[wpkg-users] [Bug 258] Windows 7 64 bit not correctly detected

[Stefan Pendl]

Am 05.12.2011 20:18, schrieb Joe:
> On 12/5/2011 1:59 PM, Alan Adams wrote:
>> In message<4EDD1224.3060500 at freakyacres.com>
>> Joe<joe at freakyacres.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/5/2011 1:03 PM, bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.wpkg.org wrote:
>>>> http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258
>>>>
>>>> Rainer Meier<r.meier at wpkg.org> changed:
>>>>
>>>> What |Removed |Added
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED
>>>>
>>>> --- Comment #3 from Rainer Meier<r.meier at wpkg.org> ---
>>>> Oh, I did not even think about this. But sure this is a good
>>>> explanation too :)
>>>>
>>>> Closing this issue.
>>>>
>>
>>> Is that the proper behavior? Should a 64bit machine be detected as 32bit
>>> because of the client software?
>>
>> I imagine it is. I would not expect to be able to run a 64-bit
>> application on a 32-bit OS, which is what would happen if the hardware
>> determined the architecture type.
>>
>> Alan
>
> So a 32 bit client running under windows 64 bit on 64 bit hardware
> detects as 32 bit?
>

A 32-bit application always thinks the operating system is 32-bit too, 
since it wouldn't work, if this wouldn't be the case.

This is what WOW stands for.

If you like to have full access to an operating system, you need to 
install native applications, which match the processor architecture.

You can still install a 32-bit O/S on 64-bit H/W, but all you will get 
is 32-bit.


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