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by Anonymous User on Sat Mar 18, 2006 at 05:24:40 PM PDT

OBTW, Microsoft only recently releases x64 drivers for their own hardware peripherals (mouse/keyboards). Also, as x64 is branded as XP, it is often virtually impossible to figure out whether it is supported or not without trying it. Many manufacturer websites are silent on the topic. Many device work just fine, with no specific mention of x64 support. As far as being a completely differnt OS, x64 is based on the server 2003 SP1 code base, but as the memory addresses are completely different in 64 bit, device specifically addressing hardware (e.g., printer drivers) are not compatible with the 32 bit OS.

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