourself, "hardcore" PC guys. I believed that the only good desktop PC was one you built yourself, and that's just what I've done for the last 10 years.
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24.10.2007 Vista RTM x86 & x64 WGA Cracker v1.0
One of our users report this crack. It work with all versions of RTM Windows Vista x86 & x64. Your windows will be 100% genuine and you will be able to install all updates.
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17.2.2007 All 35 official Vista Ultimate MUI Packs x32 & x64
Here are all ever published official 35 Multi-Language Packs for Vista Ultimate users in one posting - delivered via direct download links fresh from the MSWindowsUpdate-server!
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25.10.2007 Windows 7 Build 7077 x64
Just 2 days ago the x86 flavor of build 7077 leaked to the intertubes, and, as rumored, x64 has slipped past the watchful eye of the Sinofsky Secret Police, so those of you who have postponed the upgrade because you don’t want an outdated architecture can finally get the latest and greatest to escape from the gates of Redmond.
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9.4.2009 Windows 7 Build 7057 x64 Surfaces
Those of you who have postponed downloading this shiny new build because of it’s ancient architecture can now grab it as the x64 flavor of this build has been spotted in the wild only 2 days after the x86 flavor leaked.
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13.3.3009 Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 x64 download
File Name: 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
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8.1.2009 Windows 7 build 7229 download x86 and x64
Windows 7 Build 7229 x86 & x64 will leak within few minute. It is expected that Zukona from Russia will leak windows 7 Build x86. The thread is started by saying members of the Technical Adoption Program (TAP) was given the 7229 build.
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11.6.2009 Windows 7 RTM 7600 download x86 and x64
Windows 7 RTM 7600 ( 7600.16384.090710-1945 ) download is here. Enjoy it!
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12.7.2009 Windows Live OneCare 2.0 Beta finaly with x64 support
In an email sent to Windows Live OneCare testers, Microsoft confirmed the imminent start of the OneCare 2.0 beta program. Designated as a "pre-premiere", OneCare 2.0 will not be available as a public beta initially.
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5.7.2007 NEW Activation crack for Windows Server 2008 SP1 x64
Ok How Active Windows Server 2008 ? Super Simple!!!
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17.10.2008 How to Activate Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 x86 and x64
How to Activateactivate windows 7 beta 1 build 7000 x86 and x64? Try this - Microsoft windows 7 activation ver 1.0 by wocarson.
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29.12.2008 Windows 7 beta build 6936/7000 x64 Activator
Windows 7 64Bit Activation By Orbit30. NOTE: this method is based on windows 7 build 6936 64Bit AND NOW FOR 7000 x64 as well
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8.1.2009 Windows 7 RC build 7100 x86 and x64 download
Microsoft just can’t keep these builds to themselves, eh? Yet another build has managed to slip past the watchful Redmond eye, this time being build 7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700, which is the official RC build that will be officially released by Microsoft in May.
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24.4.2009 Windows 7 RC build 7100 x86/x64 download
Microsoft has just announced the availability of the Windows 7 Release Candidate for MSDN and TechNet customers. In addition, we have confirmed that it is also available on Microsoft Connect for those enrolled in the Windows 7 test program.
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30.4.2009 Windows 7 Build 7137 download x32 and x64 + screenshots
First diwnload links of Windows 7 Build 7137 download x32 and x64 available here!
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27.5.2009 Windows 7 Build 7232 x64 VHD Image Download
Leaking of Windows 7 Builds still continues even after availability Windows 7 Release Candidate. We have seen Windows 7 Build 7201, Build 7227, Build 7229 & Build 7231 leaked on internet as ISO image or VHD Image.
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16.6.2009 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 Windows Server 2003 and XP x64 Editions Service Pack 2
There have been a few articles floating around on the Internet since we released the private beta of Windows Server 2003 SP2 a couple of weeks ago. To remove any mystery or speculation about what this Service Pack 2 is about, I thought I would take a couple of minutes to lay it out.
