W7 a soup of 32 and 64 bits?!!!!

[Peterwolfe]

I was just looking into my java problem when I saw that I had even 2 IE's, one 32 bits AND a 64 bits!!!! And both work....could that be the problem with Java and Opera 10.54??? An undecisive OS?

[BC_Programmer]

I was just looking into my java problem when I saw that I had even 2 IE's, one 32 bits AND a 64 bits!!!! And both work....could that be the problem with Java and Opera 10.54??? An undecisive OS?

No.

[DTMidian]

wow, most of my drivers won't install because they are 32 bit! and apparently, nobody has made 64 bit drivers for my hardware. I noticed that too. maybe the 64 bit lets you do something firefox doesnt.

[patio]

Please clarify what you are stating...

[killerb255]

I was just looking into my java problem when I saw that I had even 2 IE's, one 32 bits AND a 64 bits!!!! And both work....could that be the problem with Java and Opera 10.54??? An undecisive OS?

Not sure what problem you're having, but I can tell you that you're using a 64-bit version of Windows.

64-bit programs will NOT run on 32-bit Windows.

32-bit programs will usually run on 64-bit Windows, as long as they follow all the rules established for them to work in the WOW6432 emulation layer. 

Therefore, you can install BOTH the 32-bit AND the 64-bit version of Java in 64-bit Windows. 

Now, as far as Opera is concerned, we're not mind readers.  It would help if you say exactly what the problem is that you're having with it...

[BC_Programmer]

32-bit programs will always run on 64-bit windows, unless they need a 16-bit component or  try to do some goofy thunking or something.

However, one must also realize that a 64-bit program can only access 64-bit libraries- and a 32-bit program can only access 32-bit libraries.

So, a 64-bit program will require 64-bit plugins- and a 32-bit program (such as Firefox, Opera, etc) will only be able to use 32-bit plugins.

the 64-bit version of Java does not install a 32-bit plugin.