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Thanks Lord Bob, that's what I was afraid of...
But you also raise an interesting possibility -- let me see if I have this clearly. I have a license key that I bought, along with a 32-bit physical disk for installation. If I understand you correctly, I can borrow a 64-bit disk from a buddy, use my own license key for installation, and everything will work fine? Would it need to be the same "level" (ex: I have Win 7 Pro, so would the x64 also need to be the Pro version)?
Are there any legal issues at work here? I'm not interested in "getting away" with anything... Hell, I'd be happy to give Microsoft an extra $20 for just the x64 media if my key will work with it...
Thanks for your patience with the questions...
Last edited by Vratar; 09 Jul 2010 at 22:46. Reason: edited for clarity
Lordbob,
ummm, not to contradict you on this, my 1st post on this forum, but I am typing this msg on a Gateway GT5040 w/1Gb RAM.... & have been functioning fairly well for a couple/few weeks... Don't worry, I'm getting another 2Gb tonite....
Elisedai
Just wanted to follow up with my progress in getting a copy of the x64 media. This is actually information you can find elsewhere on this site, but I thought it would be helpful in this thread as well.
Remember at the Win 7 launch, when MS (through Digital River) had a student promotion where currently-enrolled students could get a Win 7 upgrade for $30US? Do you also remember that it turned into a disaster, because the update files they sold were corrupt? Well, the way they fixed it was to just post .ISO files of the full DVDs, so people could download the media, burn a DVD, and install that way. Those .ISO files are still there. Follow this link for a story and links to the files:
Microsoft responds to Windows 7 student upgrade SNAFU with direct ISO download
Caveat: I have a license from that promotion, so I should have no problem using this media. But, I have no way of knowing if the media will work only with the student promotion license.
I expect to be building my new machine in the next few days. I'll post back and let you know how it went.
Hmm, there are many programs that are incompatible with 64-bit, at least for now. I would prefer 64-bit but the compatibility with other programs that require 32-bit would get in my way.