Re: Running a 32-bit app in 64-bit Vista

[Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

That is what I assumed, but you know what they say about that...

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On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Lukas Beeler
<lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 20:37, Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > My sister called saying that she has an application that she needs for
> class
> > needs to run on 32-bit Windows Vista and, according to the school's tech
> > support, won't run in 64bit Vista. Is there a way to force 32-bit mode
> for
> > this application? I know very little about 64-bit Windows.
>
> 32bit Applications running on 64bit Windows will automatically execute
> in WoW64 (Windows on Windows), a 32bit environment.
>
> However, WoW64 is restricted to userspace - if an application needs to
> load a driver, it will fail, because 64bit Windows only accepts signed
> 64bit drivers.
>
> Try if the application works - a very high percentage of 32bit
> applications work flawlessly on 64bit Windows.The only ones that don't
> are security applications (they need device drivers to intercept other
> programs) or programs with extended copy protections (extremely old
> video games, or some professional software like CAD applications).
>
> If it does not work on 64bit Windows, you will need to setup a 32bit
> VM. Use VirtualBox, VMware Player or Microsoft's Virtual PC. All three
> are free.
>
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