{"id":6053,"date":"2016-01-23T14:11:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T14:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2016-01-23T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T14:15:07","slug":"how-to-know-your-windows-is-32-bit-or-64-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-know-your-windows-is-32-bit-or-64-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Know Your Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit"},"content":{"rendered":"

All versions of Windows are available in two different flavors: 32-bit and 64-bit. For most people, whether they use a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows doesn’t make a difference. But it’s necessary to find out your running Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit when performing certain tasks, such as install drivers for your new device. Here are 3 simple ways to know your Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Right-click on My Computer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simply right-click on “My Computer<\/em>” (or “This PC<\/em>” if you’re running Windows 10) icon on your desktop, and then select Properties<\/strong> from the drop-down context menu.<\/p>\n

\"my-computer-properties\"<\/p>\n

The System Control Panel will now open. In this screen you will see various information about your computer and Windows. The System type<\/strong> field indicates whether your computer are running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows.<\/p>\n

\"system-info\"<\/p>\n

Method 2: Use the MSINFO32 Command<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog. Type msinfo32<\/strong> and hit Enter.<\/p>\n

\"msinfo32\"<\/p>\n

This opens the System Information window which shows details of almost everything in the system. Click the System Summary<\/strong> node on the left, then locate the System Type<\/strong> entry. If it’s x64-based PC, you’re running 64-bit Windows. If it’s x86-based PC, your Windows is 32-bit.<\/p>\n

\"system-information\"<\/p>\n

Method 3: Check the Program Files (x86) Folder<\/strong><\/p>\n

For purposes of backward compatibility, 64-bit version of Windows needs to run both 64-bit and 32-bit programs. 32-bit application are installed in the “Program Files (x86)<\/em>” folder but native 64-bit application run in the normal “Program Files<\/em>” folder. <\/p>\n

\"program-files-x86\"<\/p>\n

So if you can see the “Program Files (x86)<\/em>” folder under the root path of your system partition, your Windows is 64-bit. Otherwise it’s 32-bit OS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All versions of Windows are available in two different flavors: 32-bit and 64-bit. For most people, whether they use a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows doesn’t make a difference. But it’s necessary to find out your running Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit when performing certain tasks, such as install drivers for your new device. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894,3,39,5,4],"tags":[2498,2497,2496],"class_list":["post-6053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","category-windows-vista","category-windows-xp","tag-check-windows-32-bit-or-64-bit","tag-determine-32-or-64-bit-windows","tag-find-if-windows-is-32-or-64-bit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6053"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6062,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions\/6062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}