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artbuc

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    Office 2010 32 bit on Win 10 Home 64
    « on: April 03, 2016, 12:07:37 PM »
    Will this work? My SIL wants to reinstall her cherished Office 2010 Home and Student on her new HP 550-110 which is coming with Win 10 Home 64. It never occurred to me that a 64 bit OS may not be compatible with 32 bit software. Thanks.

    Salmon Trout

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    Re: Office 2010 32 bit on Win 10 Home 64
    « Reply #1 on: April 03, 2016, 01:09:05 PM »
    64 bit Windows is specifically designed to be able to run 32 bit Windows software packages.


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    Re: Office 2010 32 bit on Win 10 Home 64
    « Reply #2 on: April 03, 2016, 01:15:47 PM »
    Just to add, the license you have for Office will be valid for both the 32 and 64 bit versions, however it's usually recommended to install the 32-bit version of Office as opposed to the 64-bit anyway.  There are few benefits to installing the 64-bit version of Office, especially for the average home user, so even if you had both the 64 and 32 bit disks available I'd usually advise playing it safe and installing 32-bit anyway.

    artbuc

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      Re: Office 2010 32 bit on Win 10 Home 64
      « Reply #3 on: April 03, 2016, 01:50:15 PM »
      Thanks Calum and Salmon Trout. Sometimes better to be lucky than good!