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Title's pretty explanatory. I have an application(Second Life) that isn't compatible with 64-bit windows 7. It says that it is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and 7 but only the 32-bit version of 7. I need to know if it's possible for me to download something to make the application compatible with my computer. I've run troubleshooters and ran it as windows compatible XP service pack 2 and tried again with service pack 3.
Links would be appreciated greatly. – Glenn – 2011-02-14T21:54:27.800
Is it a 16-bit application? Native 32-bit applications are generally emulated properly under 64-bit Windows. Maybe there's something else going on with a driver or library incompatibility...can you be more specific about what you're trying to run? (There's not a one-size-fits-all answer ANYWAY so you'll need to provide better details.) – Shinrai – 2011-02-14T21:57:50.127
I agree with @Shinrai, the question needs updated with some more details. – afrazier – 2011-02-14T22:01:18.503
It's called Second Life, and it says that it's compatible for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7(32-bit only). That's about the extent of my information. – Glenn – 2011-02-14T22:03:03.270
I assume you mean this - http://secondlife.com/
– ChrisF – 2011-02-14T22:07:57.883Yeah, that's what i'm trying to run. – Glenn – 2011-02-14T22:09:07.867
They seem to be very cautious about what systems they will run on. The list of unsupported graphics cards is quite long. – ChrisF – 2011-02-14T22:10:16.977
I have the right graphics card, an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 isn't said to have issues. – Glenn – 2011-02-14T22:18:11.713
Several of the answers are on the right track - there's really no good reason it SHOULDN'T run. Have you actually...yaknow...tried running it? You're not very specific about that in the question. Just because they don't list it explicitly doesn't mean anything. And if it runs on either version of Vista (you say they don't specify) it's obviously not 16-bit code. – Shinrai – 2011-02-14T22:29:00.383