You have the 64-bit edition of Windows Vista. :-)
The biggest bullet point difference for Photoshop and Lightroom is the ability to allocate more RAM.
For much more background, try here:
<http://blogs.adobe.com/scottbyer/2006/12/64_bitswhen.html>
regards,
steve
If you have 3rd party plug-ins then you probably want to keep the 32-bit version around. Many plug-ins haven't ported over to be 64 bit compatible yet.
I hope I didn't come off as snarky, it is just a well treaded topic here in the forums.
The big win with 64 bit is large document performance (500MB and bigger) by being able to utilize over 4GB RAM.
Even if you could work out a way to do it, it is not a good idea to try and remove either 64 0r 32-bit version. It will only cause grief. Hard drive space is not so precious these days. If your drive is getting full, consider moving some of your own stuff, like image files, over to an external USB hard drive – they are dirt cheap these days.
So is RAM; if your computer can take it, add some more.
Margaret hasn't said so but if I had to guess, I'd go with HP being the
brand of machine she has. They install the 64 bit version of Vista on a
quite a few models.
Bob
>If you are thinking "I never have files that big", don't worry. Having a 64-bit system is helping in other ways and you are at the forefront of technology.
>
The forefront? I've been working in 64-bit since around 1992, give or
take.
LOL
Sorry, there isn't a way to uninstall just the 64bit version. This is a limit in the license technology.