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which system tray network monitor - like a graph or something.

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IainB:
Ahh, bugger! Bad luck.
I was thinking of migrating to Windows 7 64-bit, but I shall defer it - I have heard of a few too many instances like this, where the thing is not yet supported by this or that application.

Fortunately, there's no compelling urgency for me to do the migration  right now.

Innuendo:
I was thinking of migrating to Windows 7 64-bit, but I shall defer it - I have heard of a few too many instances like this, where the thing is not yet supported by this or that application.-IainB (June 27, 2010, 11:26 AM)
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This is a software developer problem rather than a Windows problem, IMHO. 64-bit versions of Windows have been around since Windows XP x64. It's time to get the lead out and support what is new and modern.

This is the only program so far I have run into this problem with & quite frankly, it's worth giving up the deskband feature of Networx in order to enjoy all the benefits that a 64-bit version of Windows will bring me (enforced driver signing, increased security, access to RAM greater than 4 GB, etc.).

I can't see myself going back to Windows x86. IMHO, x64 is the way forward.

IainB:
... 64-bit versions of Windows have been around since Windows XP x64. It's time to get the lead out and support what is new and modern.
-Innuendo (June 27, 2010, 02:56 PM)
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Heh, I think you might be surprised to find that 64-bit versions of Windows have been around a little longer than that. I was working at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1992 when they introduced the 64-bit Alpha architecture (I think it came out of something called the PRISM  project). It came installed with OSF/1, but after a few months there was an option to have it with a 64-bit Windows NT install. It was blazingly fast, with amazing throughput rates on the I/O buses. Quite a few of my customers bought the NT version, and their support techos absolutely lurved it, of course.

Did you know that the Cray computers at the time were made from assembling arrays out of the DEC Alpha 64-bit chip?

That said, yes, I understand that Windows 7 has a software developer problem, and I absolutely recognise that it is arguably the only way to go - and it is certainly where I still intend to go.
However, I have some "legacy" (= "old") proggies that I use, which have no software developer maintaining them now, and I wish to continue to be able to use them.
The thing is, I do not want to install Windows 7 in order to find out which of my fav old proggies no longer work. I suspect that I shall end up with maintaining a dual-boot install (Windows 7 + XP) whilst I wean myself off the old but now obsolete favs. Kludgy maybe, but probably appropriately cautious.

Innuendo:
Heh, I think you might be surprised to find that 64-bit versions of Windows have been around a little longer than that. -IainB (June 27, 2010, 05:17 PM)
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I remember DEC & Itanium, but I was talking more along the lines of consumer-oriented OSes & while I loved to have had an Itanium-based system it was a lil out of my reach. :)

However, I have some "legacy" (= "old") proggies that I use, which have no software developer maintaining them now, and I wish to continue to be able to use them.
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Unless those legacy programs are 16-bit you may be surprised how many do work even if you have to use some compatibility options. Of course, you won't know for sure till you try them.

IainB:
@Innuendo: OIC. Thanks for that.     :)

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