Subj : Re: Running XP on a 64bit processor computer To : All From : MikeS@fred.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: MikeS Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Running XP on a 64bit processor computer Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:41:35 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <1lj61d983lb39hp90gfmn4des62egh240s@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:41:40 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="adeaf44f6daa74dc8699d1ab3ad1b68e"; logging-data="8567"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+ZPGVLdulhAxc+n0tZIXhG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.2.1 In-Reply-To: <1lj61d983lb39hp90gfmn4des62egh240s@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-US Cancel-Lock: sha1:r4QtWaKh8gXFRAfNrPOTPwn7kOE= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134647 On 20/11/2017 21:59, james@nospam.com wrote: > I have a computer which originally came witt Vista. It's a 64bit > machine. I got it with XP Pro SP3 installed. I know that XP is 32bit. > I'm a little puzzled about this. Can XP (or any 32bit OS) run on a > computer that has a 64bit processor? > > (I know you cant do it the other way. You cant run a 64 bit OS on a 32 > bit machine). > > Does running a 32 bit OS on a 64bit machine work any better or worse > than it does using an actual 32 bit computer? > Yes provided you mean an x64 bit processor which is an extension of the 32 bit architecture. The advantage of using a 64 bit OS version (such as the final version of Win XP - Pro 64 bit) was mainly a larger address space allowing > 4 GB RAM. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .