Windows XP 64 Emulating 32bit Mode

[Guest tekki]

When installing an application on Windows under these circumstances, by

running a setup.exe application, drivers and utility included. Will the EXE

automatically run the installation for the 32 bit drivers or will it continue

to install the drivers for XP64?

[Guest S.SubZero]

Re: Windows XP 64 Emulating 32bit Mode

 

Since XP64 cannot use 32-bit drivers, it will refuse to install or use

them.

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Windows XP 64 Emulating 32bit Mode

 

64-bit Windows can not and will not use 32-bit system level drivers. If your

application requires a system level driver, and the vendor hasn't provided a

64-bit version of the driver, you're out of luck. (Most applications have no

need a system level drivers, and have no issue at all with installing in

64-bit Windows.)

 

The installer for your 32-bit application should install the necessary

64-bit drivers if it needs them, _and the vendor supports 64bit with the

correct drivers_. (An example of this can be seen from many of the A-V

programs out there that support 64-bit Windows, but whose underlying

applications have remained predominantly 32-bit.)

 

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Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

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

 

 

"tekki" <tekki@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> When installing an application on Windows under these circumstances, by

> running a setup.exe application, drivers and utility included. Will the

> EXE

> automatically run the installation for the 32 bit drivers or will it

> continue

> to install the drivers for XP64?