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32-bit on a 64-bit system
Hi everybody-
Just purchased a new laptop with Win 7 Home Premium (64-bit) OEM. Coming from a PC with Vista 32-bit, I'm really bummed at how many of my favorite programs I cannot install on the 64-bit system. Unfortunately I just don't know enough about how Win 7 handles 32-bit programs, but I know (I think) it does run them. Looked in Task Manager and have many programs running with the *32 after the program name. Am I missing something in that some programs are running 32-bit and were able to be installed on this 64-bit system? But some programs can't be installed? Sorry for the ignorance and any help in trying to understand this better.
-Mark