64-bit refers to processors that have a word length (the fundamental data type of registers and memory transfer operations) of 64 bits, allowing each word to hold 2^64 = 1.845 x 10^19 discrete values (over 4 billion times as much as a conventional 32-bit word).
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Java Applets fail to launch in Windows 7 64bit
Hi can you help? I'm having great trouble launching Java applets using Windows 7 64 bit. I have the 32 bit version of Java installed (as recommended, for use with 32 bit browsers). When I click on ...
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CentOS: safe to yum reinstall after removing 32-bit packages?
as per the CentOS FAQ on removing 32-bit packages present in a 64-bit install, is it safe to perform the last step:
You may also want to do this:
yum reinstall \*
The reason is that ...
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Windows 7 can't pair with bluetooth headphones, how do I fix this?
Got this pair of Nokia bluetooth headphones that used to work great under Windows, but now I can't get it to pair.
Is weird since it works perfectly on Ubuntu and even on another Win7 PC, but not ...
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1answer
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Sound laggy and distorted
I have a Dell 1764 laptop (Windows 7 64 bit), and I'm having an issue with the sound. It's been happening for a while, possibly since I re-installed windows a while back.
The sound sometimes will ...
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Processor Maximum and Minimum state missing from Power Options
Restarted my laptop after all-night torrenting, and when the exhaust fan felt unusually warm, I notice the setting is gone, my CPU is running on max-speed no matter what profile I choose (even ...
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System DSN vs user DSN
Every new computer in my company undergoes the same software installation process; one program in particular needs to access a MS SQL Server database via ODBC. The program is then used by multiple ...
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Linux Mint 13 (64) freeze with USB modem
I have an iBurst modem and a driver I installed from here:
http://lelanthran.com/deranged/?p=132
I'm running Mint 13 (64 Bit) - so it's the 3.2 kernel version.
After plugging in the USB modem - it ...
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can't start centos vm on a windows vm
I have a windows server 2008 64 bit virtual machine in our lab environment.
I have entered it remotely, installed virtual box, and started a centos 2.6.18 64bit VM.
I get this message on boot:
your ...
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Can't find the right Ubuntu Server ISO for VirtualBox
I have been trying all morning to find the right Ubuntu Server (12.04) ISO to use for installing an Ubuntu guest OS on my VBox VM.
Here are the relevant stats:
Host Machine: AMD 64-bit
Host OS: ...
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Pressing key with accent character makes it enter twice
I’ve got a very strange issue on my PC. Whenever I type an accent character, they appear as if I hit the key twice.
For example, when I type the following sequence:
`~TEST^"'
I get the following:
...
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how to activate Virtualization Technology (VT-x) on asus eee 1015pn laptop?
i have this laptop: http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_PC/Eee_PC_1015PN/#specifications
its running windows7 32 bit ultimate
im trying to run a 64 bit operateing system in virtual box, but it crashes at ...
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Advantage of 64 bit over 32 bit, apart from RAM support [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
32-bit vs. 64-bit systems
Suppose a processor supports up to a maximum of only 2 GB RAM (eg: Intel Atom N2600), what are the advantages of installing a 64 bit operating ...
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Windows-7 Juniper VPN Requires many user interactions
I am using Windows-7 64-bit. My company uses Juniper VPN 7.1.0. When I attempt to start VPN and enter my password, the Network Connect software downloads every time. The process requires me to OK ...
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Windows 7 hangs with 100% disk activity but only when online
I have the same problem as seemingly many other people here, and I think we might all be experiencing the same issue: a compatibility issue in Windows 7 between hard drive and network controller or ...
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1answer
123 views
Text-mode emulation on 64-bit Windows
In 64-bit Windows, it is no longer possible to enter hardware textmode in the terminal by hitting Alt+Enter. Is there a terminal/console software that supports emulation of VGA text modes?
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Dell Latitude 6530 cannot see bluetooth devices
I was able to pair my Mogo Mouse to the laptop the first time I used it, but in the past 3 weeks, I have only been able to use the mouse one more time. Most of the time, when I go to Bluetooth ...
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1answer
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What are the differences between the 32-bit and 64-bit installers of Flash Player?
