vista 64 bit / 32 bit confusion please urgent help needed.

hi,
heres my situation. i had a pc from velocity micro- it came with an OEM
version of xp 32 bit home. I bought the upgrade version of windows vista
home premium 32 bit. im at the point now where i realize that my 4gb of
ram is not being used in my 32 bit environment. so i ordered the 64 bit
alternative media disc from microsoft.

my question is how to install this 64 bit disc. will i have activation
problems? do i have to install vista twice? do i really have to
reinstall xp and will that cause problems?

thanks x64 community!


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sniper16

Did you check to see if Velocity Micro supports Vista 64 bit and greater
then 4GB memory addressing on the system hardware that your purchased from
them with them XP?
When you install the 64 bit version you will use the key that came with your
retail 32 bit upgrade package.
You will have to a clean install to Vista 64 bit since you you can not run
the 64bit install from the 32 bit version only from the installation DVD
itself.
You may have to use phone activation to explain that you are reinstalling
your Home Premium to change from 32 bit to 64 bit.

"sniper16" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> hi,
> heres my situation. i had a pc from velocity micro- it came with an OEM
> version of xp 32 bit home. I bought the upgrade version of windows vista
> home premium 32 bit. im at the point now where i realize that my 4gb of
> ram is not being used in my 32 bit environment. so i ordered the 64 bit
> alternative media disc from microsoft.
>
> my question is how to install this 64 bit disc. will i have activation
> problems? do i have to install vista twice? do i really have to
> reinstall xp and will that cause problems?
>
> thanks x64 community!
>
>
> --
> sniper16

yes i know the hardware itself can allocate 4gb of ram as my motherboard
can see all of it. the nforce 5 series is certainly 64 bit capable. what
i am asking is how to install the 64 bit vista correctly. i have
upgraded from xp, which subsumes that license if im correct. if that
license is subsumed, i cant reinstall xp, which means i have to install
the 64 bit alt media over my 32 bit vista home premium currently
installed. how long do i have to activate it over phone? Curious;801891 Wrote:
> Did you check to see if Velocity Micro supports Vista 64 bit and greater
> then 4GB memory addressing on the system hardware that your purchased
> from
> them with them XP?
> When you install the 64 bit version you will use the key that came with
> your
> retail 32 bit upgrade package.
> You will have to a clean install to Vista 64 bit since you you can not
> run
> the 64bit install from the 32 bit version only from the installation
> DVD
> itself.
> You may have to use phone activation to explain that you are
> reinstalling
> your Home Premium to change from 32 bit to 64 bit.
>
> &quot;sniper16&quot; <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:c5ec08f62c562c3f94601467a8100c6a@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > >
> > >
> > > hi,
> > > heres my situation. i had a pc from velocity micro- it came with an
> > OEM
> > > version of xp 32 bit home. I bought the upgrade version of windows
> > vista
> > > home premium 32 bit. im at the point now where i realize that my 4gb
> > of
> > > ram is not being used in my 32 bit environment. so i ordered the 64
> > bit
> > > alternative media disc from microsoft.
> > >
> > > my question is how to install this 64 bit disc. will i have
> > activation
> > > problems? do i have to install vista twice? do i really have to
> > > reinstall xp and will that cause problems?
> > >
> > > thanks x64 community!
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > sniper16 > >


--
sniper16

Vista SP1 32 bit supports 4 gig RAM.

Not only must the chipset support 64 bit but the processor must also be 64
bit.

Installing 64 bit requires a "clean install" - you cannot "upgrade" from 32
to 64 bit OS - all applications must be reinstalled - backup any data. Note
that 64 requires signed/certified drivers.

You will have a 30 day grace period to activate.

"sniper16" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> hi,
> heres my situation. i had a pc from velocity micro- it came with an OEM
> version of xp 32 bit home. I bought the upgrade version of windows vista
> home premium 32 bit. im at the point now where i realize that my 4gb of
> ram is not being used in my 32 bit environment. so i ordered the 64 bit
> alternative media disc from microsoft.
>
> my question is how to install this 64 bit disc. will i have activation
> problems? do i have to install vista twice? do i really have to
> reinstall xp and will that cause problems?
>
> thanks x64 community!
>
>
> --
> sniper16

