On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:02:01 -0600, "Shenan Stanley"
<newshelper@gmail.com> wrote:
> <snipped>
>
> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> > You've already gotten several good answers, but I'll just add this: if
> > you don't know, almost certainly it's 32-bit.
>
> If they, for sure, have Windows XP - I agree completely.
> If they have Windows Vista or Windows 7 - it is not so clear-cut.
Right. I agree completely too.
> I know - they posted in a "windowsxp" newsgroup...
I'll take him at his word. If he asked a question in the wrong
newsgroup, he is likely to get all sorts of wrong information, based
on all of our assumptions about his situation. If, for example, he's
running linux, not Windows XP, all the answers he got were useless to
him.
> One should be able to
> safely assume they have Windows XP. I'd give it just better than 75%
> personally. *grin*
>
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