Window XP home edition SP2

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How can I find out that my Window XP home edition SP2, Ver. 5.1 is a 32 or 64
bits OS?
 
On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 11:31:00 -0800, Seyed
<Seyed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> How can I find out that my Window XP home edition SP2, Ver. 5.1 is a 32 or 64
> bits OS?



Almost certainly it's 32-bit Windows. Your question is a fairly common
one, and I've never seen anyone who had to ask be running the 64-bit
version (which is much less common). If you were running 64-bit
Windows, almost certainly you'd know it.

But to be sure, right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. If
yours is the 64-bit version, it will say so there.

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Seyed wrote:
> How can I find out that my Window XP home edition SP2, Ver. 5.1 is a 32 or 64
> bits OS?


If you have to ask, you're almost certainly running the 32-bit
version of WinXP. I'm not trying to be facetious; I'm sure you'd have
noticed paying several thousand dollars more for the Itanium or Itanium
II CPU required to run the original 64-bit version of WinXP Pro, or
whether or not you purchased a computer with an AMD Athlon64 or Intel
EM64T CPU.

There are, of course, no 64-bit versions of WinXP Home, WinXP TabletPC,
or WinXP MCE. Also, because WinXPx64 is available only as an OEM
license, it doesn't come in a box.

Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/overview.asp

To verify for yourself, Click Start > Run, type in "Winver" and
press <Enter>. If the resulting dialog box does not _explicitly_ state
that you have "Windows XP 64-Bit Edition" or "Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition," then you have a 32-bit OS.


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"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 11:31:00 -0800, Seyed
> <Seyed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > How can I find out that my Window XP home edition SP2, Ver. 5.1 is a 32 or 64
> > bits OS?
>
>
>
> Almost certainly it's 32-bit Windows. Your question is a fairly common
> one, and I've never seen anyone who had to ask be running the 64-bit
> version (which is much less common). If you were running 64-bit
> Windows, almost certainly you'd know it.
>
> But to be sure, right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. If
> yours is the 64-bit version, it will say so there.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

Thank you Ken and Bruce. You were both right. Hiether my XP home nor my XP
Pro are 64 bits. Thx
 
On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 12:09:00 -0800, Seyed
<Seyed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 11:31:00 -0800, Seyed
> > <Seyed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > How can I find out that my Window XP home edition SP2, Ver. 5.1 is a 32 or 64
> > > bits OS?
> >
> >
> >
> > Almost certainly it's 32-bit Windows. Your question is a fairly common
> > one, and I've never seen anyone who had to ask be running the 64-bit
> > version (which is much less common). If you were running 64-bit
> > Windows, almost certainly you'd know it.
> >
> > But to be sure, right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. If
> > yours is the 64-bit version, it will say so there.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> >
>
> Thank you Ken and Bruce. You were both right. Hiether my XP home nor my XP
> Pro are 64 bits. Thx


You're welcome. Glad to help.

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Seyed wrote:
> How can I find out that my Window XP home edition SP2, Ver. 5.1 is
> a 32 or 64 bits OS?

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> Almost certainly it's 32-bit Windows. Your question is a fairly
> common one, and I've never seen anyone who had to ask be running
> the 64-bit version (which is much less common). If you were running
> 64-bit Windows, almost certainly you'd know it.
>
> But to be sure, right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. If
> yours is the 64-bit version, it will say so there.

Not to mention that Windows XP Home Edition only *comes* in 32bit. ;-)

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On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:13:40 -0600, "Shenan Stanley"
<newshelper@gmail.com> wrote:

> Seyed wrote:
> > How can I find out that my Window XP home edition SP2, Ver. 5.1 is
> > a 32 or 64 bits OS?
>
> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> > Almost certainly it's 32-bit Windows. Your question is a fairly
> > common one, and I've never seen anyone who had to ask be running
> > the 64-bit version (which is much less common). If you were running
> > 64-bit Windows, almost certainly you'd know it.
> >
> > But to be sure, right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. If
> > yours is the 64-bit version, it will say so there.
>
> Not to mention that Windows XP Home Edition only *comes* in 32bit. ;-)


Yep! I missed that he said "home."


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