Questions tagged [32bit-64bit]
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Upgrade Windows XP 32-bit to 64-bit using repair (e.g. in-place upgrade)
I have a user with a Mac + VMware Fusion with a 32-bit Windows XP virtual machine. He needs a 64-bit OS for a project he is working on with the development team. It appears that the upgrade process to Windows 7 will most likely result in a clean…

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Windows 7 x64 not returning search results from Outlook 2010 x86
We're working on upgrading our office PCs to Windows 7 and Office 2010. At this time, I'm planning on deploying 64-bit Windows where possible to take advantage of the 4GB of RAM several PCs have. Office 2010 deployment is 32-bit at Microsoft's…

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Linux 2.6 32-bit + BIGMEM versus Linux 2.6 64-bit?
I've been told that 32-bit Linux with a bigmem kernel (when the system has >=4GB RAM) will perform better than 64-bit Linux.
I'd love to define "perform better than" for you, but unfortunately the person who told me this didn't elaborate/justify..…
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Rsync 32bit Ubuntu to 64bit instance
I am running Ubuntu Maverick (10.10) 32bit VPS on Linode. I want to use RackSpace for "functional" backups, but they only offer 64bit on their CloudServers.
Ideally I would like to be able to RSync /, but I suspect that will cause a mess with…

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Restoring an 64 SQL server 2005 backup to a 32 bit installation
I am under the impression that this cannot be done, but would love to know if it can. And if so, why?

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Can Windows Server 2003 (32 bit) host a 64 bit boot image for WDS?
I'm running WDS on a Windows Server 2003 (32 bit) system and need to capture a Windows 7 (64 bit) image and then image a lab of computers with the 64 bit image.
Can my 32 bit server host a 64 bit boot image, as well as capture a 64 bit machine for…

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What benefit do I get from using a 64-bit server?
Possible Duplicate:
What benefits are there to running a 64-bit Operating System?
I bought a small 256MB slice from slicehost and installed Ubuntu 10.04 64bit and wordpress on it. Performance was dismal as apache was eating up all my memory. Once…

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32bit vs 64bit guest VM and RAM usage
Why does a 32bit domU (Xen guest VM) use less RAM than a 64bit?
Notes: The same software complied for a different arch(AMD64 vs. 686). Obviously this is Linux or BSD or something easily ported. Maybe this is also a good one for SO.
I've read this is…

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What is the maximum memory a process (MySQL) can consume on a 32-bit OS?
I have MySQL running on a 32-bit RHEL box. The server itself has 4GB total memory with 2GB allocated to MySQL.
I would like to know the max amount of memory I can put in the box and how much of that I can allocate to MySQL.
I have heard both 2GB…

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Crash when attempting to install 32bit delphi service on 2008 r2
I have an old 32bit delphi application (with no source code), that is used as a windows service. It runs fine on windows 2003 32bit.
I do not know if it has been created as a service originally, or converted to one later on. It is supposed to get…

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Should I install GCC 64 bit on a new server?
I am going to rebuild my server and I am wondering whether I should install GCC 32 or 64 bit. I develop in Python and I use some libraries that would benefit from a 64 bit GCC installation but I am not sure if I am going to run into problems with…

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How to disable Program Files redirection for 32 bit Programs (for testing purposes)?
Customer somehow managed to set up their Windows servers so Program Files -> Program Files (x86) doesn't happen for 32 bit applications. The other redirections of Windows\System32 -> Windows\Syswow64 and HKLM\SOFTWARE -> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node…

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Trouble running a 32-bit VB app under Windows Server 2008 64-bit. Is WoW automatic or not?
I have an application developed by a third party which is written in VB.
It's a 32bit application and the missing DLL's are
olepro32.dll
and ieshims.dll
Where do I obtain these from? I want to download direct from Microsoft NOT a third…

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Enable 32-Bit Required In Only One of Three Environments for the Same Website
We have three environments (DEV, QA, PROD).
Each environment has two IIS web servers.
We got the following run time error on PROD only:
Server Error in '/' Application.
Unable to determine granted permission for assembly.
Description: An unhandled…

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cups' imagetopdf crashing Gnome Ubuntu 16.04 for Brother QL-700
I have installed printer drivers for a label printer according to directions here: http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2014-10-22-brother-ql-700-label-printer-usb
One thing I noticed is that the printer driver depends on 32-bit libstdc++
I'm able…

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