CIS 170F: Windows 7 Administration

Week 10

Application Support
Supported Application Environments
x64 Application Considerations

  • The x64 version of Windows 7 is designed to use new applications designed for 64-bit processors.
  • Application compatibility is limited to Win32 application. The Win32-on-Win64 (WOW64) virtualized environment is created to host legacy Win32 applications.

Read more about WOW64 at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384249(VS.85).aspx.