Just to clarify. The original poster said he was running XP Home. Since 
there is no 64bit version of XP Home he must be running x86 (32bit). 
Also the type of processor you have does not identify the bit value of 
the operating system.
-Pete
QA Software Engineer



Ray Parrish wrote:
> Not necessarily... I'm running two 32 bit operating systems, and the 
> processor information reports 64 bit on both operating systems, since 
> I have a 64 bit instruction set enabled cpu in my computer. Those 
> operating systems are Windows XP Home, and Ubuntu Linux 8.04.2.
>
> Later, Ray Parrish
>
> lkuzyk wrote:
>> I have deleted the post inquiring about 32 or 64 bit and where to 
>> locate information............
>>   .  View System Information window
>>   1.. Click Start, and then click Run.   2.. Type winmsd.exe, and 
>> then click OK.   3.. When System Summary is selected in the 
>> navigation pane, locate Processor under Item in the details pane. 
>> Note the value.     a.. If the value that corresponds to Processor 
>> starts with x86, the computer is running a 32-bit version of the 
>> Windows operating system.     b.. If the value that corresponds to 
>> Processor starts with ia64 or AMD64, the computer is running a 64-bit 
>> version of the Windows operating system.
>> L. Kuzyk
>>
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