Sorry Don, but you are wrong. My W 7 was a 64 bit system. So W8 was the same. Windows Upgrade usually sorts it for you. You only have to read the Windows forum correspondence on the upgrade process to see how fraught it was with problems.
Bryan Sent from Windows Mail From: Don Hanson Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 10:35 AM To: Legacy Sorry, I’m slowly catching up. I’m only tossing my comments in, to save others from having to hire a tech. When you UPDATE Windows, you have to download the version with the same bits as the Windows that is installed. The windows store site has very clear and detailed instructions for determining the current Windows version and ‘bits’. There is also a warning that they must match. It is only during the upgrade that you need to be concerned with ‘bits’. You apparently had Win8 32 bit installed and tried to install the 64 bit upgrade to 8.1. That has nothing to do with Windows 8 or 8.1. It certainly is not a reason to not recommend Windows 8 or 8.1. Don Hanson From: Bryan Pratt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy8 w/Windows 32 or 64 bit (was: Highlighted colour) To add again my thoughts on this mix. The only way my paid technician found to get W8.1 to work was to reconfigure it from 64 to 32 bit and install W 8.1 as 32 bit. I am totally ignorant of ‘bits’ but I just throw this in as an experience I had. I would still recommend staying away from W.8 Bryan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
