Comments on: Yahoo Messenger for Vista patched to work on X64

By: George

George — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:39:54 +0000

I cant get the messenger to work in 32 bit vista home premium operating sys. maybe it has something to do with running dual processors .

By: Marshall

Marshall — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:57:08 +0000

Too bad the patch link doesn’t work anymore. Yahoo seemed to work just fine on my x64, until about 2 weeks ago. Out of nowhere, it wouldn’t open at all. (And that’s with the UAC and DEP both turned off)

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:09:26 +0000

I have a 64 bit operating system that will run in 32 bit for games, sound and imaging if the system can’t run it in 64 and yes it is vista

By: vasu r

vasu r — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:13:10 +0000

hey ,

looks like other patches folder isnt there any more …when i click the link it goes to some weird website

By: steve

steve — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:13:07 +0000

Does anyone know how to get voice working on yahoo messenger ? i have vista os system 32 bit edition.

Thanks
Steve

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:05:22 +0000

@Wes: That is not the case. As you said, the gadget works fine. The new client is merely a recompile with the 32-bit IL flag set.

By: Someone

Someone — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:44:49 +0000

@milan

A desktop PC OS that doesn’t run games? If it doesn’t run games, why would home users be using it at all, much less for IM? Especially when you can only have one or the other unlike Mac OS X that runs on both 64bit and 32 bit systems while running both 64bit and 32 bit executables simultaneously. Why would anyone opt for an OS that can only have benefits for non home users in their home?

@mdmadph

Considering that games don’t work in 64 bit Vista, why home users would be using it is beyond me, clearly the same conclusion is what the messenger folks came up with.

By: mdmadph

mdmadph — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:20:59 +0000

@Someone

So, only scientific customers want to use more than about 3GB of RAM? There’s quite a few gamers and graphic designers out there who’d like to differ.

By: Wes

Wes — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:21:45 +0000

The reason it didn’t have a 64-bit release at its initial launch yesterday may be because of the 32-bit Sidebar gadget. I noticed when I installed it, it shut down the sidebar and relaunched. When I investigated further, I realized it shut down the 64 bit sidebar program and loaded the 32 bit version. That said, the 32 bit gadget does appear to work in the 64 bit sidebar, if you load it there manually.

By: milan

milan — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:17:58 +0000

@Someone

Windows vista 64 was targeted for 64bit procesors. And the purpose of those procesors is to put 32bit in retirement.

so don’t go off saying that 64bit is reserved only for scientists. It’s NOT. It should replace 32bit – remember how it was difficult to switch to 32bit in the first place? Now, everyone is using it.

Heck even I have a 64bit procesor, but the irony is, games don’t run on it. Well, not many atleast.