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    Making the plunge to 64-bit Vista on T61

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by philfna, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. philfna

    philfna Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Anyone have any advice? I figure might as well try it since I have 4 gigs now on it.

    O/S loaded activation failed, but I called in. Stallen's guide of course was golden. It is a bit faster, and hopefully more secure.
     
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    I went up to the x64 version... not significant differences or problems when comparing to x86...

    however.. there is one.. Flash Player is not compatible with 64 bit programs. which means I cant use IE 64 bit... i have to use 32bit IE... which defeats the purpose of having a 64bit OS. and seeing that a high number of websites these days use flash, this is annoying.
     
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  3. philfna

    philfna Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I followed Stallen's instructions I have 3 base system devices that are unknown any clue? I have wireless, modem, fingerprint, turbo memory, audio, etc. running. I did the INF file install first.
     
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    Forgot to mention atmel security added too...

    Why the 3 unhappy baseline system devices.

    Edited: Solved with the RICOH 4 IN 1 CONTROLLER
     
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    No problems with 64-bit here. I don't use IE, and I don't know if my Firefox is 32 or 64 bit. I don't think there would be any speed difference anyway.
     
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