Guest JIP Posted April 6, 2008 Posted April 6, 2008 Hi I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit. One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says it doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have found workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to work in 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system? Thanks
Guest Carlos Posted April 6, 2008 Posted April 6, 2008 RE: Google Earth Hi, My kids run Google Earth on Vista x64 Ultimate with no problems. Should apply also to Vista Home Premium. Carlos "JIP" wrote: > Hi > > I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit. > > One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says it > doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have found > workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to work in > 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system? > > Thanks > >
Guest John Barnes Posted April 6, 2008 Posted April 6, 2008 Re: Google Earth I haven't had any problems with it either. No special install or any other changes. "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BD7F7C46-16D3-4B68-8B5F-3D119EC8ABEC@microsoft.com... > Hi, > My kids run Google Earth on Vista x64 Ultimate with no problems. > Should apply also to Vista Home Premium. > Carlos > > "JIP" wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit. >> >> One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says >> it >> doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have found >> workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to work >> in >> 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system? >> >> Thanks >> >>
Guest Dustin Harper Posted April 6, 2008 Posted April 6, 2008 Re: Google Earth It works great with Vista x64 (Ultimate) here. Maybe they have problems with certain systems, I'm not sure. But, I don't have any issues whatsoever with it. -- Dustin Harper dharper@vistarip.com http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page "JIP" <fred@xxunusedy12g.com> wrote in message news:u1ieQCAmIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit. > > One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says > it doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have > found workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to > work in 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system? > > Thanks
Guest JIP Posted April 6, 2008 Posted April 6, 2008 Re: Google Earth "JIP" <fred@xxunusedy12g.com> wrote in message news:u1ieQCAmIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit. > > One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says > it doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have > found workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to > work in 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system? > > Thanks Strange, their own website says it doesn't work. Oh well, I'll find out in due course. Thanks for the replies
Guest BubuXP Posted April 6, 2008 Posted April 6, 2008 Re: Google Earth JIP ha scritto: > "JIP" <fred@xxunusedy12g.com> wrote in message > news:u1ieQCAmIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Hi >> >> I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit. >> >> One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website >> says it doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to >> have found workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some >> programmes to work in 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE >> on such a system? >> >> Thanks > Strange, their own website says it doesn't work. Oh well, I'll find out > in due course. > > Thanks for the replies Maybe they mean it doesn't run in *pure only* 64 bit mode...
Guest miso@sushi.com Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 Re: Google Earth On Apr 6, 9:07 am, "JIP" <f...@xxunusedy12g.com> wrote: > Hi > > I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit. > > One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says it > doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have found > workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to work in > 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system? > > Thanks At one time it didn't work on X64, but that was years ago. I did check and you are correct that the website says 64 bit OS are not supported. However, in the release note, there is more up to date information: ------------------ - Google Earth supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP-x64. - Google Earth has been tested on Windows Vista(Beta 2 Build 5308) and is supported (Beta 3 and above has not been tested). To complete the Google Earth install process on Vista using a Standard User account, a Local Administrator password must be used. - Google Earth does not support Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME or older operating systems. ---------------
Guest R. C. White Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 Re: Google Earth Hi, Miso. Google Earth runs fine on my Vista Ultimate x64 SP1, even in IE8 beta 1, except that Google MAPS display is weird in IE8b1. (Several of us have reported this in the IE8 beta newsgroup.) Actually, of course, Google Earth itself is still beta, according to Help | About: <paste> Google Earth 4.2.0205.5730 Build Date Nov 13 2007 Build Time 17:56:09 Renderer DirectX 8 Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) Video Driver 00001002 (00007.00014.00010.00532) Max Texture Size 4096x4096 Server kh.google.com User License Key </paste> I don't find the release note that you quoted, but we were testing "Windows Vista(Beta 2 Build 5308)" about 2 years ago. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1) <miso@sushi.com> wrote in message news:581dbefd-1f43-4242-a098-0e81617b6ee7@w5g2000prd.googlegroups.com... > On Apr 6, 9:07 am, "JIP" <f...@xxunusedy12g.com> wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit. >> >> One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says >> it >> doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have found >> workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to work >> in >> 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system? >> >> Thanks > > At one time it didn't work on X64, but that was years ago. I did check > and you are correct that the website says 64 bit OS are not supported. > However, in the release note, there is more up to date information: > ------------------ > - Google Earth supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server > 2003, and > Windows XP-x64. > > - Google Earth has been tested on Windows Vista(Beta 2 Build 5308) and > is > supported (Beta 3 and above has not been tested). To complete the > Google > Earth install process on Vista using a Standard User account, a Local > Administrator password must be used. > > - Google Earth does not support Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, > Windows ME or older operating systems. > ---------------
Guest Carol Steele Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 RE: Google Earth No problems with Google Earth on my system either (Vista x64 Ultimate) - simply installed it. It is strangely addictive and I have relived many childhood memories tracking places I once knew and old addresses where I once lived.
Guest R. C. White Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 Re: Google Earth Hi, Carol. Me, too. ;<) And my grandson loves it! He'll be 5 next week. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1) "Carol Steele" <CarolSteele@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:82A151B3-20E0-4504-8DA3-3A5FF3D0637F@microsoft.com... > No problems with Google Earth on my system either (Vista x64 Ultimate) - > simply installed it. > > It is strangely addictive and I have relived many childhood memories > tracking places I once knew and old addresses where I once lived.
Guest Jeff Berger Posted August 26, 2008 Posted August 26, 2008 Google Earth I have a 64-bit SP1 Windows Vista Home Premium and Google Earth does NOT work with it. All I get is blurry images in either rendering format. Suggestions welcome.
Guest R. C. White Posted August 26, 2008 Posted August 26, 2008 Re: Google Earth Hi, Jeff. Google Earth works fine in my Vista Ultimate x64 SP1. To give you any meaningful help, we'll need to know a lot more about your computer than what you've told us so far - which is nothing. :>( When I click Help in Google Earth, then About Google Earth, I get a box with this info: Google Earth 4.2.0205.5730 Build Date Nov 13 2007 Build Time 17:56:09 Renderer DirectX 8 Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) Video Driver 00001002 (00007.00014.00010.00597) Max Texture Size 4096x4096 Server kh.google.com What do you see in that box? Please tell us at least the make and model of your computer, or of the motherboard/chipset/BIOS if you built it yourself. And tell us about the graphics card and monitor. One good way to collect this information is to press Start, type "dxdiag", and press Enter. This runs the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (included in Vista), which tell us more than most of us need to know about our graphics hardware and software. It takes several seconds to complete, so wait for it. Then, if you like, you can click the box to also Run 64-bit DxDiag. Check out each tab, or just Next Page. The second tab, "Display", is probably the most important to diagnosis your problem. We don't need to know EVERYTHING about your rig, but at least tell us about the parts that might affect your Google Earth display. Google Maps also work fine in my IE7 (x86), but they do not display correctly for me in IE8 Beta 1. That's not too surprising in a beta browser, and they are aware of this; we hope it will work right in Beta 2, due Real Soon Now. Google Earth is a 32-bit application; I've not yet figured out how to load it into 64-bit IE7. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1) "Jeff Berger" wrote in message news:2008826105519jeff@jmbcommunications.com... > I have a 64-bit SP1 Windows Vista Home Premium and Google Earth does NOT > work with it. All I get is blurry images in either rendering format. > Suggestions welcome.
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