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[Nothing Here]

Ok, I know that an SP3 was never made for the x64 edition of XP. But would it be possible to actually bring it up to date some how?

[azspeedbullet]

if i remember correctly from the last time i used win xp x64, you will need to use the windows server 2003 service pack instead of the regular xp service pack

[Nothing Here]

azspeedbullet, on 03 October 2012 - 17:07, said:

if i remember correctly from the last time i used win xp x64, you will need to use the windows server 2003 service pack instead of the regular xp service pack

I really need to make sure before I install XP x64 on this older AMD. I could just give them the x86 edition, but then the 8 gigs of DDR2 ram would get lost so to speak. I might be able to install Vista x64, but a lot of their other hardware are not up to speed. Which would mean either running drivers in compatibility mode or upgrading their hardware. i am doing this as a favor to them because their kid needs a system for homework. So I cannot afford to upgrade it any further then I already have.


Edit:

According to MS, there is no SP3 for Server 2k3.

[Arceles]

Lakota Rising, on 03 October 2012 - 17:16, said:

I really need to make sure before I install XP x64 on this older AMD. I could just give them the x86 edition, but then the 8 gigs of DDR2 ram would get lost so to speak. I might be able to install Vista x64, but a lot of their other hardware are not up to speed. Which would mean either running drivers in compatibility mode or upgrading their hardware. i am doing this as a favor to them because their kid needs a system for homework. So I cannot afford to upgrade it any further then I already have.


Edit:

According to MS, there is no SP3 for Server 2k3.

Win 7 should be then, if your hardware has 8gb of ram that's far more than enough, my father has a c-60 processor running happily win7 x64 bits no problem, and it's quite fast.

[Praetor]

azspeedbullet, on 03 October 2012 - 17:07, said:

if i remember correctly from the last time i used win xp x64, you will need to use the windows server 2003 service pack instead of the regular xp service pack

true. i still have a copy somewhere @ home, although that version really never caught on.
Also remember that in that version of windows there's a bigger scarcity of drivers.

[cybertimber2008]

Get Win7 on the cheap while it is on the cheap (found it as cheap as $80), or give them XP and for $40 they can have Win8 when it arrives.

[azspeedbullet]

Lakota Rising, on 03 October 2012 - 17:16, said:

I really need to make sure before I install XP x64 on this older AMD. I could just give them the x86 edition, but then the 8 gigs of DDR2 ram would get lost so to speak. I might be able to install Vista x64, but a lot of their other hardware are not up to speed. Which would mean either running drivers in compatibility mode or upgrading their hardware. i am doing this as a favor to them because their kid needs a system for homework. So I cannot afford to upgrade it any further then I already have.


Edit:

According to MS, there is no SP3 for Server 2k3.

i currently run windows 7 64bit on an old amd 64 x2 dual core processor 2.40ghz..,no problems and much much faster then regular xp

[Nothing Here]

I will see what can be done. I'll load my Win7 on it and see if it can recognize the hardware. If not, I will just slap WinXP x64 SP2 on it and update it as much as possible.

[Tyler R.]

Lakota Rising, on 03 October 2012 - 17:31, said:

I will see what can be done. I'll load my Win7 on it and see if it can recognize the hardware. If not, I will just slap WinXP x64 SP2 on it and update it as much as possible.

Windows 7 will see everything fine, so long as you install the drivers. The drivers are avalible right?

[Dot Matrix]

What do you need XP x64 for, if I may ask? AFAIK, it's been abandoned.

[Nothing Here]

Tyler R., on 03 October 2012 - 17:38, said:

Windows 7 will see everything fine, so long as you install the drivers. The drivers are avalible right?

I cannot find any Win7 drivers for some of the hardware and I don't have any extra hardware that I can just pop into it.

Dot Matrix, on 03 October 2012 - 17:39, said:

What do you need XP x64 for, if I may ask? AFAIK, it's been abandoned.

I upgraded the ram in this system to 8gigs. XP x86 will not utilize all the ram and their kid is studying graphics/media stuff that I don't understand. So will need full utilization of the 8gigs DDR2.

[+Brando212]

Dot Matrix, on 03 October 2012 - 17:39, said:

What do you need XP x64 for, if I may ask? AFAIK, it's been abandoned.

look at the higher posts, the whole point of 64bit was because the PC has 8gb of ram which would be wasted if he installed normal XP x86

Lakota Rising, on 03 October 2012 - 17:47, said:

I cannot find any Win7 drivers for some of the hardware and I don't have any extra hardware that I can just pop into it.

it's still possible that Windows 7 will have some generic drivers built in that will work out-of-the-box. so it's still worth a try. better to rule it out completely than to not try it at all IMO

[Tyler R.]

Lakota Rising, on 03 October 2012 - 17:47, said:

I cannot find any Win7 drivers for some of the hardware and I don't have any extra hardware that I can just pop into it.



I upgraded the ram in this system to 8gigs. XP x86 will not utilize all the ram and their kid is studying graphics/media stuff that I don't understand. So will need full utilization of the 8gigs DDR2.

What can't you find? Give me the name and model no and I'll see what I can do. I got sources.

[azspeedbullet]

Lakota Rising, on 03 October 2012 - 17:47, said:

I cannot find any Win7 drivers for some of the hardware and I don't have any extra hardware that I can just pop into it.

you can install VISTA drivers within the windows 7 operating system with no problems. I recently had to install a geforce fx5200 card in a pc, windows 7 did not pick up the drivers by the vista drivers worked fine

[Deranged]

Lakota Rising, on 03 October 2012 - 17:47, said:

I cannot find any Win7 drivers for some of the hardware and I don't have any extra hardware that I can just pop into it.

I upgraded the ram in this system to 8gigs. XP x86 will not utilize all the ram and their kid is studying graphics/media stuff that I don't understand. So will need full utilization of the 8gigs DDR2.

Vista would still be a much better option for security, stability, support and multicore reasons. But there may be alternate ways to get the drivers that we can help with and 7 would be a much better option (as said above, Vista drivers should work fine.)