32 and 64 on same system

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My computer can handle eigther the 32 or 64 bit versions of vista easily. I
have two 320 gig hard drives installed. Can I install a 64 bit version on one
hard drive and a 32 bit version on the other hard drive on the same liscense
since it is on the same machine?
 
Re: 32 and 64 on same system

I license is required per installation. You would need 2 licenses.


"Russ Ader" <Russ Ader@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C5E0BF1-971B-417A-B865-60BE51D62EA4@microsoft.com...
> My computer can handle eigther the 32 or 64 bit versions of vista easily.
> I
> have two 320 gig hard drives installed. Can I install a 64 bit version on
> one
> hard drive and a 32 bit version on the other hard drive on the same
> liscense
> since it is on the same machine?
 
Re: 32 and 64 on same system

You get only one license, and you're supposed to choose 32-bit or 64-bit,
not both. Whether you can physically install both (probably) and get both
activated (maybe), I can't say for sure. But, I'm sure someone will correct
me.

"Russ Ader" <Russ Ader@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C5E0BF1-971B-417A-B865-60BE51D62EA4@microsoft.com...
> My computer can handle eigther the 32 or 64 bit versions of vista easily.
> I
> have two 320 gig hard drives installed. Can I install a 64 bit version on
> one
> hard drive and a 32 bit version on the other hard drive on the same
> liscense
> since it is on the same machine?
 
Re: 32 and 64 on same system

No. Two licenses are required. Read the EULA. It specifically states that
both 32bit and 64bit versions of the software may be supplied but only one
of them may be in use on the license.

"Russ Ader" <Russ Ader@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C5E0BF1-971B-417A-B865-60BE51D62EA4@microsoft.com...
> My computer can handle eigther the 32 or 64 bit versions of vista easily.
> I
> have two 320 gig hard drives installed. Can I install a 64 bit version on
> one
> hard drive and a 32 bit version on the other hard drive on the same
> liscense
> since it is on the same machine?
 
Re: 32 and 64 on same system

The activation wizard is likely to tell him that the product key he entered
is already in use.

"Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:7A9B4D61-96DA-42E3-92E7-E86B246BDB99@microsoft.com...
> You get only one license, and you're supposed to choose 32-bit or 64-bit,
> not both. Whether you can physically install both (probably) and get both
> activated (maybe), I can't say for sure. But, I'm sure someone will
> correct me.
>
> "Russ Ader" <Russ Ader@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3C5E0BF1-971B-417A-B865-60BE51D62EA4@microsoft.com...
>> My computer can handle eigther the 32 or 64 bit versions of vista easily.
>> I
>> have two 320 gig hard drives installed. Can I install a 64 bit version on
>> one
>> hard drive and a 32 bit version on the other hard drive on the same
>> liscense
>> since it is on the same machine?
>
 
Re: 32 and 64 on same system

Nope. The license is for one or the other installed. You can't have both
using the same license at the same time. You can install both, but not enter
a key on one, and run it for 120 days unactivated and see what you like
better, then go with that one.

What is the reasoning for running both, anyway?

--

Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page


"Russ Ader" <Russ Ader@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C5E0BF1-971B-417A-B865-60BE51D62EA4@microsoft.com...
> My computer can handle eigther the 32 or 64 bit versions of vista easily.
> I
> have two 320 gig hard drives installed. Can I install a 64 bit version on
> one
> hard drive and a 32 bit version on the other hard drive on the same
> liscense
> since it is on the same machine?
 
Re: 32 and 64 on same system

With technology slowly shifting to the 64 bit, if for no other reason than
the ram limitations of the 32 bit system "it can only handle 3.5 gigs ram
max", more and more applications will be created for this system and few for
the other. Then that means the other applications of the past will only work
on the 32 bit system which causes a delima. 32 bit for the current and past
or 64 bit for the future. Since vista comes with both versons, it only makes
since for them to allow it to be installed as a 64 bit and a 32 bit on the
same pc so that a person may be able to do both. Neigther version would be
running simotaniously, and both would use the same liscence which would only
be available on the 1 system so you are not installing it nor using it twice
at the same time for any reason at all. It would simply allow you to flip
back and forth.

My brother uses Maya for computer animated graphics and I'm a gamer. We both
use the same system so I would boot into the 32 bit version while he boots
into the 64 to utilize the 8 gigs of ram.

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> Nope. The license is for one or the other installed. You can't have both
> using the same license at the same time. You can install both, but not enter
> a key on one, and run it for 120 days unactivated and see what you like
> better, then go with that one.
>
> What is the reasoning for running both, anyway?
>
> --
>
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page
>
>
> "Russ Ader" <Russ Ader@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3C5E0BF1-971B-417A-B865-60BE51D62EA4@microsoft.com...
> > My computer can handle eigther the 32 or 64 bit versions of vista easily.
> > I
> > have two 320 gig hard drives installed. Can I install a 64 bit version on
> > one
> > hard drive and a 32 bit version on the other hard drive on the same
> > liscense
> > since it is on the same machine?
>
 
Re: 32 and 64 on same system

Vista x64 runs 32bit software. What do you mean by "other applications of
the past will only work
on the 32 bit system"? Nonsense.

