Re: 32-bit drivers, 64-bit OS

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:13:21 -0700 (PDT), Cngevpxhaqrefpber
<spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in comp.lang.asm.x86:

Anyone know why you cannot use a 32-bit driver on a 64-bit OS, at
least on Windows?

Because Microsoft decided to release it that way? They don't want to
support 32-bit drivers and any sort of 16-bit executables at all.

Early versions of 32-bit Windows (at least Win9x) allowed use of at
least some 16-bit drivers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_editions#Windows_XP_Professional_x64_Edition

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