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convo   08-27-2008 at 01:52:03 AM

Is there a way for me to upgrade my 32 bit vista ultimate to 64 bit? I have a college oem disk. I tried to enter the kep on windows website but I kept getting an error. I hear it's not possible to upgrade but I wanted to check before I had to buy the 64 bit version.=(

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mrmez   08-27-2008 at 05:24:30 AM
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Dont think it is... its the whole 32vs64 bit thing... it really cant be done without a fresh install.
64 is worth it tho, got 8Gb ramz and it KILLS in photoshop now, it kept crashing with 3gb in xp.

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Scotteq   08-27-2008 at 02:12:48 PM
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As stated - You can not 'upgrade' a 32 bit installation to 64 bit. You must do a clean install.

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Zoron   08-28-2008 at 05:06:21 PM
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However, you should still be able to use the same product key.

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