security

[lbo]

how can one determine 32 bit or 64 bit as I noticed a
differnce for security downloads

[Gene K]

If you are running XP Home almost certainly it is the 32 bit system. If you
have a 64 bit system you would know it because of the expense involved like
a $5-6000 dollar cost for the Computer. The cards to utilize 64 bit stuff
are inordinately expensive. Take the 32 bit stuff and don't worry about it.
It is recorded somewhere under one of the Control Panel icons. When you have
oppurtunity, click some of them (such as the System icon) and look around
t6o satisfy yourself.
Gene K


lbo wrote:
> how can one determine 32 bit or 64 bit as I noticed a
> differnce for security downloads

[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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"lbo" > wrote in message
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> how can one determine 32 bit or 64 bit as I noticed a
> differnce for security downloads