[SpiderSpartan]

My girlfriend's mom just got a 64bit Vista gateway. It has an Intel T5550 processor which can run 32 or 64bit OS's. I heard somewhere that you could convert the 64bit Vista to the 32bit OS without buying a separate OS, but I can't seem to find any documentation or explanation of how this is done. Has anyone heard of this or have any idea how to do it, if it's even possible. Thanks.

[PsychoCoder]

In a word, NO. You cannot magically convert a 64bit OS to a 32bit OS.

[SpiderSpartan]

PsychoCoder, on 16 Jul, 2008 - 12:06 PM, said:

In a word, NO. You cannot magically convert a 64bit OS to a 32bit OS.

Dangit, Hasn't M$ mastered magic yet?!? That's kinda what I expected, but figured I'd check. Thanks.

[MorphiusFaydal]

You will have to buy a copy of 32-bit Vista if you want to replace 64-bit Vista.

Do you have any reason for wanting to go backward? Most of the time, 32-bit software will install and run just fine on 64-bit Vista.

[SpiderSpartan]

I had a copy of Vista 32bit. It just didn't have all the stuff her computer came installed with, but no one needs that stuff anyway. Anyway, the copy of photoshop 5 Limited edition she had wouldn't install on the 64bit version, but had no problems running on the Vista 32bit.