vista 64 going great- couple questions though

Well I got the ultimate upgrade and went with 64 bit despite all the people saying not too. just popped in and had clean install done in 20 minutes and all hardware working great- had to get the audio and video card drivers though.

I was a little pissed to find out onecare isnt available for 64 bit though.

Some questions if anyone can help me.

1- I got two program files- "program files" and "program files x86" I assume 32 bit stuff is going in the x86 folder but alot of them like IE and such are dupes- can I just delete most of the x86 stuff if is exactly the same as in the other folder??

2- Is there a free anti virus program for vista 64 someone can reccomend.

3- Is there a site that lists 64 bit versions I can get of popular programs or really covers the 64 bit version?

I really really like Vista so far and is so much better than old tired XP. Thanks for any help.

Me too

Vista x64 contains both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of some utilities/apps. IE7 and Windows Media player come to mind. The shortcuts under Start menu are "wired" to one of version. See the following thread (message #2) that has an interesting post regarding Media Player 32-bit versus 64-bit... http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=66826

I'd keep the duplicate applications around. That way, if you ever have a problem with, say, the 64-bit version on something, you can always try the 32-bit version. Or visa-versa.

NOD32 supports Vista x64 but you need to pay for it. I *think* AVG, does, too but not sure. It definitely supports XP x64.

Try ntcompatible.com, for starters.