piccolo
Fri Jun 27 02:06:01 PDT 2008
In retrospect, I should have stayed with 32-bit. But the sales guy from Dell
was not exactly helpful in explaining the differences between XP 32, XP 64
and Vista. I think I am going to throw in the towel and send this machine
back. Again, thanks for the straight answers.
--
Regards,
Piccolo
"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> I personally do not understand XP 64bit as a choice - I would probably stick
> with XP 32bit (regular) or Vista either bitness- XP 64bit is kind of a
> "tweener" to me that I think is generally trumped in functionality such as
> this by Vista 64bit. But that's just me.
>
> I'll continue to work to make things better and easier.
>
> If it helps at all, there's a 64bit version of my System Tray Control (as
> seen on
http://wmplugins.com ), I believe. I don't know if that'd be useful
> to you, but -- I'm pretty sure I made that at one point. =)
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
> "piccolo" <piccolo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1F71D997-0C59-4922-A304-B54F521FF40D@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the straight information. As frustrated as I am at all the
> > things
> > that don't work in XP 64bit, I remain delighted that I am not going
> > through
> > all the difficulties that seem to be associated with Vista.
> >
> > I take it you work for MS so I will warn you that it was a close decision
> > to
> > replace this last XP computer with another Windows machine. I only did it
> > because I thought XP 64 would be closer to XP than it turns out to be.
> > Going
> > forward and knowing what I now know, I might well make a different choice.
> > If
> > I have to replace the software library anyway, then why not change
> > platforms?
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> If I recall correctly, XP 64bit uses a 64bit Explorer which cannot embed
> >> (use) the 32bit Mini Player and thus this cannot work.
> >>
> >> This feature is supported in Vista 64bit.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Speaking for myself only.
> >> See
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> --
> >> "piccolo" <piccolo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9C3E1193-2E5E-4F76-B639-2B9CA6ACFCD1@microsoft.com...
> >> >I just bought a new computer (Dell 5400, Xeon E5430, 8Ram) running
> >> >Windows
> >> >XP
> >> > 64bit OS. I downloaded WMP 11 for this OS and it runs fine. The only
> >> > thing
> >> > missing is the mini-mode toolbar. I have tried re-installing WMP11 with
> >> > no
> >> > effect. Any ideas what might be going wrong?
> >> > --
> >> > Regards,
> >> >
> >> > Robert
> >>
> >>
> >>
>