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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 26506" data-attributes="member: 6277">To run a 64-bit version of Windows, your computer must have a 64-bit-capable processor. To find out if your processor is 64-bit-capable in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, do the following:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Open Performance Information and Tools by clicking the Start button <img src="http://res2.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/Windows%207/main/4/f/4f6cbd09-148c-4dd8-b1f2-48f232a2fd33/4f6cbd09-148c-4dd8-b1f2-48f232a2fd33.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />, and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type Performance Information and Tools, and then, in the list of results, click Performance Information and Tools.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Do one of the following: 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; In Windows 7, click View and print detailed performance and system information. </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; In Windows Vista, click View and print details.</li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; In the System section, you can see what type of operating system you're currently running under System type, and whether or not you can run a 64-bit version of Windows under 64-bit capable. (If your computer is already running a 64-bit version of Windows, you won't see the 64-bit capable listing.) </li>
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[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 26506, member: 6277"] To run a 64-bit version of Windows, your computer must have a 64-bit-capable processor. To find out if your processor is 64-bit-capable in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, do the following: [LIST] [*] Open Performance Information and Tools by clicking the Start button [IMG]http://res2.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/Windows%207/main/4/f/4f6cbd09-148c-4dd8-b1f2-48f232a2fd33/4f6cbd09-148c-4dd8-b1f2-48f232a2fd33.jpg[/IMG], and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type Performance Information and Tools, and then, in the list of results, click Performance Information and Tools. [*] Do one of the following: [LIST] [*] In Windows 7, click View and print detailed performance and system information. [*] In Windows Vista, click View and print details. [/LIST] [*] In the System section, you can see what type of operating system you're currently running under System type, and whether or not you can run a 64-bit version of Windows under 64-bit capable. (If your computer is already running a 64-bit version of Windows, you won't see the 64-bit capable listing.) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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