Hi, Keith.

If by 32bit you mean Windows XP, Windows 8 will not run a program written
for Windows XP.

That's not right, Keith. Almost all WinXP programs, whether 32-bit or
64-bit, will run fine in Vista, Win7 and 64-bit Win8. The few exceptions,
as others have pointed out, are those with 16-bit components (such as
loaders).

Some DRIVERS for hardware will need to be rewritten to work in a different
OS. Your Bluetooth device probably falls into this category. Have you
checked with ASUS? Recently? They may have written Win8 drivers for that
device by now.

RC
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"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message ...

On 11/4/2013 5:46 PM, Ken1943 wrote:
On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:06:17 GMT, (mathedman)
wrote:

I just bought a small, inexpensive (cheap??) HP 64 bit Win 8
laptop for a grandson. I doesn't run 32 bit stuff . What am I missing?
A setting somewhere?
64 bit runs 32 bit programs just fine. There is no setting. Are you sure
the programs are 32 bit ? 16 bit programs will not run, like some old
games.


KenW


If by 32bit you mean Windows XP, Windows 8 will not run a program
written for Windows XP. I learned this when I bought an ASUS Bluetooth
device that was advertised to run on Windows 7. I learned that it ran
in a compatibility box on Windows 7, and could not be cajoled into
running on Windows 8. (In my opinion running in a compatibility box is
not running on Windows 7)

As I remember Compatibility Boxes was an upgrade to the basic Windows 8.
If your version has a compatibility box you may try to run it that way.