OneNote, Groove, file sync and sharing and 64-bit edition

Hi,

My desktop, an Intel dual core, came with Vista Ultimate 32-bit edition
pre-installled.

I bought Ultimate 64-bit edition and in the meantime became a heavy user of
the subject products.

I am planning to splash the 64-bit software onto my desktop but would
appreciate notice of known problems or conflicts.

Best,
--
EyeInTheNet

R
Thu Oct 25 19:01:35 PDT 2007

Hi, EyeInTheNet.

Just to be sure that you know...you can't simply "upgrade" from 32-bit
anything to 64-bit anything. You will need to do a clean install of Vista
Ultimate x64 and then reinstall all your applications. If you have the hard
disk space available, you might want to create a new partition for x64 and
install it as a dual-boot with x86 until you are sure that you don't want or
need it anymore.

The shortage of 64-bit drivers has been almost eliminated in the
nearly-a-year since Vista RTM, but you need to check out your specific
hardware. There are still almost no 64-bit applications, but practically
all 32-bit applications run fine on Vista x64. Again, if you have
specialized applications, you might want to check with their developers to
be sure that they will work with x64. As just one guy with one computer and
no net but the Internet, my experience may not be the same as yours, but
I've had no compatibility problems since Nero and Photoshop Elements were
updated to work with Vista x64 several months ago.

Come on in! The water's fine. ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta 2 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 beta v.275)

"EyeInTheNet" <eitn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:90892BAC-D9A9-42EF-BC69-229CF01405C3@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> My desktop, an Intel dual core, came with Vista Ultimate 32-bit edition
> pre-installled.
>
> I bought Ultimate 64-bit edition and in the meantime became a heavy user
> of
> the subject products.
>
> I am planning to splash the 64-bit software onto my desktop but would
> appreciate notice of known problems or conflicts.
>
> Best,
> --
> EyeInTheNet

Charlie
Thu Oct 25 22:12:21 PDT 2007

Both Groove and OneNote work on Vista64. Groove won't let you sync IE
Favourites (bummer, that's a cool feature), and I think OneNote may still
have some issues with its printer driver if it's the older version of
OneNote. Pretty sure OneNote 2007 should be fine, though I don't run Office
2007.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"EyeInTheNet" <eitn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:90892BAC-D9A9-42EF-BC69-229CF01405C3@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> My desktop, an Intel dual core, came with Vista Ultimate 32-bit edition
> pre-installled.
>
> I bought Ultimate 64-bit edition and in the meantime became a heavy user
> of
> the subject products.
>
> I am planning to splash the 64-bit software onto my desktop but would
> appreciate notice of known problems or conflicts.
>
> Best,
> --
> EyeInTheNet

eitn
Sun Oct 28 08:53:00 PDT 2007

Thank you folks, in addition I found this note Groove, which I have to
consider carefully before taking the decision to migrate:

Note: File sharing workspaces are not supported on computers running a
64-bit operating system.


--
EyeInTheNet


"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> Both Groove and OneNote work on Vista64. Groove won't let you sync IE
> Favourites (bummer, that's a cool feature), and I think OneNote may still
> have some issues with its printer driver if it's the older version of
> OneNote. Pretty sure OneNote 2007 should be fine, though I don't run Office
> 2007.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
>
> "EyeInTheNet" <eitn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:90892BAC-D9A9-42EF-BC69-229CF01405C3@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > My desktop, an Intel dual core, came with Vista Ultimate 32-bit edition
> > pre-installled.
> >
> > I bought Ultimate 64-bit edition and in the meantime became a heavy user
> > of
> > the subject products.
> >
> > I am planning to splash the 64-bit software onto my desktop but would
> > appreciate notice of known problems or conflicts.
> >
> > Best,
> > --
> > EyeInTheNet
>