Deploying and Supporting Applications on 64-bit Windows

Deploying and Supporting Applications on 64-bit Windows

Windows 7 has made 64-bit Windows the corporate desktop standard! Windows 2008 R2 has made 64-bit the standard for Remote Desktop Services.

Most 32-bit applications run smoothly on both of these 64-bit editions, however, there are a multitude of little gotchas when installing and maintaining them.

You can spend months discovering these trip wires yourself, or you can read this book.

Make sure to check out the value-added eClass Add-on Bundle on the book homepage!

This book is for technical professionals and developers who want a quick study in the numerous idiosyncrasies of supporting applications running on 64-bit Windows.

Here are just a few of the questions this book will answer for you:

â€¢How does Windows trick 32-bit applications into unwittingly running on 64-bit Windows?
â€¢What kinds of interactions between 32-bit and 64-bit binaries (EXEs, DLLs, OCXs and other compiled files that contain code) are allowable?
â€¢Why do I keep finding Wow6432Node in various places in the registry?
â€¢How can I determine if running processes and compiled binaries are 32 or 64-bit?
â€¢Why do some .NET applications start having errors when they run on 64-bit Windows?
â€¢Why are some 32-bit applications very slow when printing?
â€¢Will a 32-bit or 64-bit execution occur when launching items from background services (like the software distribution service)?
â€¢When do scripts run as 32-bit and when do they run as 64-bit? Is there anything I can do to force a script to execute as 32 or 64-bit?
â€¢How are MSIs containing 32-bit software processed by the Windows Installer Service (which is always 64-bit)?
â€¢Should the 32 or 64-bit version of IE be the primary one?
â€¢Should Microsoft Office be installed as 32 or 64-bit?
â€¢What differences are there if I use Compatibility Administrator to create compatibility shims?
â€¢How should in-house software developers be guided in regard to the 64-bit Windows platform?
â€¢How should App-V packages be sequenced in a mixed 32 and 64-bit environment?

Country	USA
Author	Darwin Sanoy
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Darwin Sanoy
Manufacturer	Darwin Sanoy
NumberOfPages	101
PublicationDate	2012-09-09
Publisher	Darwin Sanoy
ReleaseDate	2012-09-09
Studio	Darwin Sanoy

Deploying and Supporting Applications on 64-bit Windows

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