Made recovery with built in Acer Vista,started upgrade with Gateway recovery disc,started acting weird and the last words in left hand corner were Boot mng not installed,Ctrl/Alt/Delete to restart computer. Did that 3 times, then that message stopped. Now no kind of responce. Tower powers up but no beep with acessories pluged in. Remove acessories and turrn power on tower beeps. 4 Months past waranty and upset ,any ideas?

You can certainly network a 32 bit WIndows Xp system with a 64 bit Windows Vista system, but in general, you cannot "share programs". Each program must be installed on the system where you intend to use it. For software that you purchase, whether or not you can legally install it on more than one machine is described in the License Agreement you accept when you install it once. For example, many of the Microsoft Office suites allow installation on exactly one PC when you license it via a Product Key Card. Those same suites allow you to install and activate it on sometimes two and sometimes three PCs, depending on the suite, when you purchase a retail license with installation kit. I know of some software that has no installation process, other than simply depositing the executable in a folder on a hard drive. If the software is freeware, you could certainly put that executable in a shared drive and run it on either PC. Again, though, if it's not freeware, the License Agreement will determine what you can and cannot do legally.Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]--------------------------------https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian.TillmanIf a reply helps, please vote it as helpful. If a reply solves the issue, please mark it as an answer.

Thank you for the help on the software, but how do I physically connect them? I have routers, ethernet(SPELL) cables of different kinds just need some more help . thanks again. I guess Idont know how to use this I need more help.

From first question how do I physically connect the 2 desktops with the 32bit and 64bit systems?

You need cables and a switch. See if this helps: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1427 -B- http://www.officeforlawyers.com | http://www.onenote-tips.com Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook

In order for a home network to work, you should have a router that connects to a cable modem or DSL modem. The router will act as a DHCP server and assign IP addresses to each device that you connect to you home network. This connection can be a wired connection or a wireless one. Naturally, you need a network adapter card in each device that should be on the network. Ethernet cables should have RJ45 plugs on them and your router will have RJ45 jacks. YOu can also connect two PCs directly to each other with crossover cables if you assign them static IP addresses that don't conflict.Microsoft has multiple guides available that will explain how to configure a home network. Here are a couple: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/organization/wirelesssetup.aspx and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813936. Here's a Google search that will din your many more documents: http://www.google.com/search?q=guide+to+setting+up+a+home+network.Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]--------------------------------https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian.TillmanIf a reply helps, please vote it as helpful. If a reply solves the issue, please mark it as an answer.

We're already discussing this in another thread. No need to start a new one.Moderator, please merge this with thread 2f376dd4-7fc0-4119-a7e8-a9369a77826e .Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]--------------------------------https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian.TillmanIf a reply helps, please vote it as helpful. If a reply solves the issue, please mark it as an answer.

What do you find unsatisfying with the responses you've received so far?Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]--------------------------------https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian.TillmanIf a reply helps, please vote it as helpful. If a reply solves the issue, please mark it as an answer.