It's a technical issue - you can't run x64 setup from an x86 desktop. It
will stop and tell you so if you try. You have to clean-install if you wish
to go from x86 to x64.

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"Grungeon" <Grungeon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CAE2DEC9-D4B8-48E2-82FA-119E557462AB@microsoft.com...
> Thansk for the reply Richard. I typed my 2nd post without knowing you had
> already replied.
>
> Could you provide a link to a source that says there's no upgrade path
> from
> 32bit to 64bit? Thanks.
>
> Is the inability to upgrade from 32bit to 64bit a technical or legal
> block?
> (I guess if the link you provide is from Microsoft, then it's a legal
> block)