What are the differences between the 32-bit and 64-bit installers of Flash Player? Does the 64-bit installer also contain the 32-bit plugin?
I'm asking as I've noticed that installing the 64-bit ...
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Windows XP 64-bit hangs
I have a Windows XP x64 box showing a couple of odd behaviors. First, the system is hanging after it has been up for about ten minutes. All applications stop responding, Ctrl + Alt + Del does nothing, ...
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Graphic corruption followed by message: “Too many 16 bit programs are running”
For reference here are my system specs:
Cooler Master Sniper Scout Tower
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600
Intel G33 MoBo
6GB DDR2 RAM
Radeon HD 4870
1 TB SATA Drive 7200 RPM
OCZ ZT ...
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1answer
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Installation of Expect on Windows 7 64-bit fails with “not found in the archives”
Downloaded ActiveTcl from http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads/
Installed ActiveTcl at c:/Tcl/
Go to Bin directory in command prompt (Start > Run > cmd > cd c:\Tcl\bin)
To install Expect, I ...
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How to install Windows 7 64 bit on a second partition on a GPT style disk?
I'm trying to install Windows 7 64 bit on the second partition of my harddrive, but when I select the second partition in the installation process, I'm unable to install onto it because
Windows ...
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VGA video driver for win 7 64bit - only available for 32bit
I installed win7 64bit on a netbook, where initially win7 x32 was on, because i don't have a 32 bit system.
Now i have a problem, because there isn't a VGA driver on the Acer page (It's an Acer ...
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Cursor auto scrolls to the right in Windows 7
For a week or so I've hit a strange issue with my Windows 7 64-bit machine.
Intermittently I get a problem with the cursor auto scrolling to the right. It's almost like the right arrow key is stuck ...
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Can't locate Automake/Config.pm when trying to run aclocal command in OS X 10.7.4 x64
I am tring to compile the source code of libming 0.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.7.4 x64 and getting the following error when trying to run the aclocal command with sudo privileges:
$ sudo aclocal
Password:
...
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Google Talk plugin eats up CPU
Every time I try to enter a Google+ Hangout or video chat with google talk the cpu is driven to maximum (both cores), but the resolution of the webcam seems poor (<320x240) and the fps is even ...
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Upgrade from Windows 7 OEM Home to 7 Ultimate using Vista to 7 Ultimate 64-bit upgrade disk
I'd like to upgrade from Windows 7 OEM Home to Windows 7 Ultimate using Windows Vista to Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit upgrade disk.
Can this be done?
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32-bit operating system on 64-bit machine with 4 gigabytes of memory or less [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Other benefits of 64-bit OS apart from memory expansion?
I'm going to be buying a laptop soon. I'm going to install Linux so that it will dual-boot Windows and Linux. ...
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3answers
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12 GB of RAM only 8GB is usable
Hi I'm running a Dell Studio XPS, with quad core processor, 2 threads per core, with 12 GB of installed RAM. My problem is according to windows, only 7.99GB of that RAM is usable.
The really weird ...
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I'm running 32 bit lubuntu on this spec. Should I be using 64 bit? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
32-bit vs. 64-bit systems
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 6MB
Ram: G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9
HDD: old seagate SATA ...
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Mac OSX 32bit or 64bit
I followed this article... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3696 and found that
Processor name: IntelCore i7
meaning it is 64 bit.
However, when I do "uname -a" in terminal the result seem to be ...
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Word 2010 saves thumbnails and tags for “Word 97-2003” only. Not for “Word documents”
If I save a document and check the "Save thumbnail" option in the "Save as" dialog, and add a tag - both don't get saved. But if I save it as a "Word 97-2003". They do.
How to solve this?
There are ...
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Why doesn't Microsoft Word “Save thumbnail” work?
I tried saving a thumbnail as seen in this post: How can I save a Word 2010 document so it has a thumbnail preview image in its metadata? but it doesn't work - No thumbnail. Why? Is it because I have ...
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1answer
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Windows 7 64 bits freeze up
A month ago I have installed Windows 7 64 bits on my Dell laptop. It worked fine. But today I turned it on again, loged in to simple user account and windows hanged up. Before hanging up after log in ...
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How to install 64 bit os instead of old 32 bit version?
