Upgrade from vista 64 bit to win 7 32 bit

I am looking for a new PC for my wife and in order to get the most bang for
the buck there seem to be an abundance of vista PCs out there that can be
upgraded to windows 7. Unfortunately is seems that her 2 most expensive
programs, Painter 9.5 and Photo shop CS2 won't run on a 64 bit O.S., or at
least not without a lot of trouble. All of the PCs that I am looking at have
64 bit vista installed.
My question is can I buy one of these and when I get my free upgrade disk
for windows 7 can I install win 7 32 bit? I don't mind doing a clean install.

Sorry if this has been asked. I couldn't find it.
Thanks for any input.

yes a 64 bit designed machine can support 32 bit but not the vis
versa.
check my articl
http://www.vistax64.com/general-disc...bit-64-bit.htm

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To go from 64 bit back down to 32 bit you need a clean install. In other words
reformat and install it clean(32 bit)

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"HAV" <> wrote in message
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>I am looking for a new PC for my wife and in order to get the most bang for
> the buck there seem to be an abundance of vista PCs out there that can be
> upgraded to windows 7. Unfortunately is seems that her 2 most expensive
> programs, Painter 9.5 and Photo shop CS2 won't run on a 64 bit O.S., or at
> least not without a lot of trouble. All of the PCs that I am looking at have
> 64 bit vista installed.
> My question is can I buy one of these and when I get my free upgrade disk
> for windows 7 can I install win 7 32 bit? I don't mind doing a clean install.
>
> Sorry if this has been asked. I couldn't find it.
> Thanks for any input.
>

"HAV" <> wrote in message
news:F763A7EE-AE79-477E-858A-...
> I am looking for a new PC for my wife and in order to get the most bang
> for
> the buck there seem to be an abundance of vista PCs out there that can be
> upgraded to windows 7. Unfortunately is seems that her 2 most expensive
> programs, Painter 9.5 and Photo shop CS2 won't run on a 64 bit O.S., or at
> least not without a lot of trouble. All of the PCs that I am looking at
> have
> 64 bit vista installed.
> My question is can I buy one of these and when I get my free upgrade disk
> for windows 7 can I install win 7 32 bit? I don't mind doing a clean
> install.
>
> Sorry if this has been asked. I couldn't find it.
> Thanks for any input.
>

Make sure the computer manufacturer has 32 bit Win 7 drivers available. If
they don't you may be stuck with 64 bit Win 7.

Photoshop CS2 runs well on Win 7 - x64 or x86.

Painter 9.5 is from the days of Windows 98.
Painter 11 is compatible with Windows 7 according to Corel.
http://corel.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/co...i=&p_topview=1


On 27/11/2009 01:21, HAV wrote:
> Painter 9.5

"HAV" wrote:


> My question is can I buy one of these and when I get my free upgrade disk
> for windows 7 can I install win 7 32 bit? I don't mind doing a clean install.
>
> Sorry if this has been asked. I couldn't find it.
> Thanks for any input.
>
Thanks for all your input.
I didn't clarify my question well enough.
Does anyone know if the upgrade disks that are sent from the PC makers for
the free upgrade from Vista to 7 have both 64 bit and 32 bit versions on
them? If they don't, and I were to put the 32 bit version on, can I upgrade
to the 64 bit version for free or would I have to buy a new upgrade?

"Dominic Payer" wrote:

> Photoshop CS2 runs well on Win 7 - x64 or x86.
>
Really.
Do you have experience with that or a link where someone has had success. I
have been reading no end of horror stories of people trying to get CS2 to run
in 64 bit.

I Just downloaded all three trials. I'm going to try them together and see
what happens.

Thanks

Yes. From personal experience and there are still many professional and
other photographers who use CS2 as their editor under Vista and Windows
7 with Lightroom as their primary input and cataloguing front-end.

For photo pros Lightroom gives much more functionality and they can use
the Camera Raw in the latest Lightroom with new cameras instead of
having to upgrade to the latest Photoshop CS version to get Adobe Bridge
to recognise their RAW files.


On 27/11/2009 18:58, HAV wrote:
>
>
> "Dominic Payer" wrote:
>
>> Photoshop CS2 runs well on Win 7 - x64 or x86.
>>
> Really.
> Do you have experience with that or a link where someone has had success. I
> have been reading no end of horror stories of people trying to get CS2 to run
> in 64 bit.
>
> I Just downloaded all three trials. I'm going to try them together and see
> what happens.
>
> Thanks

The upgrade disks are the same bitness as the Vista version supplied
with the system. You do not get a choice.

You can ask the supplier to change the bitness but they are not obliged to.

OEM versions of both Vista and Windows 7 are either 32-bit or 64-bit.
You don't get both disks as you would with the retail versions of Windows 7.


On 27/11/2009 18:46, HAV wrote:
>
>
> "HAV" wrote:
>
>
>> My question is can I buy one of these and when I get my free upgrade disk
>> for windows 7 can I install win 7 32 bit? I don't mind doing a clean install.
>>
>> Sorry if this has been asked. I couldn't find it.
>> Thanks for any input.
>>
> Thanks for all your input.
> I didn't clarify my question well enough.
> Does anyone know if the upgrade disks that are sent from the PC makers for
> the free upgrade from Vista to 7 have both 64 bit and 32 bit versions on
> them? If they don't, and I were to put the 32 bit version on, can I upgrade
> to the 64 bit version for free or would I have to buy a new upgrade?
>

"Dominic Payer" wrote:

> The upgrade disks are the same bitness as the Vista version supplied
> with the system. You do not get a choice.
>
> You can ask the supplier to change the bitness but they are not obliged to.
>
> OEM versions of both Vista and Windows 7 are either 32-bit or 64-bit.
> You don't get both disks as you would with the retail versions of Windows 7.
>
>
> On 27/11/2009 18:46, HAV wrote:
> >
> >
> > "HAV" wrote:
> >
> >
> >> My question is can I buy one of these and when I get my free upgrade disk
> >> for windows 7 can I install win 7 32 bit? I don't mind doing a clean install.
> >>
> >> Sorry if this has been asked. I couldn't find it.
> >> Thanks for any input.
> >>
> > Thanks for all your input.
> > I didn't clarify my question well enough.
> > Does anyone know if the upgrade disks that are sent from the PC makers for
> > the free upgrade from Vista to 7 have both 64 bit and 32 bit versions on
> > them? If they don't, and I were to put the 32 bit version on, can I upgrade
> > to the 64 bit version for free or would I have to buy a new upgrade?
> >
> .
>
Thanks again.
You answered my questions

HAV