In computer architecture, 64-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are at most 64 bits (8 octets) wide. Also, 64-bit CPU and ALU architectures are those that are based on registers, address buses, or data buses of that size. 64-bit is also a term given to a generation of ...
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postgres on 64 bit linux or 64 bit windows server 2008?
Postgres does not have a 64 bit binary for windows server
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"As there is generally no reason to run with shared_buffers > 256 - 512MB on Windows, there isn't a great deal of incentive to put in ...
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LINUX - how can I detect CPU architecture through terminal?
I have a machine on my network that I can only access through ssh, and I want to see if it'll support a 64-bit OS (currently running linux, but I don't know which). Any ideas how to accomplish this ...
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Access SQL Server 2000 from Win2008 x64
I just tried installing the SQL Server 2000 client tools on a new Win2008 R2 server (being used for development and testing) using the "standard" install CD. It can't proceed because SQL 2000 isn't ...
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Need to run an IIS website in 32bit mode on a 64bit Windows Server
I have an IIS6 server setup running Windows Server 2003 x64, R2, SP2. Everything is working great I can host websites in IIS, and it works exactly how I want.
The catch, I've got an ASP.NET WebApp ...
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Why am I getting this 500 error from IIS?
I'm running PHP 5.3.1 on IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I've been trying to make PHP connect to my local installation of SQL Server 2008 Express over ODBC using ADODB. At first I had trouble ...
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MemCached on Windows x64
This question has previously been asked, but that was a year ago and I wanted to know if there had been any developments since then.
Basically we'd like to use a MemCached Server on a Windows Server ...
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Run 32-bit IIS on 64-bit Server 2008
This article explains how to run 32-bit IIS 6.0 on 64-bit Server 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/iis/13f991a5-45eb-496c-8618-2179c3753bb0.mspx.
How can ...
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tasklist.exe “initialization failure”
One of our Windows XP x64 Pro machines suddenly would not run tasklist.exe (lists processes in cmd line) anymore. It gives "ERROR: Initialization failure" when run.
Things I've looked into:
-any ...
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Can't install .net 3.5 sp1 on windows server 2008
I am trying to install subtext via the Web Platform Installer on my Windows server 2008 VPS.
To install it I need the .net framework version 3.5 SP1. It actually fails definetly each time I try, so I ...
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Is it allowed to use a windows 2003 x64 standard server with a 32 Bit license? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing question?
i have got a vaild License for windows 2003 standard server 32Bit.
We are changing our server (Completely new ...
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Installing SQL Server 2008 on Windows 7 64-bit
I'm having a shocking time trying to install SQL Server 2008 on 64-bit Windows 7. When I run setup.exe, I get the following error message:
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 installation has failed.
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GPO Installs - Differentiating between 64 and 32 bit systems
What is the easiest way to use group policies to install the 64 bit version of a package on 64bit systems and the 32bit package on 32 bit systems.
I have done some searching and I am not seeing ...
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SQL Server wont start on my 64-bit virtualization slice
I have installed SQL server 2008 express on a 64-bit virtual box and the service wont start.
Looking at the event log I get:
Could not create tempdb. You may not
have enough disk space ...
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Office Communicator 2005 Application Sharing on Windows 7 x64 not working
Since moving to Windows 7 x64 at work, Office Communicator 2005 will no longer allow me to do application sharing with other users on our domain. IM, file transfer, and video chat all work fine, but I ...
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SQLServer 2008 BIDS On Windows 7 - 64bit
I am trying to install Sql Server 2008 Business Intelligence Development Suite on VS2008 in a Windows 7 (64bit) machine.
The installer is aborting with an unspecified error for which I have not been ...
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Are there any scenarios I need both 32-bit and 64-bit IFilter on the same machine?
Since 32-bit applications run mostly fine on 64-bit Windows are there any scenarious where I will have 32-bit Microsoft Search IFilter consumers on a 64-bit machine? Can I just install the 64-bit ...
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Linux x86_64 reports 3.2G of memory instead of 4G
I have an ASRock G31M-GS motherboard with 4GB memory installed, but when I query the memory size under CentOS 5.4 (x86_64)
[root@localhost ~]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 ...