I have bought a new laptop, that came with trial version of Windows 7 32 bit. I use 64bit OS, always, so I went ahead and downloaded 64bit version. I have keys for both versions, so there is no issue ...
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Is my laptop processor 64bit?
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Y510. I have always used 32bit OS in it. Yesterday I came across this detail of my laptop and it says processor of my laptop is 64bit (hope I have not misinterpret anything) so ...
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Google Chrome cache Issue in Windows 7 over multiple systems
I am using Chrome with two systems both running on Windows 7 64-bit. I configured both instances of Chrome with my Google account, and everything worked perfectly.
Lately however I am having a hard ...
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Windows 7 x64 reports 8.00GB installed ram, but only 3.47Gb usable [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
8.00GB RAM (3.22GB usable) in Windows 7 x64
Lenovo Z575 laptop with 8GB RAM
Windows Ultimate, 64-Bit, Service Pack 1, installed this evening with latest drivers etc.
AMD ...
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85% CPU usage with Ableton Live 8.3
How do I determine where the problem is? I'm Waves 7 and 8 VST plugins and using up all 4 cores of CPU running Windows 7 64 bit with 8 gb ram I'm not sure what steps I should be taking to eliminate ...
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Missing toolbar in gvim 7.3
I recently compiled gVim 7.3.592 using gcc 4.7.1 from the MinGW distro available through nuwen.net. It was built with Python 2/3 and Ruby language interfaces (or more specifically, I had set the ...
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How to fix resolution problems with dual monitor cutting of images on res-change?
It's not really a programming question, more a problem, but this is the issue:
So, I have a Radeon Mobility HD 5470 512 MB GDDR3.
It is a laptop with a main display, a VGA and a HDMI output.
When I ...
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How I can fix the “Display Driver has stopped responding and has recovered”?
I'm using a GeForce GTX 580, with Windows 7 64-bit. The driver version of the GTX is 301.42.
The problem happens after a few minutes, when I'm playing specifc games. It won't happen in all games - And ...
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1answer
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games and movies become too slow after some time
On my gaming desktop, I was fixing my desktop's power supply when something seemed to burn (I got that stinging burning smell). However when I turned ON the computer (it was OFF before), everything ...
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2answers
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How to trick programs into thinking they're running under 32-bit?
Basically I have 3 executables in my Windows 7 64-bit, those are:
Loader.exe -> This is a 32-bit exe
x86.exe -> This is a 32-bit exe
x64.exe -> This is a 64-bit exe
When Loader.exe starts it ...
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1answer
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How can I get Youtube / Adobe flash player to use a my NVidia ION to offload video rendering in Windows 7 x64?
I've got Windows 7 Home Premium x64 running on an Acer Aspire r3700 with 2GB of RAM. I can play youtube videos up to 720p and they look great but I go as high as 1080p they start geting really jumpy.
...
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How to set intel vga to maximum memory?
I am using Windows 7 ultimate x64 bit with ram 8gb. But my Intel HD IGP is showing only 68 mb. I have problem with gaming as before it would show 1084mb of memory. Can you suggest me how to set some ...
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1answer
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VB6 OCX not working in window 7 64bit IE
I have an old VB-6 OCX which works fine in window 7 32-bit IE, but its not working in 64-bit IE.
Please tell me the reason why its not working in 64-bit browser? What is the possible option to make ...
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3answers
358 views
Is 64 bit GNU/Linux faster than 32 bit?
I have 32bit Ubuntu on AMD 64 machine, if I install 64 bit GNU/Linux will it will run faster?
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Make ConEmu snap to desktop edges
Console has an option to allow it to snap to desktop edges, so if I need to move it somewhere, I can do so without it going beyond the desktop boundaries. Is there a similar option in ConEmu?
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0answers
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Should I setup x86_64 system on Atom 230? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
32-bit vs. 64-bit systems
I've got mini-ITX motherboard (945GCLF, afair) and I always setup only 32-bit OS on it.
But few weeks ago my father told me that I should use ...
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1answer
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DirectX DLL won't install
I'm trying to play Heroes of Might and Magic V on Windows 7. I'm missing a d3dx9_25.dll. I downloaded the dll, and copied this to C:/Windows/System32 (which I believe is the folder for 64-bit, but I ...
