Google Earth

[JIP]

Hi

I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit.

One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says it
doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have found
workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to work in
32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system?

Thanks

 

[Carlos]

RE: Google Earth

Hi,
My kids run Google Earth on Vista x64 Ultimate with no problems.
Should apply also to Vista Home Premium.
Carlos

"JIP" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit.
>
> One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says it
> doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have found
> workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to work in
> 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system?
>
> Thanks
>
>

 

[John Barnes]

Re: Google Earth

I haven't had any problems with it either. No special install or any other
changes.

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BD7F7C46-16D3-4B68-8B5F-3D119EC8ABEC@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> My kids run Google Earth on Vista x64 Ultimate with no problems.
> Should apply also to Vista Home Premium.
> Carlos
>
> "JIP" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit.
>>
>> One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says
>> it
>> doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have found
>> workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to work
>> in
>> 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>

 

[Dustin Harper]

Re: Google Earth

It works great with Vista x64 (Ultimate) here. Maybe they have problems with
certain systems, I'm not sure. But, I don't have any issues whatsoever with
it.

--

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


"JIP" <fred@xxunusedy12g.com> wrote in message
news:u1ieQCAmIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit.
>
> One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says
> it doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have
> found workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to
> work in 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system?
>
> Thanks

 

[JIP]

Re: Google Earth



"JIP" <fred@xxunusedy12g.com> wrote in message
news:u1ieQCAmIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit.
>
> One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says
> it doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have
> found workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to
> work in 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system?
>
> Thanks
Strange, their own website says it doesn't work. Oh well, I'll find out in
due course.

Thanks for the replies

 

[BubuXP]

Re: Google Earth

JIP ha scritto:
> "JIP" <fred@xxunusedy12g.com> wrote in message
> news:u1ieQCAmIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit.
>>
>> One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website
>> says it doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to
>> have found workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some
>> programmes to work in 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE
>> on such a system?
>>
>> Thanks
> Strange, their own website says it doesn't work. Oh well, I'll find out
> in due course.
>
> Thanks for the replies

Maybe they mean it doesn't run in *pure only* 64 bit mode...

 

[miso@sushi.com]

Re: Google Earth

On Apr 6, 9:07 am, "JIP" <f...@xxunusedy12g.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit.
>
> One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says it
> doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have found
> workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to work in
> 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system?
>
> Thanks

At one time it didn't work on X64, but that was years ago. I did check
and you are correct that the website says 64 bit OS are not supported.
However, in the release note, there is more up to date information:
------------------
- Google Earth supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server
2003, and
Windows XP-x64.

- Google Earth has been tested on Windows Vista(Beta 2 Build 5308) and
is
supported (Beta 3 and above has not been tested). To complete the
Google
Earth install process on Vista using a Standard User account, a Local
Administrator password must be used.

- Google Earth does not support Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE,
Windows ME or older operating systems.
---------------

 

[R. C. White]

Re: Google Earth

Hi, Miso.

Google Earth runs fine on my Vista Ultimate x64 SP1, even in IE8 beta 1,
except that Google MAPS display is weird in IE8b1. (Several of us have
reported this in the IE8 beta newsgroup.)

Actually, of course, Google Earth itself is still beta, according to Help |
About:

<paste>

Google Earth 4.2.0205.5730
Build Date Nov 13 2007
Build Time 17:56:09
Renderer DirectX 8
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
Video Driver 00001002 (00007.00014.00010.00532)
Max Texture Size 4096x4096
Server kh.google.com
User
License Key
</paste>

I don't find the release note that you quoted, but we were testing "Windows
Vista(Beta 2 Build 5308)" about 2 years ago.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

<miso@sushi.com> wrote in message
news:581dbefd-1f43-4242-a098-0e81617b6ee7@w5g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 6, 9:07 am, "JIP" <f...@xxunusedy12g.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm buying a new machine soon which will have Vista Home Premium, 64 bit.
>>
>> One of my favourite programmes is Google Earth, and it's own website says
>> it
>> doesn't work with 64 bit systems (although some users seem to have found
>> workarounds). Is it possible with Vista to tell some programmes to work
>> in
>> 32 bit mode? Or does anyone here already run GE on such a system?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> At one time it didn't work on X64, but that was years ago. I did check
> and you are correct that the website says 64 bit OS are not supported.
> However, in the release note, there is more up to date information:
> ------------------
> - Google Earth supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server
> 2003, and
> Windows XP-x64.
>
> - Google Earth has been tested on Windows Vista(Beta 2 Build 5308) and
> is
> supported (Beta 3 and above has not been tested). To complete the
> Google
> Earth install process on Vista using a Standard User account, a Local
> Administrator password must be used.
>
> - Google Earth does not support Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE,
> Windows ME or older operating systems.
> ---------------

 

[Carol Steele]

RE: Google Earth

No problems with Google Earth on my system either (Vista x64 Ultimate) -
simply installed it.

It is strangely addictive and I have relived many childhood memories
tracking places I once knew and old addresses where I once lived.

 

[R. C. White]

Re: Google Earth

Hi, Carol.

Me, too. ;<)

And my grandson loves it! He'll be 5 next week.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"Carol Steele" <CarolSteele@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:82A151B3-20E0-4504-8DA3-3A5FF3D0637F@microsoft.com...
> No problems with Google Earth on my system either (Vista x64 Ultimate) -
> simply installed it.
>
> It is strangely addictive and I have relived many childhood memories
> tracking places I once knew and old addresses where I once lived.

 

[Jeff Berger]

Google Earth

I have a 64-bit SP1 Windows Vista Home Premium and Google Earth does NOT work with it. All I get is blurry images in either rendering format. Suggestions welcome.

 

[R. C. White]

Re: Google Earth

Hi, Jeff.

Google Earth works fine in my Vista Ultimate x64 SP1. To give you any
meaningful help, we'll need to know a lot more about your computer than what
you've told us so far - which is nothing. :>(

When I click Help in Google Earth, then About Google Earth, I get a box with
this info:

Google Earth 4.2.0205.5730
Build Date Nov 13 2007
Build Time 17:56:09
Renderer DirectX 8
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
Video Driver 00001002 (00007.00014.00010.00597)
Max Texture Size 4096x4096
Server kh.google.com


What do you see in that box?

Please tell us at least the make and model of your computer, or of the
motherboard/chipset/BIOS if you built it yourself. And tell us about the
graphics card and monitor. One good way to collect this information is to
press Start, type "dxdiag", and press Enter. This runs the DirectX
Diagnostic Tool (included in Vista), which tell us more than most of us need
to know about our graphics hardware and software. It takes several seconds
to complete, so wait for it. Then, if you like, you can click the box to
also Run 64-bit DxDiag. Check out each tab, or just Next Page. The second
tab, "Display", is probably the most important to diagnosis your problem.

We don't need to know EVERYTHING about your rig, but at least tell us about
the parts that might affect your Google Earth display.

Google Maps also work fine in my IE7 (x86), but they do not display
correctly for me in IE8 Beta 1. That's not too surprising in a beta
browser, and they are aware of this; we hope it will work right in Beta 2,
due Real Soon Now. Google Earth is a 32-bit application; I've not yet
figured out how to load it into 64-bit IE7.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"Jeff Berger" wrote in message
news:2008826105519jeff@jmbcommunications.com...
> I have a 64-bit SP1 Windows Vista Home Premium and Google Earth does NOT
> work with it. All I get is blurry images in either rendering format.
> Suggestions welcome.