Comments on: Windows 7 ROCKS http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/09/24/windows-7-rocks/ by Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:42:54 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Abel Lineberger http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/09/24/windows-7-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-2984 Abel Lineberger Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:53:59 +0000 http://blog.certifiedpayrollreports.com/?p=247#comment-2984 Argh! In : "Note that not that you", the not should be NOW. Lovely. Argh!

In : “Note that not that you”, the not should be NOW.

Lovely.

]]> By: Abel Lineberger http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/09/24/windows-7-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-2983 Abel Lineberger Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:52:13 +0000 http://blog.certifiedpayrollreports.com/?p=247#comment-2983 Nancy, Congratulations on the new computer. Note that not that you have a 64-bit operating system, you want to be careful to insure that you install 64-bit drivers for your peripherals. From the sound of it, when you "just used the regular installation CD that came with it" you may very well have installed 32-bit drivers. If you have a Canon folder in your %root%\Program Files (x86)\ folder then you did indeed install a 32-bit version of the driver. This is true of everything from video and network cards to printers. Why might this be an issue? Because those 32-bit drivers (and applications!) may only be able to access the first 3GB of RAM on that 8GB investment. You can generally find 64-bit Windows 7 drivers on the manufacturer's web sites. As 64-bit becomes the standard, driver availability should climb. Good luck! Nancy,
Congratulations on the new computer. Note that not that you have a 64-bit operating system, you want to be careful to insure that you install 64-bit drivers for your peripherals. From the sound of it, when you “just used the regular installation CD that came with it” you may very well have installed 32-bit drivers. If you have a Canon folder in your %root%\Program Files (x86)\ folder then you did indeed install a 32-bit version of the driver. This is true of everything from video and network cards to printers. Why might this be an issue? Because those 32-bit drivers (and applications!) may only be able to access the first 3GB of RAM on that 8GB investment. You can generally find 64-bit Windows 7 drivers on the manufacturer’s web sites. As 64-bit becomes the standard, driver availability should climb.

Good luck!

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