How to Check If My Processor is x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) in Windows?

By Mr.Byte • August 4, 2009

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Up until this point you might not have wondered to check if your processor isx86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) as almost no one used 64-bit in Windows XP and when Vista came, most were cautious about the drivers and compatibility with 64-bit processor including me but I think its time everybody moves to 64-bit processing for Windows 7.

Windows 7 is here and you have to make a decision to go for 32-bit or 64-bit before you upgrade from XP or Vista to Windows 7 and I recommend you going for 64-bit.

But why? First let’s see what exactly these numbers 32 and 64 represent. These numbers 32-bit and 64-bit represent the Data Bus width that are between the Memory (RAM) and the Processor. Obviously you can see that 64-bit has the capability of carrying data twice the width of 32-bit. If you were using 32-bit Vista so far, you would have seen the maximum memory it can realize is 3 GB (though you have 4GB) but with 64-bit Windows you can realize much higher (It was 128 GB with 64-bit Vista). Also, in days to come having more than 4 GB will become a standard and developers and service providers will have to give support and drivers for 64-bit processors. So it’s wise to invest in 64-bit processor and OS at this point in time!

So you have an old Windows XP or Vista computer and now how do you find if your processor is 64-bit capable?

There are different ways to find if your computer processor is 64-bit capable:

Method 1: Easy Method!

Go to Start -> Right click on Computer -> Click Properties. Click on Windows Experience Index.

Now click on View and Print detailed performance and system information.

Here you will be able to see the current system type, number of processor core and if it is 64-bit capable. Note: If you are already running 64-bit processor, it will show in the current system type and you will not see if it is 64-bit capable or not.

If you feel a bit geeky then you can use the following methods to find if your processor is 64-bit:

Method 2: Using Regedit

Go to Start -> Type regedit

Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0

From ProcessorNameString you will be able to see the name of your processor and fromIdentifier you will see the family of the processor and if it has 64 then it is 64-bit capable.

Method 3: Using MSINFO32

Go to Start -> Type msinfo32.exe

From the System Information page under System Type you will find as x64-based PC.

Method 4: Using CPUZ

Download CPUZ

CPUZ is a small utility which gives all information about your CPU (Processor), Cache, Mainboard, Memory, SPD etc.

Under Instructions from CPU tab, if you see EM64T (if its Intel) or AMD64 (if its AMD) then your processor is 64-bit capable.

So are you using 32-bit or 64-bit processor and which OS are you using. If you are having 32-bit Windows, will you consider going for 64-bit OS, let us know in the comments.

Configuring Cygwin C/C++ compiler for Netbeans 6.5 (under Windows)

Posted by royalexander on Friday 20 March, 2009

(http://royalexander.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/configuring-cygwin-cc-compiler-for-netbeans-65-under-windows/)

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Today I tried setting up Netbeans as a C IDE, it has built in support for C, but unfortunately enough you have to manually configure a compiler so that you can actually debug / build your C/C++ programs.

Fortunately there is this helpful page at Netbeans.org to help you install Cygwin, a very popular UNIX/Windows C/C++ compiler. However, this helpful page isn’t as helpful as I’d hope at all! It will point you in the right direction to download Cygwin, and will tell you what packages to select for download, it will even tell you to set up your PATH environment variable for Cygwin, but it will assume Netbeans auto detects the correct settings, which it unfortunately doesn’t do. (Well at least at my pc, and I’ve seen a few threads with the same problems around).

So here is my attempt at a more complete overview on installing Cygwin for Netbeans 6.5.
Go to http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe and download the small setup program. Run it (if your using Vista, set the compatibility options to XP SP2, and run it as administrator). Follow the pretty standard steps until you get to choose the installation packages. If you thought just pressing next would install the most common Cygwin apps, like the compiler (gcc.exe) and the make implementation, unfortunately Cygwin, is not just a C/C++ compiler, it even includes a java compiler, games, documentation, text editors etc. . Ok so just install everything, well that will install the compiler etc., but also 3GB of (for us) useless data. So don’t make the same mistake I did there. We are going to search for the few packages that we actually need. According to the Netbeans.org these are:
select gcc-core: C compiler, gcc-g++: C++ compiler, gdb: The GNU Debugger, and make: the GNU version of the ‘make’ utility.
Unfortunately these aren’t easy to find. For example there is no core package directly visible (we do have base and development though). It took me a while but I think I’ve nailed it down. Select the following packages by clicking the weird “refresh” icon next to them until it says install:
-The entire base

-In the development package select

–binutils

–gcc core

–gcc g++

–gcc g77

–gcc mingw core

–gcc mingw g++

–gcc mingw g77

–gdb

–make

–mingw runtime
(note I’m not sure about the mingw packages, this seems to be a seperate C compiler but it doesn’t seem to harm)

After that go to windows configuration screen->advanced->environment variables. And add "C:\Cygwin\Bin” to the PATH variables (or wherever you have located your Cygwin\bin folder, (make sure to separate it from the last one with a ‘;’).