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Should I switch to 64bit Ubuntu?
I've been using 32 bit Ubuntu for the last couple of years on my development machine.
I generally write web apps in php.
I would like to use a 64 bit OS for the obvious reasons but wonder if there ...
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Compiling 32-bit binaries on 64-bit RHEL
I have a 64-bit RHEL 5.3 server. There's a piece of server software that's more memory efficient if I compile it as 32-bit. Is there a way to tell GCC to target 32-bit?
I just want a specific piece ...
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Periodic kernel activity on Windows XP x64
I've got a Windows XP Pro x64 maching, running on Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB ram, all latest updates installed. A week ago or so i've started noticing high CPU usage. Looking at the task manager i see the ...
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How much RAM does a server actually need?
I have a quite a few servers deployed around the world. They are running Windows 2003 x64 with SQL Server 2005 x64 with 6 GB of RAM. The boxes do not have the best (or even an acceptable) ...
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RHEL5: Forbid installation of i386 packages on 64-bit systems?
Everytime I install something with yum, it tries to install both x86_64 and i386 versions of the package if both are available. Is there any way I can forbid that without specifying the arch of the ...
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Where do we put config.ini for Vmware Workstation 6.5 on 64-bit Windows 7?
I am almost certain that even the VMware knowledge base omits denoting exactly where the config.ini is supposed to be for Vmware Workstation 6.5 on 64-bit Windows 7 host. Several references to ...
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Should I disable Jumbo Packets on iSCSI network?
Let's say we have a SQL Server 2000 box that houses our main database engine.
We added an iSCSI SAN and now that server has a one card connected to the regular network and one card connected to the ...
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Should Windows 7, 32-bit vs 64-bit be installed on various machines?
Windows 7 will be released only 3 days from now. If there are a bunch of machines
1) Quad Core, 4GB machines
2) Core2Duo, 2GB machines
3) HyperThread 3.2GHz, 1GB machines
are there pros and cons to ...
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64-bit TortoiseSVN on Windows 7 says “file or directory is corrupted and unreadable” then runs chkdsk
I'm using 64-bit TortoiseSVN on a 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. Every so often a checkout or update will fail with an error message like the following.
Error: Can't move
Error: ...
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Rolling Upgrade of Oracle 11g from 32 bit to 64 bit?
I have an Oracle 11.1.0.7 database running on windows 32 bit. I would like to upgrade to 64 bit (same version of oracle) and would like to use a standby database for a rolling upgrade. Is this ...
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How do you setup 64-bit PHP5 with APC?
I followed this # script on my webhost's wiki to setup a custom install of PHP5, but now theyre telling me they need to move my account to a 64-bit server, and I have no idea how to set this up. APC ...
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Excessive Paging in Window Server 2003 64 bit
All,
Thanks in advance for your help.
I need to understand how to get a handle on what I consider is excessive paging on one of my servers.
The server is a 16 processor 64-bit Windows Server 2003 - ...
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Is it possible to force a C# application compiled with the “Any” architecture tag to run as a 32 bit application on 64 bit windows?
I have a .Net application, compiled with the "Any" flag set for the architecture type.
I am wondering if it is possible to force the application to run as a 32 bit application, on a(any) 64 bit ...
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Alternate downloads of 64bit ESX VMWare Infrastructure Client?
We've got an ESX 3.5 server that is currently unpatched, still running release code.
While we plan to update to current one weekend over the next few weeks, I'd like to get the VI Client installed on ...
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CF64 on Server 2008x64 breaks pretty much everything else, how to fix?
I just installed CF64 on a WinServer2008x64 machine. Previously a whole array of classic ASP and ASP.Net apps were functioning, after the CF install they're not.
I'm getting an http 500 on ...
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Can I run 64-bit VM guests on a 32-bit host?
Can I run 64-bit VM guests on a 32-bit host?
If I have a physical PC with 32 bit can I launch a VM that is 64 bit?
What virtual machine software (Virtual PC or VirtualBox or other) would allow this?
