Hi Ryan, I've run AG on a 64-bit WinXP machine since just after the 64-bit version of the OS was released. Initially it didn't work very well - it took a few months for the drivers to stabilize. Since then I haven't had any problems on 64-bit XP with AG 3.1, just download the dependencies as given on the AG download page. I suspect that if you get reasonable quality graphics and audio cards and a webcam with fairly new XP x64 drivers it will work. Creative was the first one to release 64 bit drivers so I bought one of their cameras to start, which worked great. A few months after Logitech released a 64-bit driver for the camera that I already had and that also works fine. Actually it's nice to have cameras from different manufacturers because it's clear which device vic is looking at, which isn't always so obvious with 2 Logitech cameras.
Jon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Jon I Johansson, Ph.D. * Tel.: (780) 492-9304 ~~ ~~ [email protected] * Fax.: (780) 492-1729 ~~ ~~ * Office: G.S.B. 323C ~~ ~~ Visualization Analyst http://sciviz.aict.ualberta.ca ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Research Computing Group ~~ ~~ Room 352, General Services Building ~~ ~~ Academic Information and Communication Technologies (AICT) ~~ ~~ University of Alberta ~~ ~~ Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, T6G 2H1 ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ! "This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to ! ! which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, ! ! and/or privileged information. Please contact us immediately ! ! if you are not the intended recipient of this communication. ! ! If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, ! ! do not copy, distribute, or take action on it. Any ! ! communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should ! ! be deleted or destroyed." ! !------------------------------------------------------------------! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan McVeigh Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:23 AM To: ag-tech Subject: [AG-TECH] AG on 64 bit Windows XP Has anyone had any success running the Access Grid on a 64 bit Windows XP machine? If so, how difficult is it to set up compared to a 32 bit Windows XP machine? I'm looking for a machine upgrade and am attracted to a 64 bit machine due to the RAM limitations of a 32 bit windows machine. Thanks, Ryan -- Ryan McVeigh Visualization and Enabling Technologies Section National Center for Atmospheric Research Tel: 303.497.1813 Office Tel: 303-497-1241 During Meeting E-mail: [email protected]
