Hi,
Many thanks for sharing infos. Following your suggestion, I went into
"control panel" then "System and maintenance" and finally "System" and could
see well detailed that my operating system is 32 bits.
Thanks again, case closed!
Stéphane
"pvdg42" wrote:
>
> "Stéphane" <Stphane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:271C316B-DEC5-4600-B114-C42706A7F55E@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Maybe my answer might be silly, but how do I check if it is 32 or 64
> > bits?
> > You caught me on this one!
> >
> > Stéphane
> >
> I would have thought the documentation or media that came with your new HP
> would have that information, but you can open your start menu, then
> right-click on Computer. The dialog that appears will show the edition of
> Vista you are running, and if it's 64 bit, it will say so. If there's no
> mention of 64 bit , you have 32 bit.
> Please note the above is to the best of my recollection, as I've not seen a
> 64 bit installation in over a month. I'm sure somebody here will correct me
> if I'm wrong 
>
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