Hehe, thats funny :). I've been using XP64 so long I didn't realize that anyone from the hardware group would not be familiar with wow64 directories and 64 bit references.
lopaka ________________________________ From: DSinc <dx7...@bellsouth.net> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 12:47:10 PM Subject: Re: [H] Freeze up JRS, Your share is even scarier than my 1st impression! SUX 2B so far behind the times........... :( Best, Duncan JRS wrote: > WoW64 (Windows-on-Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows > operating system that is capable of running 32-bit applications and > is included on all 64-bit versions of Windows — including Windows > 2000 Limited Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, IA-64 and > x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, 64-bit versions of Windows Vista > and Windows Server 2008, as well as the 64 bit edition of Windows 7. > In Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core, it's an optional component. > WoW64 is designed to take care of many of the differences between > 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows, particularly involving structural > changes to Windows itself. > > -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net > > > Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: DSinc <dx7...@bellsouth.net> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Mon, >> December 14, 2009 11:27:45 AM Subject: Re: [H] Freeze up >> >> >> Sam, From what I read, your wife downloaded something (?wow64?) >> that may require 64-bit processing. W2K, IIRC, only does 32-bit >> anything. You may need to dig down and get rid of what she last >> downloaded.... and tried to run/launch. That is all I can see for >> now. Best, Duncan >> >> >> Sam Franc wrote: >>> My wife has a W2000 box and she is computer illiterate. Last >>> night she froze up her box somehow. Had to shut it down by the >>> off switch. Nothing else would work. This am we get this message: >>> "The procedure entry point get system wow 64 directory A could >>> not be located >> in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" >>> What needs to be done? I am not an expert. Sam >>> > >
