Which WinHlp32 download do I want?

[Eric]

I went to download the WinHlp32.exe file for Vista and the page has 2
downloads, saying to use the one appropriate but nothing shows what the
difference is. The file names are:
Windows6.0-KB917607-x64.msu
Windows6.0-KB917607-x86.msu
Located here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...pRPFG+3oyrUXeQK3bEfZPxEyMhVZH8aDEw==#filelist

Which one do I want for Vista Home Premium?

 

[Mike]

In article <DBEB335E-2B37-4D54-95A2-556457655C3F@microsoft.com>,
Eric <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I went to download the WinHlp32.exe file for Vista and the page has 2
> downloads, saying to use the one appropriate but nothing shows what the
> difference is. The file names are:
> Windows6.0-KB917607-x64.msu
> Windows6.0-KB917607-x86.msu
> Located here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6ebcfad9-d3f5-4365-80
> 70-334cd175d4bb&displaylang=en&Hash=lp81Gy0lZ0XzWglPzcuR66E0JcbyYzDA5K0xh0jGNV
> lN5xcbU%2fGApRPFG%2b3oyrUXeQK3bEfZPxEyMhVZH8aDEw%3d%3d#filelist
>
> Which one do I want for Vista Home Premium?

The second one. Windows6.0-KB917607-x86.msu. The other one is for
64bit versions of Vista - the x64 is the key.

Mike

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Eric.

Does your computer have a 64-bit CPU? If not, then it has a 32-bit CPU and
cannot run 64-bit software of any kind, including Vista x64.

A 64-bit CPU can run 64-bit software, but it will also run 32-bit software.
Many (most?) users with 64-bit hardware nowadays have installed 32-bit
Vista, which also limits them to 32-bit applications and drivers.

Starting in the 1980s, Intel named their CPUs 8086, 80186 (rare, but I had
one), 80286, then 386 and 486 - then they called the next one a Pentium.
But by then we had already started referring to the whole family as "x86"
chips. When Microsoft introduced the 64-bit version of Windows XP, they
called it Windows XP x64. And then things got a little confusing. :>(

Instead of calling the 32-bit WinXP "x32", Microsoft started referring to it
as "x86". So, if you don't have 64-bit hardware running Vista x64, then the
x86 version is the one you need. So, get: Windows6.0-KB917607-x86.msu

Vista Home Premium comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. To see which
one you have, go to Control Panel | System. Unless it says "System type:
64-bit Operating System", you have the 32-bit version.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsBEB335E-2B37-4D54-95A2-556457655C3F@microsoft.com...
>I went to download the WinHlp32.exe file for Vista and the page has 2
> downloads, saying to use the one appropriate but nothing shows what the
> difference is. The file names are:
> Windows6.0-KB917607-x64.msu
> Windows6.0-KB917607-x86.msu
> Located here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...pRPFG+3oyrUXeQK3bEfZPxEyMhVZH8aDEw==#filelist
>
> Which one do I want for Vista Home Premium?

 

[dean-dean]

Right-click your Computer icon in the Start Menu or your Desktop, and choose
Properties. If, after "System Type:", it says 32-bit Operating System, then
download the x86 file. If System Properties says 64-bit Operating System,
then download the x64 file.



"Mike" <no@where.man> wrote in message
news:no-95DDA3.21564217072007@news.supernews.com...
> In article <DBEB335E-2B37-4D54-95A2-556457655C3F@microsoft.com>,
> Eric <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> I went to download the WinHlp32.exe file for Vista and the page has 2
>> downloads, saying to use the one appropriate but nothing shows what the
>> difference is. The file names are:
>> Windows6.0-KB917607-x64.msu
>> Windows6.0-KB917607-x86.msu
>> Located here:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6ebcfad9-d3f5-4365-80
>> 70-334cd175d4bb&displaylang=en&Hash=lp81Gy0lZ0XzWglPzcuR66E0JcbyYzDA5K0xh0jGNV
>> lN5xcbU%2fGApRPFG%2b3oyrUXeQK3bEfZPxEyMhVZH8aDEw%3d%3d#filelist
>>
>> Which one do I want for Vista Home Premium?
>
> The second one. Windows6.0-KB917607-x86.msu. The other one is for
> 64bit versions of Vista - the x64 is the key.
>
> Mike

 

[Eric]

Thanks for all the replies and help.