I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003
Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet.


"Scotter" <spam@spam.net> wrote in message
news:urFQmUpWHHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software? Or do I need
> to
> run 64-bit versions of everything? Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I
> can
> think of now:
>
> MS Office 2003
> MS Visual Studio 2005
> FTP Voyager
> Boxer Text Editor
> Nero
> Photoshop CS2
> Illustrator CS2
> Acrobat
> Flash 8
> Poser 7
> Game: Supreme Commander
> Game: Planetside
> iTunes
> Fraps
>
> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that
> mail program have a built-in spam-checker? If so, how effective have you
> all
> found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rd-party spam-checker that
> works
> with the 64-bit Vista mail program?
>
> Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of
> Googling
> now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post)
> --
> Scotter
>
>
>
> --
> Scotter
>
>

* Scotter:

> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software?

Yes.

> Or do I need to
> run 64-bit versions of everything?

No.

> Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use?

Yes. No 16bit programs (and this includes 32bit programs that come with
16bit installers), no programs that only come with 32bit drivers...

> Here are some of the programs I can
> think of now:

[snip]

> iTunes

No iTunes for 64bit Windows. The last iTunes version that runs on 64bit
Windows is 6.0.4 which is outdated and suffers from several security
holes...

> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ?

What for? Windows Mail is just a pimped Outlook Express. Why give up
Outlook for that?

> Anything you all want to share about that?

Do you have any native x64 programs or more than 4GB RAM? If not then
you will be much better suited with 32bit Vista...

Benjamin

* Scotter:

> Building a new computer.
> Bought Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
>
> Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32-bit software?

Yes.

> Or do I need to
> run 64-bit versions of everything?

No.

> Will using the 64-bit version of Vista
> severely limit what software I can use?

Yes. No 16bit programs (and this includes 32bit programs that come with
16bit installers), no programs that only come with 32bit drivers...

> Here are some of the programs I can
> think of now:

[snip]

> iTunes

No iTunes for 64bit Windows. The last iTunes version that runs on 64bit
Windows is 6.0.4 which is outdated and suffers from several security
holes...

> Oh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into
> Vista... ?

What for? Windows Mail is just a pimped Outlook Express. Why give up
Outlook for that?

> Anything you all want to share about that?

Do you have any native x64 programs or more than 4GB RAM? If not then
you will be much better suited with 32bit Vista...

Benjamin