You can't install the 32-bit version of IE9 on 64-bit Windows. At least, I couldn't when I tried it this morning.
--- Brian On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Harry McGregor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 3/16/11 8:49 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > > so many new systems now come with 64-bit windows that only people > > running older hardware/software use 32-bit Windows anymore. At the > > least, MS should have provided an on-par version of IE9 that runs on > > 64-bit systems. This is dumb. I'm going to the new chrome unless FF > > gives me a good reason not to. I'm not even going to consider IE9 now, > > and I was looking forward to playing with it this weekend. > > > > On 3/16/2011 11:31 AM, FORC5 wrote: > >> I do :-[ > >> actually both > >> fp > >> > >> At 08:22 AM 3/16/2011, Anthony Q. Martin Poked the stick with: > >>> Who runs 32-bit windows anymore? > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPad > Not one to normally support MS, but in this case everyone here is > missing the point. > > The 64 Bit version is crippled due to MS feeling it won't give a good > user experience. > > The 32 Bit version is the version MS expects users to use ON 64Bit WINDOWS. > > If you look at IE 8 on Windows 7, it is a 32 bit application. MS is > even recommending the 32bit version of MS Office 2010 due to addon > compatibility issues. > > The nice thing about the way AMD pushed to 64 bits is that you can run > 32 bit applications on a 64 bit OS. I have been using large memory 64 > bit machines with Windows 7 and the critical apps are 64 bit for memory > reasons (Autodesk software), but the need for office or IE to use more > then 3GB of memory really does not exist yet. > > I am surprised MS even released a 64 bit version of IE 9. > > > Harry > > > >
