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If you are getting crazy about whether the desktop computer or laptop you have is a 32 bit capable machine or a 64 bit capable, you can find that quickly ( and for free) using a small utility called Securable. The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer’s processor (also called a CPU), handles information.

A 32-bit machine can address a 32-bit memory space, meaning, 2^32 bytes,or 4 GB. A 64-bit machine can address a 64-bit memory space. I suppose that’s around 16 exabytes or something like that.

SecurAble probes the system’s processor to determine the presence, absence and operational status of three modern processor features:

• 64-bit instruction extensions.

• Hardware support for detecting and preventing.

• Execution of code in program data areas.

• Hardware support for system resource “virtualization.”

In order to get started, simply download and run the application from here.

The other way out ( if you like it), is to run the Windows 7 upgrade advisor. Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor is a nifty little utility which tells you whether your system is ready for Windows 7 or not. It also tells you if you can run a 64 bit Operating system or not.

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