• Welcome to Tux Reports: Where Penguins Fly. We hope you find the topics varied, interesting, and worthy of your time. Please become a member and join in the discussions.

*My Computer* icon in Windows ???

R

R. C. White

Flightless Bird
Hi, Bob.

This little <Win>+<Break> trick has worked with every Windows version since
at least Win98.

I don't recall what the actual combo was before keyboards had a Windows logo
key. Recent keyboards - especially for laptops and other non-standard form
factors - combine the Pause/Break key. My current full-size keyboard
(Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 6000 v3.0) labels the key simply "Pause"; I
often have to toggle the F-Lock key to change it from "Pause" to "Break" to
get this keystroke combo to work. This key is near the upper right corner
of the keyboard on almost all keyboards. Also, of course, the <Win> key has
had many names, including <Start>; my current keyboard has no name at all on
that key, just the Windows logo. My new Acer Aspire One netbook has the
logo key and a Pause/Break key.

But the keystroke combo still works in Win7 Ultimate x64! And on the
netbook, even when it was running Win7 32-bit Starter Edition. ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:ho8r02$ds7$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> Winkey+Pause/Break will open System Properties in Vista, probably works
> for Windows 7 as well.
>
> "ront2" <ront2@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:Y6Epn.54172$mn6.39032@newsfe07.iad...
>> It was on my desktop in Windows XP. Cannot find it here.. I was told to
>> go to it to see if I have 64 bit or 32 bit. Thanks Ron
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:57:30 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
> >> >In other words, give me a hundred people who don't know whether they
> >> >have 32-bit or 64-bit and let me bet ten dollars on each that what is
> >> >installed is 32-bit, I'll end up with winning, if not a thousand
> >> >dollars, something close to it.
> >>
> >> As long as XP remains the largest installed base, I'm quite sure
> >> you're right. I'm hoping that won't be too much longer, though. ;)

> >
> >Take away XP and let me make the same bet only on Windows 7 machines.
> >I may not win quite as much, but I'll still be way ahead.

>
>
> Aren't most preinstalled Windows 7 copies 64-bit, though?




I'm sure they will be in the not very distant future, but not yet. I
just wandered around Dell's web site to check. I didn't look at every
system, but all the ones I saw were 32-bit.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
S

SC Tom

Flightless Bird
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:bukhq51c9nnf0ianelinn06c2sc2ep111s@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:57:30 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>>
>> >> >In other words, give me a hundred people who don't know whether they
>> >> >have 32-bit or 64-bit and let me bet ten dollars on each that what is
>> >> >installed is 32-bit, I'll end up with winning, if not a thousand
>> >> >dollars, something close to it.
>> >>
>> >> As long as XP remains the largest installed base, I'm quite sure
>> >> you're right. I'm hoping that won't be too much longer, though. ;)
>> >
>> >Take away XP and let me make the same bet only on Windows 7 machines.
>> >I may not win quite as much, but I'll still be way ahead.

>>
>>
>> Aren't most preinstalled Windows 7 copies 64-bit, though?

>
>
>
> I'm sure they will be in the not very distant future, but not yet. I
> just wandered around Dell's web site to check. I didn't look at every
> system, but all the ones I saw were 32-bit.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup


I was helping a friend pick out a notebook last week, and I noticed on
Amazon that almost all of the HP and Dell notebooks are 64-bit, albeit Win7
Home Premium for the most part. I didn't look at any of the desktops,
though.
--
SC Tom
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Flightless Bird
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:09:14 -0400, "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote:

>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:bukhq51c9nnf0ianelinn06c2sc2ep111s@4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:57:30 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> >In other words, give me a hundred people who don't know whether they
> >> >> >have 32-bit or 64-bit and let me bet ten dollars on each that what is
> >> >> >installed is 32-bit, I'll end up with winning, if not a thousand
> >> >> >dollars, something close to it.
> >> >>
> >> >> As long as XP remains the largest installed base, I'm quite sure
> >> >> you're right. I'm hoping that won't be too much longer, though. ;)
> >> >
> >> >Take away XP and let me make the same bet only on Windows 7 machines.
> >> >I may not win quite as much, but I'll still be way ahead.
> >>
> >>
> >> Aren't most preinstalled Windows 7 copies 64-bit, though?

> >
> >
> >
> > I'm sure they will be in the not very distant future, but not yet. I
> > just wandered around Dell's web site to check. I didn't look at every
> > system, but all the ones I saw were 32-bit.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>
> I was helping a friend pick out a notebook last week, and I noticed on
> Amazon that almost all of the HP and Dell notebooks are 64-bit, albeit Win7
> Home Premium for the most part. I didn't look at any of the desktops,
> though.