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2.8.2006 Download Windows 7 Build 7048 x64 (64-bit) Edition
Windows 7 Build 7048, which may possibly to become the release candidate for upcoming Windows 7 operating system, has had its 64-bit (x64) installation files leaked on Internet. The leaked x64 Windows 7 Build 7048 appears to have the same build number with the Windows 7 Build 7048 screenshots leaked previously, which is version 6.1.7048.0 (winmain.090219-1845).
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3.3.2009 Windows 7 Build 7106 Chinese Version - x86 & x64 Leaked
Yesterday a rumor started floating on internet that Windows 7 build 7106 will get leaked in 24 hours. However no one took this rumor seriously as their was no evidence or screenshot from claimer
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12.4.2009 Windows 7 RTM 7600 x86 and x64 activator - time crack
Here are 2 ways how to activate Windows 7 RTM 7600 x86 and x64.
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14.7.2009 Neowin.net - Live Messenger 8.5 update no longer supported on XP x64
From the Inside Windows Live Messenger Team Blog: Back in November we shipped the final version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 along with several other Windows Live applications and services.
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21.2.2008 Windows 7 E (Europe) Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
Microsoft Windows 7 E Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
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8.7.2009 Leaked Windows 7 RTM Direct Download Links for Both x86 and x64 Flavors
The leaked direct download links for Windows 7 followed promptly the October 22nd general availability deadline, offering end users access to the latest iteration of the Windows client.
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26.10.2009Shift to x64 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 ..
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31.07.2008I Spy the Windows Vista SP1 x64 Full DVD (integrated)
Keith Combs: The Windows Vista SP1 x64 .ISO file is now online in the TechNet Subscriber Downloads center. It's the fully integrated SP1 thus
allowing you to install the operating system from scratch. Although it says English, it's my understanding it includes French, German, Japanese and
Spanish as well.
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29.02.2008Download: Windows Vista x64 Recovery Disc
NeoSmart: Ever since we
first made available the Windows Vista
Recovery Disc for download back in January, we've been inundated with requests for
an
x64-compatible version. Flash-forward to three months later, and it's finally here!
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08.04.2008Microsoft lets loose Vista SP1 for x64-based systems
Additional info is available at
HEXUS.net and
Winfuture.de Engadget: Not a whole lot to say here,
but if you're running Vista on an x64-based system, you've probably already noticed
a little surprise courtesy of
Windows Update, which today started pushing out the x64 edition of
Vista Service Pack 1. If
you've been following things in SP1 land, you'll notice that's actually ahead of the neat and tidy Windows Update launch for non-x64 systems, but
behind the
unofficial options already available.
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21.02.2008Windows Home Server x64 Connector Announcement Coming at CES 2008
Good news is on the way for those of you who wish to use Windows Home Server with x64 home computers.
As many of you know, the
Windows Home Server Connector does not currently support x64 home computers, which has caused a lot of frustration and angst amongst early adopters of
the x64 platform. Microsoft have previously announced that they would provide x64 support for machines running Windows Vista (
check out our Q&A with
the WHS Team for more) - those of you running Windows XP x64 will have to upgrade, unfortunately.
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30.11.2007Next Release of OneCare Won't Support Vista x64
Peter GalliWhen Microsoft
announced that it was ready to
roll out Windows Live OneCare
version 1.5 to coincide with
the general release of Windows
Vista, it omitted one
important fact: the product
will not support Vista x64 or
XP x64. I received an email
this morning from a reader
telling me that the OneCare
v1.5 beta would not install on
his Vista test machine as it
was just for 32-bit systems.
"It would be nice, now that
64-bit Vista is set to go, to
specify if the software will
run properly in 64-bit," he
said. "Has this changed in
the final release? It would be
nice to know as I have OneCare
on all three home PCs, and
plan on upgrading all of them
to 64-bit Vista," he said.
