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Anybody Have A Fairly Powerful, 32-bit Pc Running Xp?

#1 LincolnSpector

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Posted 21 March 2011 - 04:08 PM

Hi, folks.

I'm wondering if any of you have a 32-bit PC running XP--one powerful enough to upgrade to Windows 7. I need some tests for an Answer Line blog test, and I don't have the hardware to do them myself.

I'm looking for someone who can run two free, safe, and downloadable programs for me: Securable and the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, and send me screen captures of both of them.

In the case of the Advisor, I need two screen captures: One with the 32-bit tab and the other with the 64-bit one.

If you like, you can mail the images directly to me at answer@pcworld.com.

Thanks,

Lincoln

#2 coastie65

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Posted 21 March 2011 - 04:37 PM

My eMachines ( see signature ) will handle Windows 7. It was Vista capable out of the box before I upgraded everything in it. I'll see what I can do when I hook it up ( it is sitting on the floor next to me at the moment ).

Coolermaster HAF 912 Case....ASUS P8Z68-VPro MOBO.....Intel Core i7 2600k Sandy Bridge ( 4.4 Ghz ).... Gelid Tranquillo cooler.... Samsung 830 256 GB SSD.... Primary HDD- WD 1TB Caviar Black SATA III /6.0 .... SECONDARY HDD - WD 1TB Caviar Black SATA II / 3.0....8Gb GSkill Ripjaws Series X 1600 Mhz Memory....Corsair AX850w PSU....EVGA GTX 680 Super Clocked Signature 2 Gb GDDR5 Video Card....Samsung CD/DVD RW, DL, DVD-Ram, w/ Lightscribe Optical Drive....Samsung SyncMaster 2243BWX 22" Monitor..... Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit OS

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Posted 21 March 2011 - 05:00 PM

I have a XP box that has 1GB RAM,80GB HDD,P4 HT,HPdc7600.Will that work???

Dell Studio XPS 9100.Core i7 930,8GB RAM,2TB HDD,Radeon 5870 2GB.W7 Home Premium 64Bit.Gateway TA6,W7,2GB RAM,Touchscreen Tablet.Kindle Fire,Galaxy Tab 10.1,Inspiron 17.

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Posted 21 March 2011 - 05:08 PM

I have a Pentium 4 (3.2GHz), 1GB RAM system that I can use. The complete specs:
XP Home SP3, Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz HT (probably northwood, not positive) 1GB DDR(1), 160GB IDE HD, ATI 9100 integrated graphics. This PC is from 2004; it's a Shuttle XPC minicube, I forget the model number.

Also, Lincoln, what do you mean the 32-bit and the 64-bit tabs? I don't see anything like that.

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#5 Win7boy

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Posted 21 March 2011 - 05:14 PM

Here are my results for the machine I stated above:

Windows Upgrade Advisory wouldn't work.It said to download the .NET framework and when I already had .NET 4.0. I also had already .NET framework 2.0 installed.Any solutions?

Dell Studio XPS 9100.Core i7 930,8GB RAM,2TB HDD,Radeon 5870 2GB.W7 Home Premium 64Bit.Gateway TA6,W7,2GB RAM,Touchscreen Tablet.Kindle Fire,Galaxy Tab 10.1,Inspiron 17.

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Posted 21 March 2011 - 05:35 PM

LiveBrianD, on 21 March 2011 - 05:08 PM, said:

I have a Pentium 4 (3.2GHz), 1GB RAM system that I can use. When do you need the pics by?

Same here with the specs.

Dell Studio XPS 9100.Core i7 930,8GB RAM,2TB HDD,Radeon 5870 2GB.W7 Home Premium 64Bit.Gateway TA6,W7,2GB RAM,Touchscreen Tablet.Kindle Fire,Galaxy Tab 10.1,Inspiron 17.

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Posted 22 March 2011 - 08:01 AM

Hey Lincoln, I am going to try to attach both reports. Probably a bit more than you need.

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32 Bit Advisor.htm (41.29K)
Number of downloads: 10
64 Bit Report.htm (41.29K)
Number of downloads: 4

#8 LincolnSpector

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Posted 22 March 2011 - 08:31 AM

LiveBrianD, on 21 March 2011 - 05:08 PM, said:

Thanks, Brian. These are exactly what I need.

To be honest, since I didn't have a 32-bit PC running XP to test this on, I had no idea if there would be a 64-bit tab on it or not. When I ran this on my test PC (a 64-bit processor, but running 32-bit XP), it gave me separate 32-bit and 64-bit tabs. That appears to be a sign that you can install 64-bit Windows on it.

Much appreciated.

And thanks as well to everyone else who offered to help.

Lincoln