The CPU is very likely 64-bit on most computers being sold these days.
Is that what you saw or did you see that 64-bit Windows 7 was
installed?

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
J

Joel

Flightless Bird
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

>> Aren't most preinstalled Windows 7 copies 64-bit, though?

>
>I'm sure they will be in the not very distant future, but not yet. I
>just wandered around Dell's web site to check. I didn't look at every
>system, but all the ones I saw were 32-bit.



http://www.dell.com/home/desktops#s...em&navValc=Windows 7&a=51800~0~4308952&page=1

http://www.dell.com/home/laptops#su...em&navValc=Windows 7&a=51800~0~4308952&page=1


The only 32-bit Win7 copies sold with those machines were the Starter
netbooks. They are apparently still selling some 32-bit Vista and XP
copies, too, though.

--
Joel Crump
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Flightless Bird
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:24:47 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
> >> Aren't most preinstalled Windows 7 copies 64-bit, though?

> >
> >I'm sure they will be in the not very distant future, but not yet. I
> >just wandered around Dell's web site to check. I didn't look at every
> >system, but all the ones I saw were 32-bit.

>
>
> http://www.dell.com/home/desktops#s...em&navValc=Windows 7&a=51800~0~4308952&page=1
>
> http://www.dell.com/home/laptops#su...em&navValc=Windows 7&a=51800~0~4308952&page=1
>
>
> The only 32-bit Win7 copies sold with those machines were the Starter
> netbooks. They are apparently still selling some 32-bit Vista and XP
> copies, too, though.



Yes, you're apparently right. Sorry for my mistake.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
S

Seth

Flightless Bird
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:r1aiq5loe2v91cljpvhmro3mkpmsth1hqr@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:24:47 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>>
>> >> Aren't most preinstalled Windows 7 copies 64-bit, though?
>> >
>> >I'm sure they will be in the not very distant future, but not yet. I
>> >just wandered around Dell's web site to check. I didn't look at every
>> >system, but all the ones I saw were 32-bit.

>>
>> http://www.dell.com/home/desktops#s...em&navValc=Windows 7&a=51800~0~4308952&page=1
>>
>> http://www.dell.com/home/laptops#su...em&navValc=Windows 7&a=51800~0~4308952&page=1
>>
>> The only 32-bit Win7 copies sold with those machines were the Starter
>> netbooks. They are apparently still selling some 32-bit Vista and XP
>> copies, too, though.

>
> Yes, you're apparently right. Sorry for my mistake.



For most of the systems I've looked at when shopping the amount of memory
included in the SKU was the determining factor. If 3GB or less, 32b. For
systems with 4GB or more, 64b.
 
S

SC Tom

Flightless Bird
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:iephq51uj4uvgdgt3u64echdetvb0qk77h@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:09:14 -0400, "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:bukhq51c9nnf0ianelinn06c2sc2ep111s@4ax.com...
>> > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:57:30 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> >In other words, give me a hundred people who don't know whether
>> >> >> >they
>> >> >> >have 32-bit or 64-bit and let me bet ten dollars on each that what
>> >> >> >is
>> >> >> >installed is 32-bit, I'll end up with winning, if not a thousand
>> >> >> >dollars, something close to it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> As long as XP remains the largest installed base, I'm quite sure
>> >> >> you're right. I'm hoping that won't be too much longer, though. ;)
>> >> >
>> >> >Take away XP and let me make the same bet only on Windows 7 machines.
>> >> >I may not win quite as much, but I'll still be way ahead.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Aren't most preinstalled Windows 7 copies 64-bit, though?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm sure they will be in the not very distant future, but not yet. I
>> > just wandered around Dell's web site to check. I didn't look at every
>> > system, but all the ones I saw were 32-bit.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>>
>> I was helping a friend pick out a notebook last week, and I noticed on
>> Amazon that almost all of the HP and Dell notebooks are 64-bit, albeit
>> Win7
>> Home Premium for the most part. I didn't look at any of the desktops,
>> though.

>
>
> The CPU is very likely 64-bit on most computers being sold these days.
> Is that what you saw or did you see that 64-bit Windows 7 was
> installed?
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup


64-bit Windows was installed. Look at these
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yc2d8g7 and these
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yd2uomv
I can tell the difference, TYVM :)
--
SC Tom
 
Top