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How to report less memory to 32 bit program so it will work on 64 bit Vista?
I have a legacy setup program that will not install on a 64 bit version of Vista with 4GB of RAM. The setup program performs a check at the beginning of the installation to see if there is enough ...
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32 Bit Applications on a 64 Bit OS
Other than memory size limits of 4GB, what is the penalty for running 32 bit applications on an OS running in 64 bit? For example. does a 32 bit application require that it's address space be ...
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compiling 64 bit linux kernel with gcc
While trying to compile a 64 bit linux kernel using gcc, I see the following error :
kernel/bounds.c:1: error: code model ‘kernel’ not supported in the 32 bit mode
kernel/bounds.c:1: sorry, ...
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Small footprint 64 bit ISO reader
In the good old days of Windows XP we had the Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for mounting ISO's.
Since Vista I have struggled to find a driver level shell extension that works on a 64 bit ...
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T5500 NIC issues
I currently have a T5500 with a Broadcom on-board NIC.
System specs:
Windows XP x64 SP2
12gb RAM
Broadcom NetXtreme 5761
BIOS is updated to the latest - A02.
I can successfully bind the ...
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Are there any potential problems moving from 32 bit Enterprise to 64 bit Standard SQL Server 2005
I've been looking at an upgrade to my SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition. I'm specifically looking to upgrade as I'm hitting the limit of my 2 CPUs at the moment. It looks like I could move to 64 bit ...
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Which linux distro has the best 64-bit support? And is OSX 64-bit more reliable than linux?
I'm running windows server 2008 64, but all open-source stuff (mysql, ruby, python, R) is either not that well-tested or has problems. And of course, if you have to compile packages, you are on your ...
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Windows Server 2008 x64, Large File Transfers, and Memory Usage
I'm following up on this:
http://serverfault.com/questions/37605/copying-large-file-to-remote-server-causes-it-to-run-out-of-physical-memory
But figured I'd post this separately.
I have a 64-bit ...
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Windows 2003 x64 Server as Workstation
I need to buy a box to be used as a development workstation and install windows 2003 x64 server on it. I will be using VS2008, SQL and similar tools on it. I bought a box from HP (HP Compaq dc7900) ...
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USB Driver on a Windows (x32) on Windows (x64) using Virtualization/Emulation
I have a piece of software that doesn't have a USB driver for x64. I was hoping to use VirtualBox , VirtualPC, or VMWare in order to have an x32 Windows which would allow me to continue to use the ...
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Server.CreateObject Fails when calling .Net object from ASP on 64-bit windows in IIS 32-bit mode
I have a server running Windows 2003 64-bit, that runs IIS in 32-bit mode. I have a COM object that was registered using the following command:
...
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How can I use powershell scripting to change SQL Server Aliases?
I have an x64 machine that regularly needs about 10 aliases changed in the SQL Server Client Network Utility (cliconfig) for both the x64 and x86 sides of the registry. Is there a way I could do this ...
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What is the best way to “upgrade” Server 2008 x86 to x64?
I know that you cannot do an upgrade from x86 to x64. What I need/want to do is re-install Server 2008 on a machine to "upgrade" to the 64-bit version.
My question is, how do I handle this in the ...
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Installing Mysql Ruby gem on 64-bit CentOS
I have a problem installing mysql ruby gem on 64bit CentOS machine.
[jacekb@vitaidealn ~]$ uname -a
Linux vitaidealn.local 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jun 10 18:51:06 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 ...
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Why is hotfix KB973869 on x64 versions of 2003/XP not working?
I've applied the new KB973869 hotfix multiple times on my x64 2003 and XP systems and Windows Update keeps saying it needs to be re-applied. What's going on?
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Virtualizing Windows 7 x64 on Windows 7
Is Virtual PC on Windows 7 x64 only able to virtualize x86 versions of Windows 7?
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Reclaiming an old server
I got a server, four-2.6Ghz AMD opteron and 10Gigs RAM on TYAN Thunder board, for free. The thing is massive and loud, I'd like to reclaim the processors and RAM into two smaller computers each with ...
