We are a small shop and have switched over half of our users to 64bit. The only problems have been Printer drivers and 16bit Apps. So far we have solved all the printer driver issues, in a couple of cases with new printers but we would have had to do that anyway since those printers did not have drivers for Windows 7. The 16bit apps were a little more of a problem and we do have to continue to support them until maybe the end of 2010. We have them running a virtual mode for those apps and that has solved the problem. We have one vendor that has a problem but my assistant found a solution for their app also. So far I can tell you that my experiences with 64 bit have been very good. I find it to be more stable than the 32bit versions. We have a couple of users that have 32bit so we do not have to run virtual on their computers. They do not have 4GB of Ram so they asked for that. Their computers do not seem to be quite as stable as the 64Bit versions. But that is just my experience yours will vary.
-----Original Message----- From: Glen Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 16 bit VDM Humm. Change one gp setting, break maybe one or two apps. Switch 200+ computers to 64bit, and break who knows what? I think we have a differing definition of "easier". Just for fun, have any of you folks switched an org to 64? If so, what kinds of problems did you face? -----Original Message----- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 16 bit VDM There is an easier solution just switch all user to 64 Bit OS and problem solved. -----Original Message----- From: Glen Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 16 bit VDM Anyone implemented the group policy mentioned in this article? If so, did you see any side effects. I don't know of any old 16 bit programs that are in use here, but I guess there could be some we aren't aware of. http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Windows-hole-discovered-after -17-years-Update-908917.html ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
