I am biting the bullet now. I have a desktop that is running an AMD Opteron (Dual Core) and have never run a 64 bit OS. I have Win XP Pro x64 on my MSDN subscription so decided to repave this desktop and install it. Several false starts later I finally have it up and running. Getting the drivers to work was no where near the nightmare so many have said it was. Nvidia had the x64 drivers for my geForce 6200 card and the other drivers I needed were on the motherboard's CD. MY motherboard is an ASRock 939Dual-SATA2. Then onto installing the software. Because of certain add-ons I run in Outlook I opted for Outlook 2003. VS2005 and VS2008 went on smoothly once I figured out how to properly mount ISOs in the 64 bit environment.
I'll try to post out here as this experience progresses...
Note #1: I installed the .NET 1.1 Framework and got this message before installing it:
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
Microsoft
Issue Description:
This software has
known incompatibility with IIS services on this platform. To maintain IIS
functionality,
we recommend that users complete the following steps after the software
install is complete:
1- From the Start menu select Run then press the Enter key
2- In the "Open" edit field enter the following command:
"cscript %SystemDrive%\inetpub\AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs set
w3svc/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 1"
3- Press the Enter key
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Note #2 - Seems none of the Microsoft Live pieces will run on XP Pro x64. According to the system requirements page:
Operating system: Windows XP with Service Pack 2
(32-bit edition only), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit editions),
Windows 7 Beta (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows Server 2008.
Note: Windows Live Movie Maker is not supported on Windows XP