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Where did you hear these things?
Rumour is internet currency, stick to validated info from trusted sources.

cheers, Paul

OK, so, if these are indeed just rumors, then which GPU card would you have recommended me?

RFE,

See if this will help. HTH :cheers:

Doesn’t help. Every link from the first answer leads to the same page, the main Office Online template page, and not to any yellow notepad template.

Hi
Try File>>New
With templates
Search office.com for stationery

Cheers
G

I’ve tried to search for stationery, but couldn’t find any yellow notepad template.

RFE,

Try googling: Ms Word notebook background

HTH :cheers:

Every link directs to a guide for Word on Office for Mac, not for Windows. And, I can’t find any Notebook Layout option in the view menu.

Something like the GTX 650 (or newer/higher) should give you a boost in certain PS situations, is much better for x64 applications generally (I think the HD 4xxx series drivers are blocked from hardware acceleration in many x64 browsers, for example, too old/buggy). http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2155&cmp%5B%5D=24 <- ensure it's a 2GB+ GDDR5 version, 1GB and GDDR are much slower! It only uses ~55% of power compared to the 4850 too.

It's getting old but gives an indication of how PS6 uses GPU acceleration: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Photoshop-CS6-GPU-Acceleration-161/

For an SSD, I'd suggest a minimum of 240GB SATA 6GB/s latest generation drive like the Crucial MX200: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ssd/ct250mx200ssd1 and use your current drive for data.

EDIT: bassfisher6522, DDR 3 667 is 1333, you forgot to use the D multiplier = Double

By "use your current drive for data" you mean using the SSD for Windows, program files, and, of course , Photoshop, and my current HD for other things?

Not much point using PS if you’re not going to change anything.

What do you mean?

On identical hardware, any performance differences between x64 and x86 Windows is likely to be very small, especially with 4GB of RAM or less. x64 software will be able to use more memory but it won’t really translate to it ‘feeling’ faster.

A change to an SSD will make a huge difference in the speed of all loading and saving tasks, a graphics upgrade should make interactions with anything on screen a little snappier and make certain aspects of Photoshop process a lot faster.

What are your current hardware details, motherboard, CPU, GPU, RAM amount, etc?

Here:

Motherboard – Gigabyte GA-H67M-D2-B3

CPU – Intel i5-2400 3.10GHz

Memory – 16 giga RAM Kingston DDR3 667 MHz

Graphics card – ATI Radeon HD 4850

OK, I’ve installed Windows 7 64 bit, but I think I have a problem with the Windows Update module. I think it’s corrupted or something. During downloading of Windows updates it has also downloaded an updated version of this module, and since then it takes a LOT of time for it to search for available updates, very slow.

And also, there is an update that cannot be downloaded, a cumulative security update for IE 11. Gives an “Error 80092004” message. Anyway to fix this?

Microsoft only recommends the 64-bit version for specific reasons. See Choose the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Office for Microsoft’s guidance.

Joe

So, when I install Office 2010 from the installation disc, I need to manually choose 32 bit?

I’m going to suggest that the impulse behind “…first I have to know…” may be misplaced.

Most professional computer techs don’t really bother much with the Upgrade Advisors. RetiredGeek is correct, if you insist upon prior knowledge, then that’s the gold standard. However why bother? These tools tend to produce a lot of output to look at and it’s not always easy to interpret (disclaimer, I’ve not used the Upgrade Advisor myself. Maybe it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread).

In order to properly protect yourself, you must, repeat must, have at least one fresh, full backup prior to upgrading. And that’s regardless of whether you run the Upgrade Advisor or not. Therefore this implies that running the Upgrade Advisor is optional.

If the upgrade doesn’t work, you are going to do one of 2 things:

1). Restore from backup;
2). Upgrade your way out of any problems (hardware, software, at this level the concept is the same).

You see, you didn’t say why you are upgrading, only that you are going to do so. That implies that, despite the comment that “Everything works well now…”, for some reason you need 64-bit support. And without that requirement this upgrade is pretty minor, functionally speaking. You either must have 64-bit or why bother?

Windows 7 is 5 years old now. It’s mature. Most people would create the safety net of the backup (make 2 if you’re paranoid), then give it a try. 64-bit is likewise mature, with the earliest hardware and software support going all the way back to the late 1990’s (when it most definitely was not ready for consumer adoption).

So what if we were talking about Windows 10 instead? Then most people would create a specific test system, one that they don’t depend upon for day-to-day productivity. Whether that’s on a dedicated PC, or a virtual machine, there are several ways to accomplish that. So while I’m loathe to actually speak against the Upgrade Advisors, most of the time it’s difficult to justify spending a lot of time on them.

One of the reasons I’m upgrading is because I’m using Photoshop quite often, and even with 16 giga RAM it doesn’t work as fast and fluid as it should (takes quite a while to even load this program…). Also, there is another photo manipulation program that I want to use, which works only on 64 bit Windows. Another thing is that I have folders with a lot of files in them, with few have jpegs of all sizes and quality, and every time I open one of these folders the PC halts for a few good seconds, something that I hope will stop happening with a 64 bit system.

Unless you have a very good reason install 32-bit Office regardless of 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. Joe

Why?

Look up your motherboard’s model number on the manufacturer’s support website. You should have to choose 64bit or 32bit before accessing the lists of available drivers. You say you are running Win7 32bit; the same hardware should work as well, or better, with 64bit.

It looks like there are a lot of drivers for my motherboard for Windows 7 64 bit: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3771#driver Do I need to update them ALL? And, would you recommend to flash the BIOS? I’ve heard it’s not healthy…

I’ve bought Office and Outlook 2010 each one separately. Want I want to know is if each one is both for Windows 32 bit and 64 bit, or do I need to buy new ones.

The Compatibility check IS for testing before doing the upgrade, you’ll need to be connected to the Internet when running it.

It appears like it doesn’t have a few of the hardware that I have on my PC.

I want to know if my motherboard, processor, graphics card and sound card (external) are compatible with Windows 7 64 bit.

no no,

What I meant is how can I know BEFORE I update that my hardware is compatible at all with Windows 7 64 bit? that it’s not an older model or something which is not compatible?