Hi, DrTeeth.

I have noticed that the 32bit version of IE8 is used in a 64 bit
version of Win7. Are you SURE of the 'bitness' of the version of IE
you are using?

Are you SURE of your understanding of 64-bit Win7?

In 64-bit versions of both Vista and Win7 (and perhaps in WinXP x64, but I
haven't run that in years), TWO versions of Internet Explorer are included.
By default, the 32-bit IE runs, even in the 64-bit Windows. It's easy
enough to run 64-bit IE; just browse to its .exe file and click on it - or
create a shortcut or an icon or pin it to the Start menu, just like any
other application. It also is easy to run both 32-bit and 64-bit IE apps
side by side.

To see which version of IE you are currently looking at, just use the
familiar Help | About Internet Explorer. If the Version line says 64-bit,
then it is; if it doesn't mention "bitness" at all, then it is the 32-bit
IE.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100

"DrTeeth" wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:51:16 -0400, just as I was about to take a
herb, "Mike Hall - MVP" disturbed my reverie and
wrote:

It will not be any faster when running 32bit applications, but I have
noticed that IE 8 64bit is faster to load my Pageflakes home page

I have noticed that the 32bit version of IE8 is used in a 64 bit
version of Win7. Are you SURE of the 'bitness' of the version of IE
you are using?
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Cheers,

DrT

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791558.aspx

By default, out of a 4GB address-space 2GB is reserved for the OS, and 2GB
for apps. You can change this behavior to allow 3GB for apps by way of a
boot.ini parameter.

Not tried 64bit Windows, But I found that 64bit Linux (Debian 5 with KDE)
was actually slower than 32bit with 4GB RAM. Why I'm not actually sure, but I
do know that in most distros it's only the kernel that's fully 64bit, most of
the apps have still to catch-up.

"DrTeeth" wrote:

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:50:48 -0700, just as I was about to take a
herb, "Victek" disturbed my reverie and
wrote:

Since you're only seeing 3.12 GB with a 32 bit OS you would get almost a
full gig more with 64 bit.

No, no, no.

I have already said that both 32 and 64 bit OSs see the same amount of
memory and I gave a reference in the form of an MSKB to show exactly
why.
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Cheers,

DrT

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