Hold down the left Windows key and press Pause/Break. You should see the
System properities page and it will say on it the edition of Windows. If it
says XP Pro SP2 you have the 32-bit version. The 64-bit version says "x64
Edition."

"newb-in-need" <newb-in-need@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:536A3957-BDF2-422C-9964-0A850D4EADE9@microsoft.com...
> I'm having a bit of a problem, i was trying to figure out which bit system
> i
> had, a 32 or 64 bit for my Windoes XP. Well i went to My
> computer>Properties
> and it says I'm running Media Center Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2.
> Couldnt find anywhere about the bit though, but i read that Media Center
> is
> 32 bit.
>
> Well anyway i decided to see if running a dxdiag would help me more and
> for
> some reason it says my OS is Windows XP Professional which is 64bit i
> thought.
>
> Can anyone help solve this crazy thing?