So I asked
Microsoft, which confirmed
that, indeed, OneCare v1.5
would not run on Vista x64 or
Windows XP x64 for that
matter, "although it will
support 32-bit Windows on x64
hardware," a Microsoft
spokesperson told me. The
spokesperson was also pretty
non-committal about the
possibility of x64 support
going forward, saying "we
continually evolve OneCare to
meet customer demand, though
we have no further specifics
to share at this time around
potential support for x64 in
the future." My colleague Joe
Wilcox spoke to Gina Narkunas,
the lead product manager for
Windows Live OneCare, this
evening from London. She told
him that "it wasn't a
business priority to support
64-bit," because there is
"no consumer demand" for a
64-bit right now.
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24.01.2007Early Vista SP1 64-bit installs causing new problems?
An iTWire journo by the name of Alex
has found yet another Vista
SP1 issue to bitch about, this time it's the x64 version and early reports are pointing to several problems. Anything from the "Windows
Performance Rating" vanishing, to the poor souls Treo not being recognized through "Windows Mobile Center" after SP1 installation. There could be
many explanations for this happening: Either the guys laptop is so sucky that Vista did him a favor by simply hiding crap results, and his phone may
no longer sync to Mobile center because he has so few friends and contacts it just isn't worth it.
Vista may of done the guy a
favour.
Or Vista is indeed broke, and Microsoft need to sort it. Either way I am sick of all the ranting as of late, so much so that I will
be installing Windows Vista x64 SP1 just to annoy websites like iTWire,
InfoWorld and CNet (Staff bloggers) and all of
their readers to show them that any normal user can install Vista x64 SP1 and have everything work afterwards. Meanwhile a whambulance has been
dispatched to the above mentioned sites to pick up the whiney tossers.
Read full story.....
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25.02.2008Windows Vista x64 Must Use
Signed Drivers
With little fanfare, Microsoft
just announced that the x64
version of Windows Vista will
require all kernel-mode code
to be digitally signed. This
is very different than the
current WHQL program, where
the user ultimately decides
how they want to handle
unsigned drivers.
Vista driver
developers must obtain a
Publisher Identity Certificate
(PIC) from Microsoft.
Microsoft says they won't
charge for it, but they
require that you have a Class
3 Commercial Software
Publisher Certificate from
Verisign. This costs $500
per year, and as the name
implies, is only available to
commercial entities."
jcxp.net - 22.01.2006
Windows Vista Build 5456
Released!
As anticipated<
/a>, Microsoft have released
Windows Vista Build 5456 to
testers via MS Connect. The
build is available for both
x86 and x64 users. As ever,
beta testers with x64
compatible machines should
download and install the x64
version to aid the beta
testing and bug elimination
process.
The
entire build string is as
follows:
5456.5.060620-1700_winmain_i
dx03
The x86
DVD is 2,572.91 MB, and the
x64 DVD is 3,356.9 MB -
considerably smaller than past
releases. Testers can still
use their 5342 and up Product
Keys to install the Ultimate
SKU.
jcxp.net - 26.06.2006
Could this be what fixes Vista for a lot of us?
Microsoft has apparently
decided to release some
updates for Windows Vista x86
and x64 versions to the
testers.
Updates are:
Windows6.0-KB938194-x64.ms
u @ 3.65mb
Windows6.0-KB938194-x86.ms
u @ 2.13 mb
Windows6.0-KB938979-x64.ms
u @ 14.15mb
Windows6.0-KB938979-x86.ms
u @ 9.86mb
938979 Vista Performance
and Reliability Pack:
This update resolves a
number of individual issues
which may be affecting some
computers running Windows
Vista. These issues have been
reported by customers using
the Error Reporting service,
product support, or other
means. Installing this update
will improve the performance
and responsiveness for some
scenarios and improves
reliability of Windows Vista
in a variety of scenarios.
Some examples of the
improvements contained in this
update are...
winbeta.org - 30.07.2007
Windows Vista RC2 available to CPP Customers
This just in from Nick White
on the Windows Vista Team
Blog, thanks to betax
for the heads up.
I
encourage you to download and
install Windows Vista RC2.
