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echo: win95
to: AUGUST ABOLINS
from: TOM WALKER
date: 2011-05-17 08:10:00
subject: 32 vs 64.

AA> TW> Which brings a question to my mind. What is the quick way to
AA> TW> find out. I am years, if ever, away to having a 64 Bit OS but
AA> TW> am courious.

AA>You could try the 64bit edition of Ubuntu. To test if your CPU/mobo is ready
AA>you could run the handy tool "Securable" at www.grc.com.

AA>"SecurAble indicates by displaying either a "32" or a
"64" whether the syste
AA>processor has the 64-bit instructions or extensions necessary to run 64-bit
AA>versions of Microsoft's present and future operating systems. "

I understand about finding out about the 64 bit Hardware. My question
was how do you detrmine on a machine IF it is a 64 Bit Operating system
Software?  Someone mentioned SIW but I lok and it did not indicate if
the OS was 64 bit. It did say the Hardware was 32 bit though
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