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  • P Pete OHanlon

    No.

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    User 8282317
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    Really? why?

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      If I have a 32 bit OS can I install virtual PC on it and run a 64 bit OS on it VPC?

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      Pete OHanlon
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      No.

      *pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

      "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

      My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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      • P Pete OHanlon

        No.

        *pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

        "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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        If I have a 32 OS and I need to run a software that need 64 bit what to do in this case? I was thinking of installing VPC and install win 7 on it

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          Really? why?

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          wizardzz
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          It's not a setting, it's the hardware.

          "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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            Really? why?

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            realJSOP
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            Please step in front of my pistol, smile, and wait for the flash.

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              Really? why?

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              loctrice
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              You might try here

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              • U User 8282317

                If I have a 32 OS and I need to run a software that need 64 bit what to do in this case? I was thinking of installing VPC and install win 7 on it

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                realJSOP
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                Member 8317792 wrote:

                If I have a 32 OS and I need to run a software that need 64 bit what to do in this case? I was thinking of installing VPC and install win 7 on it

                I was thinking you're not very observant.

                ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                  If I have a 32 OS and I need to run a software that need 64 bit what to do in this case? I was thinking of installing VPC and install win 7 on it

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                  David Knechtges
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                  Yeah you can do something - install the 64 bit OS instead of using the 32 bit you have now

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                    Member 8317792 wrote:

                    If I have a 32 OS and I need to run a software that need 64 bit what to do in this case? I was thinking of installing VPC and install win 7 on it

                    I was thinking you're not very observant.

                    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                    User 8282317
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                    No solution was found in your reply please try again

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                      No solution was found in your reply please try again

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                      realJSOP
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                      Did you see my other reply? There's a solution there...

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                      • U User 8282317

                        If I have a 32 bit OS can I install virtual PC on it and run a 64 bit OS on it VPC?

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                        OriginalGriff
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                        Yes - but you would have to install the OS twice, with different product keys. Since one of these would have to be in the high 32 bits, you can probably do it most easily by placing your two OS disks in the drive together, one each way up.

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                          If I have a 32 bit OS can I install virtual PC on it and run a 64 bit OS on it VPC?

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                          Nagy Vilmos
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                          You can have it the other way - 32 bit running on a 64 bit machine - but not the other way around. It's a simple thing to do with the word size on the cpu - you can't put 64 into 32 but 32 into 64 is easy. Remember, if the words don't fit you can't commit.


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                            If I have a 32 bit OS can I install virtual PC on it and run a 64 bit OS on it VPC?

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                            lewax00
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                            Apparently some virtual machine software allows for that if you have 64-bit hardware with a 32-bit OS (VMWare does I think). Also it seems that QEMU can fake 64-bit hardware, but from my understanding it only works on Linux. I found all this in about 2 minutes of Googling. Try Googling "64 bit virtual machine on 32 bit os" (sans quotations) for more information.

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                              If I have a 32 OS and I need to run a software that need 64 bit what to do in this case? I was thinking of installing VPC and install win 7 on it

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                              Pete OHanlon
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                              Do you have a 64 bit machine? If so, look at dual booting into 64 and 32 bit instances.

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                              "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                              My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                                Yes - but you would have to install the OS twice, with different product keys. Since one of these would have to be in the high 32 bits, you can probably do it most easily by placing your two OS disks in the drive together, one each way up.

                                Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

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                                emartinho
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                                MAN! That's just mean! GOOD ONE! :)

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                                • W wizardzz

                                  It's not a setting, it's the hardware.

                                  "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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                                  Wjousts
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                                  To be fair, he was talking about a 32 OS. He didn't specify if the hardware was 32 or 64 bit. I'd still assume (not knowing too much about VM's other than the one I have running on CentOS is a huge PITA) no if you are running the virtual machine on top the 32 bit OS, but if you're running it on bare metal then it should be fine.

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    Yes - but you would have to install the OS twice, with different product keys. Since one of these would have to be in the high 32 bits, you can probably do it most easily by placing your two OS disks in the drive together, one each way up.

                                    Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

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                                    Steve Mayfield
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                                    A dual core processor is also a must - make sure the cores are placed side by side :laugh:

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                                      To be fair, he was talking about a 32 OS. He didn't specify if the hardware was 32 or 64 bit. I'd still assume (not knowing too much about VM's other than the one I have running on CentOS is a huge PITA) no if you are running the virtual machine on top the 32 bit OS, but if you're running it on bare metal then it should be fine.

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                                      wizardzz
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                                      True. That was my error, I assumed he was on 32bit hw.

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                                        If I have a 32 bit OS can I install virtual PC on it and run a 64 bit OS on it VPC?

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                                        Lost User
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                                        Not a clue. VirtualBox can do that (with caveats).

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                                          If I have a 32 bit OS can I install virtual PC on it and run a 64 bit OS on it VPC?

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                                          Clifford Nelson
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                                          One of the problems with running a 64 bit system under 32 bit is that 32 bit does not understand what is happening in 64 bit system. You could create one I guess, but why bother from the point of view of the people developing VM software. One of the big issues with VM's is that need lots of memory. You get above 3-4 gb, and the host (32 bit) os cannot handle more, so cannot allocate. With modern OS's, lots of memory is required, particularly 64 bit. I doubt you will have much luck finding recent generation VM software that is even going to run on 32 bit systems since they are considered obsolescent in higher end systems. Right now Hyper-V only supports 64-bit hosts. Virtual PC supports 32 bit and 64 bit hosts, but I think it only currently supports older OS’s, and only 32 bit What you might be able to do is have a 32 bit system running under the host 64 bit system, and then control the allocation of VM’s from the 32-bit system. Should be able to do this control using PowerShell 2.0. I know that Microsoft VMM does this function, but the current

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