32 or 64 bit

[sanford hochman]

When I found the patch to download for security to my
Windows XP system, the choices included were for XP 32
bit and XP 64 bit. I have a home XP Windows version, with
512 RAM. It is the 8200 Dimesion Dell Computer. how do I
know whether to choose the 32 or 64 bit patch? And where
can I locate this information? Thank you,
Sanford Hochman

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If you have to ask, you're almost definitely running the 32-bit
version of WinXP. (I'm sure you'd have noticed paying several
thousand dollars more for the Itanium or Itanium II CPU required to
run the 64-bit version of WinXP Pro.) Additionally, there is no
64-bit version of WinXP Home.

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


Bruce Chambers

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"sanford hochman" > wrote in message
...
> When I found the patch to download for security to my
> Windows XP system, the choices included were for XP 32
> bit and XP 64 bit. I have a home XP Windows version, with
> 512 RAM. It is the 8200 Dimesion Dell Computer. how do I
> know whether to choose the 32 or 64 bit patch? And where
> can I locate this information? Thank you,
> Sanford Hochman