Start Netbeans, navigate to tools->options->C/C++. Check to see if Cygwin is in the list on the left panel. Select it, and then fill in the options as following: (I assume that you’ve installed it in C:\Cygwin)
Base Director: C:\Cygwin\bin C compiler C:\Cygwin\bin\gcc.exe

C++ Compiler: C:\Cygwin\bin\g++-3.exe*

Fortran Compiler: C:\Cygwin\bin\g77-3.exe*

Make Command: C:\Cygwin\bin\make.exe

Debugger: C:\Cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
(* marks optional)

Now make a new C project. And add a new main file to it by right clicking the source directory and selecting New->Main C file. There is an odd chance that the include directives will be underlined with red. This is not a problem, as you will see the program will compile and run fine, but you can’t use intellisense this way so we are going to fix it. (First make sure your PATH variable was correctly set!).

Right click on your project and select properties. Go to build->C compiler (or C++ compiler if you are doing C++). Select the “…” button after Include Directories. And add the “C:\Cygwin\usr\include” directory to the include directories. Save your settings and reload your project. The red lines should’ve disappeared now, leaving you behind with a fully functional C/C++ IDE and compiler in Netbeans. *Yay*!

Weigh Loss Surgery

Download HD Videos From www.youtube.com

To download HD videos from www.youtube.com without any software, go through the following steps :

1) Open the video you want to download

2) Ensure that the HD button is present (i.e. ensure that the HD verison of the video is available on youtube.com)

3) Type out the following piece of code in the address bar.

javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id'] + "&fmt=22" + "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t'];

4) The video should start downloading

Convert .uif files to .iso file

Use the following software to convert your .uif files to .iso files, which can be mounted.
The software is called UIF2ISO and is absolutely free to download.


Click on the following link to download

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/UIF2ISO-Download-94290.html

Download videos from MegaVideo.com

Free Video Zilla is a professional MegaVideo downloader for downloading videos from MegaVideo.com which never. Whichever browser you are, it will always download videos from MegaVideo successfully for you. To download the Free Video Zilla, click “download” below.

DOWNLOAD

Download videos from MegaVideo
step 1. Download, Install and Run Free Video Zilla.
step 2. Play MegaVideo videos in your internet browser. When the videos is played, you will see that Free Video Zilla grabs the MegaVideo videos.



step 3. Select the grabbed MegaVideo videos then click 'Download' button

The videos will now begin to downloaded.

NOTE :-
YOU MUST MAKE SURE THAT YOUR INTERNET BROWSER PLAYING THE VIDEO IS KEPT OPEN TILL THE DOWNLOAD COMPLETES SUCCESSFULLY, ELSE YOUR DOWNLOAD WILL FAIL!!

Configuring Microsoft Outlook for NTU mail

NOTE :-
The procedure given below would work ONLY if you are connected to the NTU network (either through LAN or Wireless). However, if you are not connected, you could download and install the NTU VPN software, which allows you to use the Internet to connect to the NTU network.
The download is available on http://www2.ntu.edu.sg/CITS/IT+and+Networking/Remote+Access/RAS+Quick+Start+Guide.htm#vpnpic


This post serves as a guide to all NTU students who want to use their NTU Mail on Microsoft Outlook.

1) Open Control Panel -> Mail.


2) Click on "Show Profiles".

3) Now click "Add". In the new dialog box, give a name for the profile (eg)Mail NTU.

4) Select the "Manually Configure server settings or additional server types" and click NEXT.

5) Select "Microsoft Exchange Server" and click NEXT.

6) Enter "MAIL24.student.main.ntu.edu.sg" as the Exchange Server.

7) Enter # followed by your name and followed again by # in the "User Name" text box (eg) #BIJU JOSEPH JACOB#
Click "Check Name" in order to verify. Your name will be underlined once it is verified.



8) Click on "More Settings ..." and then go to the "Connections" tab.

9) Select the "Connect to Microsoft Exchange using HTTP", and click on the "Exchange Proxy Settings" button.



10) Fill up the details exactly as shown above and click OK.

11) Now click "Apply" and then click on "OK".

12) Click NEXT and then FINISH.

13) Launch Microsoft Outlook and enter your NTU username and password. (For your user name enter "student\" before entering your username).



NOTE :-
The above procedure would work ONLY if you are connected to the NTU network (either through LAN or Wireless). However, if you are not connected, you could download and install the NTU VPN software, which allows you to use the Internet to connect to the NTU network.
The download is available on http://www2.ntu.edu.sg/CITS/IT+and+Networking/Remote+Access/RAS+Quick+Start+Guide.htm#vpnpic