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Offline Mister Fork

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Windows 7 - 32bit or 64bit?
« on: October 23, 2009, 01:42:56 PM »
I'm worried that if I run windows 7 in 64bit mode, that all the other older games and applications I own won't work anymore.  I was thinking maybe upgrading to the W7 32 bit version.

Anyone have thoughts on this?  I do play Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, BF Heros, BF 2142, Steam's America's Army, Grand Prix Legends, Half Life 2, Counter Strike Source, and a bunch of other apps and utilities.

If I go 64, will these games stop working?
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Re: Windows 7 - 32bit or 64bit?
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2009, 01:54:54 PM »
BF Heroes works at least on the last Release Candidate version which I was using up until last night.
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Re: Windows 7 - 32bit or 64bit?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2009, 02:44:00 PM »
Thanks Reschke - good to know.  I'm worried that the other older apps will not... what to do... :headscratch:
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Re: Windows 7 - 32bit or 64bit?
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2009, 03:04:22 PM »
I have played a few older games from back when WinXP first came out and had to use compatibility modes with them. Usually if you are running a game/application on XP it should be fine with 7.
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Re: Windows 7 - 32bit or 64bit?
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2009, 04:56:32 PM »
Flight Simulator 2002 works fine on Win 7 RC 64-bit.
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Re: Windows 7 - 32bit or 64bit?
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 10:28:40 PM »
iirc the big issue is driver support, 64 won't install unsigned drivers.
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Re: Windows 7 - 32bit or 64bit?
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2009, 12:38:54 PM »
Quote from: Vulcan on October 23, 2009, 10:28:40 PM
iirc the big issue is driver support, 64 won't install unsigned drivers.

there is a way around that...be careful tho

http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/05/06/disable-driver-signing-in-windows-7-using-group-policy-editor/
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