yes i realize the requirements. i meet all of them. i do have an e6600
processor, which includes the emt64 instruction set. what i want to ask
is do i have to have xp installed because my vista license is an upgrade
license. AJR;801966 Wrote:
> Vista SP1 32 bit supports 4 gig RAM.
>
> Not only must the chipset support 64 bit but the processor must also be
> 64
> bit.
>
> Installing 64 bit requires a &quot;clean install&quot; - you cannot
> &quot;upgrade&quot; from 32
> to 64 bit OS - all applications must be reinstalled - backup any data.
> Note
> that 64 requires signed/certified drivers.
>
> You will have a 30 day grace period to activate.
>
> &quot;sniper16&quot; <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:c5ec08f62c562c3f94601467a8100c6a@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > >
> > >
> > > hi,
> > > heres my situation. i had a pc from velocity micro- it came with an
> > OEM
> > > version of xp 32 bit home. I bought the upgrade version of windows
> > vista
> > > home premium 32 bit. im at the point now where i realize that my 4gb
> > of
> > > ram is not being used in my 32 bit environment. so i ordered the 64
> > bit
> > > alternative media disc from microsoft.
> > >
> > > my question is how to install this 64 bit disc. will i have
> > activation
> > > problems? do i have to install vista twice? do i really have to
> > > reinstall xp and will that cause problems?
> > >
> > > thanks x64 community!
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > sniper16 > >


--
sniper16

Really, HP told me that I would need to by a full retail version of 64bit.
They say that my cpu or mb will not take the 64bit OEM over the 32bit OEM

Dean

> hi,
> heres my situation. i had a pc from velocity micro- it came with an OEM
> version of xp 32 bit home. I bought the upgrade version of windows vista
> home premium 32 bit. im at the point now where i realize that my 4gb of
> ram is not being used in my 32 bit environment. so i ordered the 64 bit
> alternative media disc from microsoft.
>
> my question is how to install this 64 bit disc. will i have activation
> problems? do i have to install vista twice? do i really have to
> reinstall xp and will that cause problems?
>
> thanks x64 community!
>
>
> --
> sniper16

well its not oem, its an upgrade. Dean Browning;801987 Wrote:
> Really, HP told me that I would need to by a full retail version of
> 64bit.
> They say that my cpu or mb will not take the 64bit OEM over the 32bit
> OEM
>
> Dean
> > > >
> > > hi,
> > > heres my situation. i had a pc from velocity micro- it came with an
> > OEM
> > > version of xp 32 bit home. I bought the upgrade version of windows
> > vista
> > > home premium 32 bit. im at the point now where i realize that my 4gb
> > of
> > > ram is not being used in my 32 bit environment. so i ordered the 64
> > bit
> > > alternative media disc from microsoft.
> > >
> > > my question is how to install this 64 bit disc. will i have
> > activation
> > > problems? do i have to install vista twice? do i really have to
> > > reinstall xp and will that cause problems?
> > >
> > > thanks x64 community!
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > sniper16 > >


--
sniper16

It came pre-installed with 32bit. This is not OEM?

--
Dean


sniper16" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> well its not oem, its an upgrade. Dean Browning;801987 Wrote:
>> Really, HP told me that I would need to by a full retail version of
>> 64bit.
>> They say that my cpu or mb will not take the 64bit OEM over the 32bit
>> OEM
>>
>> Dean
>> > > >
>> > > hi,
>> > > heres my situation. i had a pc from velocity micro- it came with an
>> > OEM
>> > > version of xp 32 bit home. I bought the upgrade version of windows
>> > vista
>> > > home premium 32 bit. im at the point now where i realize that my 4gb
>> > of
>> > > ram is not being used in my 32 bit environment. so i ordered the 64
>> > bit
>> > > alternative media disc from microsoft.
>> > >
>> > > my question is how to install this 64 bit disc. will i have
>> > activation
>> > > problems? do i have to install vista twice? do i really have to
>> > > reinstall xp and will that cause problems?
>> > >
>> > > thanks x64 community!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > sniper16 > >
>
>
> --
> sniper16

well xp was oem (32 bit). i bought the home premium upgrade (installed
as 32 bit). the upgrade was from retail. i then ordered a 64 bit disk
through the MS promotion. so how do i do it? Dean Browning;802006 Wrote:
> It came pre-installed with 32bit. This is not OEM?
>
> --
> Dean
>
>
> sniper16&quot; <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:fff49b380a069e41c37a30f2349a07b5@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > >
> > >
> > > well its not oem, its an upgrade. Dean Browning;801987 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > >> Really, HP told me that I would need to by a full retail version of
> > > >> 64bit.
> > > >> They say that my cpu or mb will not take the 64bit OEM over the
> > > 32bit
> > > >> OEM
> > > >>
> > > >> Dean> > > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > sniper16 > >


--
sniper16

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:38:18 -0500, sniper16 <guest@unknown-email.com>
wrote:

>yes i realize the requirements. i meet all of them. i do have an e6600
>processor, which includes the emt64 instruction set. what i want to ask
>is do i have to have xp installed because my vista license is an upgrade
>license.

Moving from 32-bit to 64-bit requires a clean install.

C L E A N I N S T A L L.