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Answer» Can anybody help me, I have a Dell Insprion 1545 Ram 4.00GB.It was running using a 64 bit operating system.Adobe Flash would not run and requested that I change to a 32 bit operating system, which I did , I know want to go back to using my 64 bit system, how can I do this please. I'm a very inexperienced computer user, so would be grateful for any advice you could give me. Adobe Flash would not run and requested that I change to a 32 bit operating system, which I did How did you do this? Adobe flash gave me the option to change to 32 bit, I was asked to download a programe, which I did. Quote from: georgiegirl on November 15, 2010, 01:12:25 AM Adobe flash gave me the option to change to 32 bit, I was asked to download a programe, which I did. That didn't change your OS to 32bit...all it changed was the ver. of Flash you are running... In any window go to Help/About and it will list your Windows version...Hi Patio, Thank you for info.........but when I check my C drive is says C:\Windows\System32\drivers\ect, I don't know very much about computers, that why I'm not sure if I am running on 32 bit opertaing system or 64 bit Quote from: georgiegirl on November 15, 2010, 12:11:56 PM Hi Patio, Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System -> System Type Hi. I think georgiegirl is confusing operating system with I.E, flash player will not run on 64 bit I.E at least it wouldn’t last time I tried it. But if you have both versions of I.E and switch back to the OLDER version flash player will work. Georgiegirl If you look on start/all programs I think you will see internet explorer listed twice ONE is the older version (which I mostly use) and the other has (64 bit) next to it. The 64 bit version doesn’t support adobe flash player as far as I know. Open a Command Prompt window, and type: wmic os get osarchitecture then press ENTEROr do it the easy way. Right-click on My Computer and click on "properties"There is no need to check anything. They are clearly running a x64 system: Quote .It was running using a 64 bit operating system Considering ST has established that they didn't change their operating system, then it's safe to say they are still running it. Both x64 and x86 windows systems have a C:\windows\system32 folder. with windows x64, C:\windows\system32 is REALLY a folder that contains the 64-bit operating system files; C:\windows\syswow64\ contains the 32-bit operating system files. When a 32-bit program is running, and accesses C:\windows\system32, it instead accesses C:\windows\syswow64. More info in redirection here. However, That's all rather pedantic in this context. Now, regarding flash, as has been noted, Flash is a 32-bit component- what this means is that while it will run fine on 64-bit windows, it cannot be used by 64-bit programs (a 64-bit program cannot load and use a 32-bit component, just as a 32-bit program cannot load and use a 64-bit component). For the time being, just remember that Flash can only be used by 32-bit browsers, at least until Flash finishes the 64-bit version. When you visit a page requiring flash, and it's not installed, it will show the "get flashplayer" link, or something similar. following that link in a x64 browser takes you to a page that says: Quote Flash Player 10.1 is not currently available for your 64-bit web browser. Underneath that, is a new box I haven't SEEN before, must be new: Quote Download a preview release of Flash Player that includes full support for 64-bit web browsers on Windows, Mac and Linux computers from Adobe Labs. the link in that second quote takes us to http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html, where you can in fact download flash player versions that support Internet Explorer x64 as well as all other browsers. So, it seems you have two options for viewing flash content: use a 64-bit browser and download a 64-bit plugin, or use a 32-bit browser and download the 32-bit plugin, or, of course, you can do both. Anyways, answering the original question of switching back to the 64-bit version: Internet Explorer comes in two editions on 64-bit windows. Press the start orb, and enter "Internet Explorer" in the search bar, and the two will APPEAR; the "Internet Explorer (64-bit)" item is the 64-bit version, and the one that merely says "Internet Explorer" is 32-bit. |
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