You should be safe going with the XP version. If you were running 64-bit 
Windows XP then I'm pretty sure you'd know it. Unlike Vista or Windows 
7, you would have had to pretty much order a system with XP 64-bit as a 
special request. 64-bit XP also didn't have the widespread device 
support that you have in Vista or Widnows 7, so you'd probably be stuck 
with a limited set of device drivers or you'd be scrambling around 
looking for 64-bit XP device drivers. I'm also not sure what the status 
of 64-bit support is for XP and the screen readers. I know they support 
64-bit Windows, but I guess I always assumed this was for Vista and/or 
Windows 7.

I'm a bit surprised that you ran into this problem running Ff and IE. I 
run them both on three different systems, and I've never had this 
problem. I'll run them simultaneously, use one or the other, jubmp back 
and forth between the two, and like I said, all with no problems. I'm 
even surprised that there's enough interaction or shared components 
between the two to cause a corruption in one or the other.

--

Christopher
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On 5/7/2010 8:45 AM, Michael Groat wrote:
> Lisa,
> Choose the XP version for the download.  I am running this version on my XP
> system and I do not have any problems.  The 64 bit version is for the
> computers that are running Windows 7 or especially setup XP systems.
>
> I also use FireFox on my systems.  I suggest to fully close one before
> opening the other.  When I close one, I do a Start + M before I open the
> other.  This may not do anything, but I have not had any issues.
>
> Michael
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lisa McManus
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 6:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [VICUG-L] question about windows xp
>
> Hi all,
>
> I know this might sound silly, but I just wanted to ask and make sure.  I
> just spent last evening going back and forth and back and forth between
> internet explorer and fire fox which corrupted my internet explorer.  Gw
> micro said that they have seen this happen before so I have learned my
> lesson and I am not going to do that any more.  I was just trying to get
> webvisum to work and after a few hours it still wouldn't so I gave up.  I
> had to uninstall my internet explorer 8 which reverted me back to 7.  So
> when I go to download it again it wants to know my operating system.  I have
> xp home, but in the choices there is xp and xp 64 bit.  I don't know what 64
> bit refers to so I don't know which I have.  I have fios service.  Can
> someone tell me for sure what one I should pick?  I just don't want this to
> get any more messed up.  Thanks very much in advance.
>
> Lisa
>
>    


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