Trying to run multiple WoW accounts

[Otlecs]

Same here.. how to upgrade to 64 bit? Buy, install and play? ...or do i need to change drivers, progs etc?

It's a complete re-install I'm afraid, Woko

You need to buy the 64bit OS and do a fresh install (being sure to backup anything you need beforehand).

In my case I was using all stock hardware, and the setup process found all the drivers it needed as part of the installation. In fact, it was incredibly easy and took an hour from start to finish.

If you use any "odd" hardware, you'll need to make sure the manufacturer has 64 bit drivers available, but for regular applications the 32 bit version still works on a 64 bit OS.

It was a walk in the park for me and I never looked back, but as always with such things your experience may differ

A word of warning though... if you have a Dell 730 and dual ATI cards, you're going to have to jump through alot of hoops to get Crossfire working again.

I never managed to do it, and having been bounced from Dell to ATI (who don't support Crossfire on the Intel motherboard Dell were using when I bought mine ~15 months ago!) I just gave up and went for single, higher spec, Nvidia card instead.

The horrendously expensive (at the time) ATI cards are now gathering dust in my "spares cupboad".

[Drew]

He could also put in a second hard drive and make that his Windows 7 drive. I have my system set up that way to dual-boot XP and Win7.

[Wokomehee]

Thank you guys, for fast answers! =)

My pc is 7 months old, so hopefully i can get drivers etc for everything. I will check tho, before i start =) The price for the os itself was not scary, and im using only 1 graphic card atm (NVIDIA) so it should not be a problem.

What os would u guys pick tho? I use XPpro atm...

[Otlecs]

I only have experience with Vista 64, and can say that I've had no problems whatsoever with it. I haven't played with Windows 7 yet, but all reports here suggest that it's excellent.

If I was building a new machine today, that's what I'd go with (assuming you can still get a license for it this close to release).

I'd recommend against XP64 though. I know people whos swear by it (including some here) but I know far more who swear at it! I think it's true to say that Vista was the first 64 bit OS from Microsoft suitable for general consumption, with wide-spread support from all quarters.

[Drew]

I stand by my original suggestion - XP and Win7 installs on separate drives to dual-boot.

I built my system last November (C2D 3.0GHz, 2gb ram, HD4870 512MB) and it solo-boxed fine with 32-bit XP Pro. I started dual-boxing in April, but that was proving a bit much for my rig. When I got a bonus in June I bumped the ram up to 8gb, added a second monitor and put Win7 (64-bit) on the second hard drive. It's been running like a dream since then.

When I started dual-boxing I was using Keyclone under xp and was pretty happy with it. After I migrated to Win7 I didn't want to buy a second license (or transfer my old one), so I gave HotKeyNet a shot and it's been perfect for me. I don't regret dropping the $20 on Keyclone, since it got me up and running and showed me that dual-boxing was definitely for me.

The only recent addition to my setup has been a Logitech G-13, which I now consider indispensable. I simply can not imagine dual-boxing (or even soloing) without it.

[Wokomehee]

Ok, thanks alot =)

I found out u can buy 3 different vista's atm:

Microsoft Windows Vista Business Eng SP1, OEM, 64 bit.,

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Eng, SP1, OEM, 64 bit, and

Microsoft Windowsa Vista Ultimate Eng, SP1, OEM, 64 bit.

Either one will give a free upgrade to Windows 7 when its realeased 22/10-09. It looks like its the "Home" one that is mostly sold here. Then its just to check if drivers are avaliable, then gogo =)

This became a long post a bit off topic i guess, but hopefully someone else might benefit =)

... gl to you Rocky 514!

[Otlecs]

I stand by my original suggestion - XP and Win7 installs on separate drives to dual-boot

That's always a good opion if you have legacy apps, simply don't want the hassle of a full reinstallation, have reservations about whatever OS you're migrating to, or installing an incompatible OS (a Linux installation for example).

I don't see any of those issues here though, so don't really see why either of the protagonists in this thread would need to go that way.

In fact, for both of these specific cases, I would argue that the case is crystal clear for a full migration to a 64 bit OS to start getting the most out of the machines they've invested in.

[Drew]

Rocky said, back on the first page of the topic:

Yah, I had to go with XP cause a program i was originally looking to go with for a buisness i was looking into starting up only supported xp.

I kept my XP drive so my gf and her friends can play Mu (their MMO of choice) when they hang out at our place. That's really the only reason I still have that OS installed, since it won't run under Win7.

[Otlecs]

Ah yes. I took the past tense of the way it was phrased to mean that it was no longer a consideration. Good catch.