Solved Vista laptop 64 has two versions of IE8

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dford3772

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An update has come in to go to ie9 64 bit. This is for my husband's laptop
and he appears to have a 32 bit ie8 and a 64bit ie8 which came on the machine.

This machine is vista home premium and is classified as a 64 bit machine.
What will happen when and IF I load ie9 64 bit? I understand many of the new
PCs are putting separate versions of ie but it is very confusing.
Donna in Arkansas
 

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The 64bit versions of the IE are a lot slower than the 32bit versions. They have different engines. You should use the 32bit versions.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
Sounds like a good idea but the update I got is for 64 bit machines as this
laptop is said to be 64 bit. All other updates are for 64 bit.

My husband has used the 32 bit ie8 because he prefers it. Interesting that
we don't get a 32bit update for ie. I want an explanation of why they are putting two versions but no instructions as to how to handle each one.
Donna
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
Hi welcome to the forum. Excellent advice as always from whs .
The link below includes an article explaining the process indicated by whs.
I hope you & your husband find it of interest.
Installing 32-bit IE 9 on 64-bit Windows

Thank you.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett-Packard SR5019UK
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800 + 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra)
    Memory
    2.50GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce
    Sound Card
    Realtec ALC888 Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" LCD Monitor
    Hard Drives
    160 Gb Usable Hard Drive
    Other Info
    HP G56 Laptop Win 7 64bit. 4Gb Ram DDR2's. Hitachi 450Gb Hard Drive. Pentium(R) Duel-Core CPU.
Now that article tells me what I need to know. I'll try that plan as it makes
perfect sense to me. I you ask me, this pretty much exlains the MS approach to everything.
Thanks so very much,
Donna in AR
 

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Thank you for your update.
Happy to be of service.
Happy Computing & enjoy IE9 .
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett-Packard SR5019UK
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800 + 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra)
    Memory
    2.50GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce
    Sound Card
    Realtec ALC888 Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" LCD Monitor
    Hard Drives
    160 Gb Usable Hard Drive
    Other Info
    HP G56 Laptop Win 7 64bit. 4Gb Ram DDR2's. Hitachi 450Gb Hard Drive. Pentium(R) Duel-Core CPU.
I did the update on the 64 bit machine and just like you said--the 32 bit is there
and it works beautifully. I don't use it that much but I know I need it to keep
MS updates flowing.
Thanks again,
Donna
 

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Hi Donna,
I am pleased everything went well & you managed to download with no problems.
It is indeed a fine site, & the 32bit is certainly faster than 64bit.
We are happy to be of assistance to you.
You can pop into the forum anytime, you don't need a problem!
Thank you for letting me know your progress.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett-Packard SR5019UK
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800 + 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra)
    Memory
    2.50GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce
    Sound Card
    Realtec ALC888 Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" LCD Monitor
    Hard Drives
    160 Gb Usable Hard Drive
    Other Info
    HP G56 Laptop Win 7 64bit. 4Gb Ram DDR2's. Hitachi 450Gb Hard Drive. Pentium(R) Duel-Core CPU.
You probably already know this but now MS has joined the Apple pack to make
devices and programs obsolete before they are out of the box. We Vista
folks will not be able to run Windows 8 or IE 10---only those with Win7 and
above. LOL
Donna
 

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People realize, by default 32bit is used. Last i tried x64 could not be st as default ie.
 

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Yes I think it is very sad, that loyal customers seem to be 'railroaded' ever earlier to pastures new.
My own personal opinion, for what? More money!
I think you will find this present thread interesting, a few more opinions:-
http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/289289-vista-product-lifecycle.html
Let me know what you think, you can of course join in the discussion with us!
kesume
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett-Packard SR5019UK
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800 + 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra)
    Memory
    2.50GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce
    Sound Card
    Realtec ALC888 Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" LCD Monitor
    Hard Drives
    160 Gb Usable Hard Drive
    Other Info
    HP G56 Laptop Win 7 64bit. 4Gb Ram DDR2's. Hitachi 450Gb Hard Drive. Pentium(R) Duel-Core CPU.

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
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