Is there any reason not to install a 64bit OS now?

J.B · 12 Jun 2009 at 00:05

evil-onion said:
if you use usb internet then forget about it... i cant get it to work, and there isnt much support for finding a solution.

im either going to have to network my pc's together through an xp laptop for connection, or rollback to xp 32bit and lose 2gb ram to get my pc to connect to the internet

What is USB internet? Do you mean using a USB modem? If you've checked the manufacturers site for new drivers then why not just buy a cheap router?

If you have multiple PCs in your house then it makes perfect sense.

theheyes · 12 Jun 2009 at 00:12

He might mean those "Mobile Broadband" USB dongles.

PC edit - or she.

Strife212 · 12 Jun 2009 at 00:16

Meatball said:
Why are so many people scared of 64bit? .

Because 64 bit XP was a truly vile OS with no drivers

Vista is perfect though, the developers HAVE to make a 64 bit version or Microsoft won't Sign the drivers.

NathanE · 12 Jun 2009 at 07:47

Strife212 said:
Because 64 bit XP was a truly vile OS with no drivers

No XP x64 was awesome and providing you had modern hardware and didn't try to use some USB printer/scanner the driver support was fine.

lokkers · 12 Jun 2009 at 08:16

NathanE said:
No XP x64 was awesome and providing you had modern hardware and didn't try to use some USB printer/scanner the driver support was fine.

That's not entirely true. I installed XP x64 a while ago and was amazed to find that Windows Live applications won't install as they aren't supported (Messenger and Live Mail). I'm sure you could hack your way round it, but I couldn't see anything obvious, so that experiment was short lived!

NathanE · 12 Jun 2009 at 09:40

I never had any problems using MSN on XP x64 back when I was using it a year or so ago...

bledd · 12 Jun 2009 at 09:59

wombraider said:
How many apps you run on your PC are 64bit ?

I am waiting until more than 50% I use are 64bit , then it will be worth while upgrading

that's daft..

windows itself is a bunch of apps, in 64bit, they're all 64!

bledd · 12 Jun 2009 at 10:00

evil-onion said:
if you use usb internet then forget about it... i cant get it to work, and there isnt much support for finding a solution.

im either going to have to network my pc's together through an xp laptop for connection, or rollback to xp 32bit and lose 2gb ram to get my pc to connect to the internet

no-one should use usb internet

get a router

and yes, XP64 was godly

lokkers · 12 Jun 2009 at 10:10

NathanE said:
I never had any problems using MSN on XP x64 back when I was using it a year or so ago...

Certainly the Live applications aren't supported, and as I use Live Mail it meant XP x64 was a no-no. It was only going on the laptop as an experiment, so I just scrubbed the partition and continued using Vista x64.

evil-onion · 13 Jun 2009 at 14:46

J.B said:
What is USB internet? Do you mean using a USB modem? If you've checked the manufacturers site for new drivers then why not just buy a cheap router?

If you have multiple PCs in your house then it makes perfect sense.

its a usb dongle i got when i signed up to vodafone internet, it plugs into the pc and connects to the internet, how would it work having a router?

Daegan · 13 Jun 2009 at 14:58

evil-onion said:
its a usb dongle i got when i signed up to vodafone internet, it plugs into the pc and connects to the internet, how would it work having a router?

It wouldn't. You just confused people by referring to it as USB internet, which could mean anything, when in fact you're talking about mobile broadband.

Amnesia · 13 Jun 2009 at 21:00

if vista was only available in 64bit then progress would have been a bit quicker.
as it is...my experience of vista wasnt great so im still on xp.

if vista was only available in 64bit and microsoft were trying to push people into using a 64bit os i would have been far more forgiving towards vista.

Phil2008 · 14 Jun 2009 at 02:08

J.B said:
What is USB internet? Do you mean using a USB modem? If you've checked the manufacturers site for new drivers then why not just buy a cheap router?

If you have multiple PCs in your house then it makes perfect sense.

You beat me to it, I was gpnna say, just buy a router cos they can be had for silly money if you look around..... Actually I have 1 just lying about you can have for £5 inc the p&p?

Phil2008 · 14 Jun 2009 at 02:16

lokkers said:
That's not entirely true. I installed XP x64 a while ago and was amazed to find that Windows Live applications won't install as they aren't supported (Messenger and Live Mail). I'm sure you could hack your way round it, but I couldn't see anything obvious, so that experiment was short lived!

I got msn working on xp 64, you need the msi file.

Ravane · 14 Jun 2009 at 08:02

I'll be upgrading in a couple of weeks when I swap my mobo and get some more ram. Right now I'm using 32 bit XP with a Vista skin but it doesn't really compare.

evil-onion · 14 Jun 2009 at 15:21

what else could ussb internet mean? its the internet, connected by a usb dongle... so i called it usb internet... but for arguments sake, yes its mobile internet.

So... mobile internet doesnt work with 64bit, so if you have mobile internet and want to upgrade to 64 bit then your going to run into quite a few problems.

Im trying to get windows 7 to connect to my xp laptop but its becoming a nightmare. not sure im liking the whole 64 bit and windows 7 bandwagon at the moment.

Moredhel · 14 Jun 2009 at 15:50

Got a vodafone 3g dongle that works fine on Windows Vista x64 and Windows Server 2008 x64 here.

The version of mobile connect on the device didn't work, but the one you can download from the vodafone website works fine.

Doesn't like Windows 7 x64 or x32 at all though.

evil-onion · 14 Jun 2009 at 16:46

sadly im on windows 7 64bit

Daegan · 14 Jun 2009 at 18:33

Moredhel said:
Got a vodafone 3g dongle that works fine on Windows Vista x64 and Windows Server 2008 x64 here.

The version of mobile connect on the device didn't work, but the one you can download from the vodafone website works fine.

Doesn't like Windows 7 x64 or x32 at all though.

Try running the installer in Vista SP1 compatibility mode. If it installs fine try configuring the installed applications to run in Vista SP1 compatibility mode.