Why is my Vista Beta 2 running in 32-bit?

Hi,

I just bought a new computer and have loaded Vista Beta 2 that I downloaded
a few months ago now that I have a machine that will optimally run it.

I've got an nVidia GeForce 7600 card and went to their site to download the
Vista Beta 2 driver, which I did. Upon running the thing, it told me I had
to be running Vista in 64-bit and not 32-bit before I could install the
driver. So I went and checked the System settings in Control Panel and, sure
enough, it said it was operating at 32-bit.

What gives? I just bought an AMD Athlon 64 4200+ AM2 X2 processer and Asus
M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard!

Any ideas?

Bruce
Wed Aug 30 20:13:53 CDT 2006

Martin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just bought a new computer and have loaded Vista Beta 2 that I downloaded
> a few months ago now that I have a machine that will optimally run it.
>
> I've got an nVidia GeForce 7600 card and went to their site to download the
> Vista Beta 2 driver, which I did. Upon running the thing, it told me I had
> to be running Vista in 64-bit and not 32-bit before I could install the
> driver. So I went and checked the System settings in Control Panel and, sure
> enough, it said it was operating at 32-bit.
>
> What gives? I just bought an AMD Athlon 64 4200+ AM2 X2 processer and Asus
> M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard!
>
> Any ideas?


Which version of the Vista Beta did you download and install? The
32-bit version, or the 64-bit version?


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