I purchased a Windows 7 Professional 32-bit license. With the advent of Adobe CS5, I need to change my system to 64 bit. Is there some way I can do this without having to purchase a new license? It's the same PC, the same hardware and the same physical address. My one change is my ISP (DSL upgraded to faster Cable.)

I purchased a Windows 7 Professional 32-bit license. With the advent of Adobe CS5, I need to change my system to 64 bit. Is there some way I can do this without having to purchase a new license? It's the same PC, the same hardware and the same physical address. My one change is my ISP (DSL upgraded to faster Cable.)HiIf you purchased a Retail Full or Upgrade version of Windows 7, it should include both the 32bit and 64bit installation disks. The license allows you to install either version, as long as only one version is installed at any one time.Switching from 32bit to 64bit will require a Custom (Clean) install because of the differences in the architecture.Let us know if you have more questions.Thank You for using Windows 7Ronnie Vernon MVP

I purchased a Windows 7 Professional 32-bit license. With the advent of Adobe CS5, I need to change my system to 64 bit. Is there some way I can do this without having to purchase a new license? It's the same PC, the same hardware and the same physical address. My one change is my ISP (DSL upgraded to faster Cable.) Hi If you purchased a Retail Full or Upgrade version of Windows 7, it should include both the 32bit and 64bit installation disks. The license allows you to install either version, as long as only one version is installed at any one time. Switching from 32bit to 64bit will require a Custom (Clean) install because of the differences in the architecture. Let us know if you have more questions. Thank You for using Windows 7 Ronnie Vernon MVP Hi Ronnie: I'd like to ask a question along these same lines. I bought a Win7 Ultimate upgrade from my college bookstore (yes it was real cheap but not free) with student id. I installed it over the Christmas break and I'm enjoying it, BUT, it seems that when I installed it I told it to do a "long format" of the C: drive (to get a good clean install) so instead of the install recognizing I had XP on there before, it "thinks" I installed it on a new build. The problem is that the key "appears" valid and activated, but when I try to do anything on MS websites it says I don't have a good key. In researching and asking around all I am told is to zero the HDD again, install the old WinXP, then install the Win7 over top of the XP. This seems like a recipe for a train wreck. Is there any other solution to my situation? After all, the XP was on there when I put the Win7 disc in the drive at install; it's a shame it could not "remember" there was an OS before install started. And if there is no other way, can I at least tell it to do a "quick format" over the XP install? Thanks!