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Vista 32/64 bit Replacement Program Question.

AnnixAnnix Registered User new member
edited March 2007 in Games and Technology
Hey guys, well its my first post and I'm not going to reach up into my anal cavity of horrid rechedness and possible doom to say that I've been trolling here for a long time.Because I havent.I've been reading penny arcade for an amount of time so vast that its sheer expanse could cover all that is known by man.(since '04) and took chance that the greatest assembly of putridly massive brains could help me in my peril.So questione numero uno:I recieved my windows vista upgrade pack when I bought my new pc in january,but unfortunately recieved the 32 bit home premium even though I have an amd 64x2 (Who's collection of "bits" is 64).I then saw found a microsoft site which had details on a program where you could just send yur 32 bit copy or 64 to get switcherooded.I ctrl+d that page making it my eternal slave of dark bookmark power.Unfortunately my hard drive crashed (Damn You B.S.O.D.!) and I no longer can find the site where there was information on where to do this.If any of your meat shells retain the knowledge I seek it would be appreciated.And is going frm 32-64 even a big enough deal that I should bother sending it out?Thanks for the advice humanoids.


Looking forward to posting here in the future!

(That was the single greatest display of nerdly-ness that I have ever typed so I hope that you will revel in it)

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  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2007
    Does this help? (The drop-down box at the bottom should be what you're looking for..)

    If you bought the OEM version though you're pretty much out of luck.

    I've got 64-bit Vista Ultimate and the only pain was making sure all my drivers were 64-bit. So make sure you find motherboard, graphics, LAN, audio, any USB attachments drivers in 64-bit flavours before you start formatting and reinstalling..

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  • AnnixAnnix Registered User new member
    edited March 2007
    Well that is what I was looking for in a way, but the actual page im talking about was just for the program and it didnt have to be a retail copy.Is there even that much of a diffrence that its worth upgrading?

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  • CZroeCZroe Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Who told you to avoid spaces with punctuation? That said, understand that the 64-bit OS doesn't really offer performance improvements unless you need ungodly amounts of memory of do intensive 64-bit math calculations. Almost all you'd be gaining is lowered software compatability. That said, my OCD ass wants 64-bit too. ;)

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