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Post by sweetpea on Feb 10, 2018 16:13:56 GMT
Some years back I bought an Astronomy Planetarium disc but since then I have changed computers.
the disc runs ok on a 32 bit machine but not on my 64 bit one.
i can't really afford the new one which is around the 90 quid mark so question is, 'Is there any way that will allow me to run the 32 bit disc on my 64 bit machine?
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Post by steve on Feb 10, 2018 18:42:55 GMT
Try Googling VLC Media player Sweetpea, It is free and plays a good variety of discs/Films slides etc, other than that there is a way of running your media player in compatibility mode but I'm not certain on how to do that?
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 10, 2018 19:13:36 GMT
Cheers steve no harm in looking I suppose. Actually just remembered an old PC of my daughter's is out in the shed so I might try rigging that up to try it. not now as it's persisting down, typical Pembrokeshire weather.  |
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 10, 2018 23:19:38 GMT
I do have VLC media player steve but it was a no go. Thanks anyway Mr. W.  |
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Post by SueA on Feb 11, 2018 8:51:32 GMT
How about something like this as a replacement sweetpea, probably not as good but you can buy individual discs or the collection & they will send you a download followed by the disc? Astronomy discs |
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Post by roofgardener on Feb 11, 2018 10:20:13 GMT
sweetpea, what exactly is this disk ? A computer program, or a video disk ? Are you trying to 'install' something from the disk, or simply attempting to play a video file ? Is there a publication date on the disk ? It may not be strictly a 32-bit vs 64-bit issue, but rather the actual code itself. USUALLY.... if it is a software program... then Windows has a "compatibility" mode that may help.
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 12, 2018 13:52:13 GMT
sweetpea, what exactly is this disk ? A computer program, or a video disk ?
Are you trying to 'install' something from the disk, or simply attempting to play a video file ? Is there a publication date on the disk ? It may not be strictly a 32-bit vs 64-bit issue, but rather the actual code itself. USUALLY.... if it is a software program... then Windows has a "compatibility" mode that may help. it is a programme on disc. anyway I have now sorted it thanks to a response on the other forum I use OAMAAM The programme's developer had had similar queries in the past so he published a workaround which worked for me. thanks anyway to all who answered.  |
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 13, 2018 12:46:05 GMT
Just out of interest, this is the software I was on about: linkand this is my disc;  |
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Post by steve on Feb 13, 2018 19:28:17 GMT
Another techie question, granddaughter has forgotten her laptop password, is there an easy work around without having to edit the BIOS etc?
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 13, 2018 22:58:38 GMT
I've always just clicked on 'Forgot password' and enter your email and you get a link sent to reset it. not the same one though.
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Post by roofgardener on Feb 14, 2018 20:44:27 GMT
Another techie question, granddaughter has forgotten her laptop password, is there an easy work around without having to edit the BIOS etc? Hmm... if she can't log into windows, then she can't get email. there are a variety of ways of dealing with this problem... but which one to use, depends on the precise situation. Is this the windows login password ? The one you enter before you even get INTO windows ? (but with the coloured windows background and password prompt box ? ). If so, do NOT fiddle with the BIOS, because it won't help, and could make matters worse. If so, what version of windows ? And what make/model of laptop ? |
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Post by steve on Feb 14, 2018 23:05:58 GMT
Thanks Roofy but sorted it tonight, it was the windows password and it was windows 10, above where you log in was her email address and this doubles as a microsoft account, So it tells you when you have failed to log in a few times to go to outlook/login . com or something like that but of course you can't because you can't start windows up, so I went to the site it suggests from a second laptop, put her email addie in there and was given the option to change the password but first they had to send a code by text to a phone they had on record (pauses for a breath)and it only shows you the last 2 digits of the phone number, it wasn't mine, wasn't granddaughters, wasn't wifes but they did match last 2 digits of daughters, you had to fill in the last 4 numbers and if it matched what they had on file they sent a code to the phone (second breath) I rung daughter to see if she had received a code and she had, I put that in on the site and it gave the option to make a new password, did that and it says you can now use that to log in...never going to work I thought, but it did! I know they have to be careful in case its a nicked laptop you are trying to unlock but jeeez Did I make sure I wrote this password down for her  |
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Post by grindle on Feb 15, 2018 4:59:56 GMT
 blimey that was involved steve I'd never have worked that out
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Post by roofgardener on Feb 15, 2018 20:25:08 GMT
Ooooh... I didn't know that steve . I'm guessing this is Windows 10 Home Edition...... we only have Pro at work, which manages things in a slightly different way. Well done on fixing it, and to sweetpea for the original suggestion |
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blimey that was involved 