What Windows Version do I have? 32 or 64?


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What Windows Version do I have 32 or 64bit Some of you apparently don’t know what Windows version they have, 32 or 64 bit. If you don’t know what Windows version you are running, you can get into a lot of trouble if you try to follow some tutorials on our site and you are using 64-bit system files on a 32-bit system.

Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

Luckily, there are some easy ways to find out what Windows version you are running.

1. Open up the control panel:

Windows 7 Control Panel

2. Click on “System and Security”:

Windows 7 System and Security

3. Click on “System”:

Windows 7 System Information

4. Next, you will get some general system information about your system:

Windows 7 System Type 32 or 64

5. Check the system type and you will find out what Windows 7 version you are running, either a 32-bit operating system or a 64-bit operating system.

Personally, I am running a 64-bit operating system, because it’s more efficient when it comes to running optimized 64-bit applications:

Windows 7 64-bit version

So, now you know what Windows version you are running, 32 or 64-bit. When you download Windows 7 themes from this site, it often comes with an explorer.exe, but you can only use this explorer.exe on a 64-bit Windows version. I will be trying to get my hands on a 32-bit versiont too, so I can always provide both explorer.exe, but for now, please be careful what you try to replace.

If you need more information about your system, I recommend to display them right on your desktop. Displaying system information on your desktop can be a great advantage.

Filed Under: Tutorials by sOliver - Monday, March 15th, 2010
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One Response to What Windows Version do I have? 32 or 64?

  1. maryann said:

    hi, i have both 64bit and 32bit on my system, should i install both?

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