You can install both x86 and x64 Vista on the same computer. You just need
two licenses to do it. That is no different than running XP and Vista or
Win2000 and XP or any other combination on the same computer. The EULA is
clear that you cannot install both the x86 and x64 versions of the software
with the same license. Take your disagreement with that to Microsoft. It
does no good to argue it here. None of us can do a thing about it.

"Russ Ader" <RussAder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:116ACD89-4CAA-4793-8F41-C5879955C17B@microsoft.com...
> With technology slowly shifting to the 64 bit, if for no other reason than
> the ram limitations of the 32 bit system "it can only handle 3.5 gigs ram
> max", more and more applications will be created for this system and few
> for
> the other. Then that means the other applications of the past will only
> work
> on the 32 bit system which causes a delima. 32 bit for the current and
> past
> or 64 bit for the future. Since vista comes with both versons, it only
> makes
> since for them to allow it to be installed as a 64 bit and a 32 bit on the
> same pc so that a person may be able to do both. Neigther version would be
> running simotaniously, and both would use the same liscence which would
> only
> be available on the 1 system so you are not installing it nor using it
> twice
> at the same time for any reason at all. It would simply allow you to flip
> back and forth.
>
> My brother uses Maya for computer animated graphics and I'm a gamer. We
> both
> use the same system so I would boot into the 32 bit version while he boots
> into the 64 to utilize the 8 gigs of ram.
>
> "Dustin Harper" wrote:
>
>> Nope. The license is for one or the other installed. You can't have both
>> using the same license at the same time. You can install both, but not
>> enter
>> a key on one, and run it for 120 days unactivated and see what you like
>> better, then go with that one.
>>
>> What is the reasoning for running both, anyway?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@vistarip.com
>> http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page
>>
>>
>> "Russ Ader" <Russ Ader@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3C5E0BF1-971B-417A-B865-60BE51D62EA4@microsoft.com...
>> > My computer can handle eigther the 32 or 64 bit versions of vista
>> > easily.
>> > I
>> > have two 320 gig hard drives installed. Can I install a 64 bit version
>> > on
>> > one
>> > hard drive and a 32 bit version on the other hard drive on the same
>> > liscense
>> > since it is on the same machine?
>>
 
Re: 32 and 64 on same system

"Russ Ader" <Russ Ader@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C5E0BF1-971B-417A-B865-60BE51D62EA4@microsoft.com...
> My computer can handle eigther the 32 or 64 bit versions of vista easily.
> I
> have two 320 gig hard drives installed. Can I install a 64 bit version on
> one
> hard drive and a 32 bit version on the other hard drive on the same
> liscense
> since it is on the same machine?


You can install the both in same hard disk (different partition) with no
activation trouble, but you are violating Vista license, at least in USA.
I'm not sure if in other countries it is a license violation, not by Vista
licensing, but country laws. I think in Spain you do not violate any law
(Vista included, Spanish law says that more restrictive licenses than law
are illegal or with no action) if you install both copies in same computer
and you only gets ONE running at a time...

If you install in different hard disks you will need to activate the last
one by phone with no trouble.

--
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-- Harper.
 
Re: 32 and 64 on same system

Yep, and a phone call to a person that truthfully answers "No" to "Is this
copy of Vista installed on any other machine?" will result in the
procurement of an activation.

Periodic online validation will see the PK in use by only one machine
although it will occassionally detect 32-bit and at other times, 64-bit.

Hence, "maybe."

Legal... not likely.
But, so is parking in front of the public library between 2 am and 6 am in
Chicago.
People take chances. (Sometimes stupid ones.) And then get upset when they
get the bill.

I rather find x64 Vista to be one of the most stable platforms I've ever
used. But, it doesn't work everywhere or on all systems.
Make a choice. Stick with it for a while. You may never go back to x86.

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1AF71A64-C113-412D-8F60-04FFB908C245@microsoft.com...
> The activation wizard is likely to tell him that the product key he
entered
> is already in use.
>
> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:7A9B4D61-96DA-42E3-92E7-E86B246BDB99@microsoft.com...
> > You get only one license, and you're supposed to choose 32-bit or
64-bit,
> > not both. Whether you can physically install both (probably) and get
both
> > activated (maybe), I can't say for sure. But, I'm sure someone will
> > correct me.
> >
> > "Russ Ader" <Russ Ader@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:3C5E0BF1-971B-417A-B865-60BE51D62EA4@microsoft.com...
> >> My computer can handle eigther the 32 or 64 bit versions of vista
easily.
> >> I
> >> have two 320 gig hard drives installed. Can I install a 64 bit version
on
> >> one
> >> hard drive and a 32 bit version on the other hard drive on the same
> >> liscense
> >> since it is on the same machine?
> >
>
 
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