Windows 7 with Wndows 7 ( 64 bit to 32 bit or reverse doesn’t matter). Important to remember, to restore on OS can only be done with the same edition e.g. IA-32 CPUs and all editions except Starter support 64-bit 圆4 CPUs. To open the system window, just press the Window+Pause key together at the same time. Windows 7, a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was available in six. To run activation-restore.exe from the ABR folder. As the installation finished, plug in the flash disc Ignore any request to enter product key or online activation. For the next step, make a backup folder of ABR to a flash disc followed by installing again the pure Windows 7. The only way to install 圆4-based Windows 7 on an existing 32-bit Windows installation (or vice versa to downgrade from 64-bit to 32-bit OS), is to do a clean install, which is indicated by Custom (advanced) installation during set up Windows 7 installation wizard. In ABR folder we must find and run the activation_backup.exe to produce two more files, backup-cert.xrm-ms and backup-key.txt in the folder.Ĭlose the ABR by pressing Enter. The detail will look like this,įirst of all, downloading the ABR Beta continued by running the ABRbeta.exe to extract the files to a new ABR folder. There is a part in the process which involves backing up and restoring the activation from Windows 7 using ABR (Activation Backup & Restore). We need to back up the running Windows 7 license to a flashĭisc before then, installing again Windows 7 32 bit and restoring the OEM license. All 32-bit versions of Windows 7 can support up to 32 processor cores, while 64bit versions can support up to 256 processor cores. Generally, the process is started by downloading the similar edition of Windows 7 ISO or by simply removing the ei.cfg in order to make a universal edition selector of Windows 7 installation disc. Windows 7 was designed to work with todays multi-core processors. The following is all about downgrading Windows 7 64 bit to 32 bit which can’t be done directly through the stated operating system.

Windows 7 64bit to 32bit