I need to run a 32 bit software program

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by vincent_pocino, Sep 29, 2014.

  1. vincent_pocino

    vincent_pocino Bit poster

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    I have a Mac as follows
    Memory 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
    Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)

    with Parallels Desktop 8 installed with latest updates. Not updated to 9 or 10 just a current 8.

    I have not installed windows yet but would do so solely to run a construction scheduling program that I know only runs on 32 bit PC's. It will not load onto 64 bit machines. Is there any combination of parallels versions and windows versions that might give me half a chance of making this work?
     
  2. vincent_pocino

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    Sorry my title is a little misleading. I need to run a program that only runs on 32 bit PCs.
     
  3. Specimen

    Specimen Product Expert

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    A program that only runs on 32 bit Windows versions (this is what you mean) and not on 64 bit Windows can only be a 16 bit program (DOS program), as 64 bit Windows supports also 32 bit programs, but it dropped support for 16 bit ones.

    Windows 7 and 8.1 they all come with both 32 and 64 bit versions, so you can pick any of those as long as you make sure you install/download the 32 bit version.
     

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