drivers

Hi,

are vista 32 bit and vista 64 bit compatible with the same hardware? I have
an o2micro cardreader and it works just fine in vista 32bit RC1.......

Steve
Mon Oct 16 05:41:18 CDT 2006

Tom wrote:

>Hi,
>
>are vista 32 bit and vista 64 bit compatible with the same hardware? I have
>an o2micro cardreader and it works just fine in vista 32bit RC1.......

Fundamentally, the answer is yes. But for any given hardware to work with
an OS, it needs a suitable driver. For 64-bit OSs, that means 64-bit
drivers.

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Colin
Mon Oct 16 12:06:46 CDT 2006

The issue is not the hardware but the drivers. You need to research your
hardware to see if the manufacturers are providing 64bit drivers. Many are
not.

"Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8FC0C1FA-6216-4FDF-A5B3-EF137284D708@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> are vista 32 bit and vista 64 bit compatible with the same hardware? I
> have
> an o2micro cardreader and it works just fine in vista 32bit RC1.......