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Drew Watson said:
Lee the 64 bit version is offered as a free upgrade.
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Drew - thanks for the info. I think I understand better now.

You say that the 64 bit version is offered as a free upgrade. I'm not looking to upgrade - just interested. How would I get the free upgrade? Do I go to the MS site and download it or must I send a request to MS, or does it come as part of a developer's package, or...?

And thanks for the pointer to NOD32.

Thanks,
Mike
 
Bill Lantry said:
The only problem I have with vista so far is the lack of power toys. One of my favorites for xp was the image resizer: I could take a whole group of photos and reduce them to 800 x 600 in seconds. Haven't figured that out in vista yet...
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I use Irfanview (another freebie) for many things, including mass resizing and renaming of images.
 
Mike Henderson said:
Drew - thanks for the info. I think I understand better now.

You say that the 64 bit version is offered as a free upgrade. I'm not looking to upgrade - just interested. How would I get the free upgrade? Do I go to the MS site and download it or must I send a request to MS, or does it come as part of a developer's package, or...?

And thanks for the pointer to NOD32.

Thanks,
Mike
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Actually when you buy a retail version of Vista, it comes with a pamplet that gives you instructions to order your 64 bit version DVD online, or by phone. Since you bought your computer with Vista installed the link to order a 64Bit DVD is http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx all you need to pay is shipping and handling, and it should arrive within 2-3 weeks. (mine even came with another CD key becuase they messed up, so i can put it on two computers now :thumb:
 
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