Upgrade from 32 to 64-Bit Vista Home Premium

[Guest Hidde van der Kooij]

I purchased a laptop and it is a 32-Bit Home Premium and I got a program

(TuneUp) which claims that I have a 64-Bit processor. My question is, how do

I upgrade from 32 to 64 and what would happen. My processor is 64-Bit but

maybe some other important hardware on my computer is 32-Bit and will not

allow the upgrade from 32 to 64 and will not work any more. Is there some

program written by Microsoft which can assure me that nothing will go wrong

if I upgrade?

[Guest John Barnes]

Re: Upgrade from 32 to 64-Bit Vista Home Premium

 

No. You are on your own to check out each piece of hardware and software to

make sure it is 64-bit Vista compatible or has 64-bit drivers.

 

"Hidde van der Kooij" <Hidde van der Kooij@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

in message news:D5BC0D35-B6AD-4BA4-AA08-D4156482A59F@microsoft.com...

>I purchased a laptop and it is a 32-Bit Home Premium and I got a program

> (TuneUp) which claims that I have a 64-Bit processor. My question is, how

> do

> I upgrade from 32 to 64 and what would happen. My processor is 64-Bit but

> maybe some other important hardware on my computer is 32-Bit and will not

> allow the upgrade from 32 to 64 and will not work any more. Is there some

> program written by Microsoft which can assure me that nothing will go

> wrong

> if I upgrade?

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Upgrade from 32 to 64-Bit Vista Home Premium

 

As John points out, you need to do your own homework here. Start with your

laptop mfg - make sure that there are drivers for everything built into that

laptop for 64bit. Beyond that, however, you need to understand that if you

bought your laptop with built in Vista, it is an OEM copy of Vista and you

will need to buy a new 64-bit version - there are no switch rights for OEM

versions of Vista.

 

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Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Hidde van der Kooij" <Hidde van der Kooij@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

in message news:D5BC0D35-B6AD-4BA4-AA08-D4156482A59F@microsoft.com...

>I purchased a laptop and it is a 32-Bit Home Premium and I got a program

> (TuneUp) which claims that I have a 64-Bit processor. My question is, how

> do

> I upgrade from 32 to 64 and what would happen. My processor is 64-Bit but

> maybe some other important hardware on my computer is 32-Bit and will not

> allow the upgrade from 32 to 64 and will not work any more. Is there some

> program written by Microsoft which can assure me that nothing will go

> wrong

> if I upgrade?

[Guest Hidde van der Kooij]

Re: Upgrade from 32 to 64-Bit Vista Home Premium

 

Thanks for the tips, and so soon :)