We're almost finished with
Windows Vista - RTM is almost
here. Submit as many bugs as
you can as we continue to work
hard toward shipping.
Windows Vista RC2 is now
available to Customer Preview
Program participants for a
limited time . If you're
in the CPP use these links to
access RC2:
neowin.net - 07.10.2006
No 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...
betanews.com - 26.08.2006
Exploring Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition
In this overview of Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition,
Columnist Charlie Russel
explains what hardware and
software it supports...
WindowsXP/expertzone - 04.01.2006
OpsMgr 2007 SP1 RC Console crashes on x64
Andrzej Lipka: When you try to open the Distributed Application Designer from a console installed on an x64 server you may see the console crashes
with .NET error in the Application Log (something of type badimageformat).
This seems to be a bug in SP1 RC. To work around it
use a console from an x86-32 (32 bit) machine to connect to the x64 server.
On OpsMgr 2007 RTM this issue does not exist.
winbeta.org - 08.11.2007
Windows Vista Build 5365
Released
Microsoft has released build
5365 of Windows Vista, asking
testers to focus on the 64-bit
installations of the operating
system. The pre-Beta 2 build
has been released to members
of its TAP, Beta, and Partner
programs in x86 and x64
versions of the Ultimate
Edition...
betanews.com - 25.04.2006
Dell 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 ->
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 25.10.2007
x64 Kernel patch causes random restarts, fix on the way
Microsoft has disclosed that update 932596, a patch released for the Kernel Patch Protection
feature that is included with x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008, seems to be causing random restarts on
certain machines. A Stop error is then generated (error code 0x0000001E, 0x000000D1, or another Stop error code). x86 versions of Windows are not
affected since they do not include the Kernel Patch Protection feature (also known as PatchGuard), a technology that is meant to prevent third-party
interventions into the core of the operating system.
winbeta.org - 02.07.2008
Live OneCare Home Page Crashes Internet Explorer 7 x64
So I'm sitting here trying to
get the Windows Live OneCare
version 1.6 story up on the
front page, and I can't
figure out why Internet
Explorer 7 keeps crashing.
I've never ever seen it crash
before. And yet, it always
seems to happily commit
suicide right before I'm done
putting the news article
together. I finally track the
problem down to the fact I
keep launching the OneCare
home page to grab the link.
Yes, you read
correctly. It would appear
that Microsoft's Windows Live
OneCare home page causes IE7
64bit to crash. I took the
liberty of downloading Firefox
x64 to make sure it had
nothing to do with 64bit web
browsers in general. Nope,
Firefox loaded the page just
fine. How embarrassing for
Microsoft. The issue has been
reproduced on two separate
Windows Vista machines with
entirely different
configurations. Can anyone
confirm the issue with IE7 x64
on XP?
Note: On
Vista x64, IE7 32bit will load
the site correctly.
neowin.net - 06.06.2007
New Updates Available for Vista, Server 2008
Microsoft have released a few updates on the Microsoft Download Center to resolve various issues in Vista and Server 2008:
Vista:
-KB941229 (x86)
(x64): This update addresses issues with Media Center for Microsoft Vista.
-KB941651 (x86)
(x64): This is a reliability update. Install this update to improve the reliability of Windows Media Player 11 for Windows
Vista in certain scenarios.
-KB941600 (x86)
(x64): This update resolves some reliability issues in the USB core components on the Windows Vista operating system.
-KB941649 (x86) (x64):
This update resolves some compatibility and reliability issues in Windows Vista. By applying this update, you can achieve better reliability and
hardware compatibility in various scenarios.
Server 2008:
-KB942239 (x86)
(x64) (IA64):
Install this update for Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 to provide the same storage upgrade support that is included with Windows Server 2008 RC0.
winbeta.org - 02.10.2007
Frequently asked questions
about Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition
Columnist Charlie Russel
answers questions about
Windows XP Professional x64
Edition that have appeared
frequently in the new (and
very active) Microsoft Windows
64-bit Newsgroup...
WindowsXP/expertzone - 04.01.2006
