Go from 64 bit to 32 bit?

PapaJohn · 19 Jun 2010

Bought an OEM 64 bit Win 7 and wonder if I can "degrade" to 32 bit from the same disc. Any ideas?

theog · 19 Jun 2010

Sorry NO, you will need a x32 DVD.

BCXtreme · 19 Jun 2010

theog is correct. The retail Windows 7 packages come with both 32- and 64-bit, but the OEM discs only come with one or the other.

Out of curiosity, why is it you want to downgrade?

PapaJohn · 19 Jun 2010

Thanks for the responses. After many upgrades and much frustration, I finally got used to Vista, and was using OneNote to keep organized and to reduce paper use. (I do most finances online and print receipts & statements to file in Onenote) I am currently using Office 2007 and just found out that 64 bit 7 will not support "print to OneNote." Windows calendar is also missing in Win 7. Makes me wish I had stayed with Vista!

bobkn · 19 Jun 2010

PapaJohn said:

Thanks for the responses. After many upgrades and much frustration, I finally got used to Vista, and was using OneNote to keep organized and to reduce paper use. (I do most finances online and print receipts & statements to file in Onenote) I am currently using Office 2007 and just found out that 64 bit 7 will not support "print to OneNote." Windows calendar is also missing in Win 7. Makes me wish I had stayed with Vista!

This looks like a bit of a kludge, but there's a work-around to restore something like the "print to OneNote" feature in Vista (and probably Win7) X64. I haven't tried it.

http://xps2onenote.codeplex.com/