I had a bunch of oddball error messages and a horrific time trying to upgrade my desktop to Vista SP1. Finally I decided to just backup my files and re-install Vista from scratch, and then install SP1. That was time-consuming but it worked perfectly.
Now this was a nice opportunity for me to go and get all the latest and greatest versions of the drivers for my hardware and the software I use. One of them is Google Desktop. I downloaded the latest version and was surprised to see the error message when I double-clicked on the .exe:
"Google Desktop is not currently compatible with your operating system. It requires a 32-bit version of Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or above."
What??? I had no problem in the past running Google Desktop with Windows Vista 64 bit. I did some research and found what Google said about this:
"Installation: Not compatible - Windows 64-bit
We don't currently offer compatibility with the 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Vista. We realize that a lot of our users would like us to offer a 64-bit compatible version, and we may consider this option in the future."
Wow- so for some reason Google has withdrew GD support for 64 bit Vista/Windows XP users. The newest version that is showing the error message is 5.7.805.16405. I looked in my archive and the version I downloaded from about a month ago (which WILL install under Vista x64) is 5.7.802.22438. The only reason I can think of is maybe somehow Google Desktop is not working properly with 64bit Windows and for now Google has decided to not support it while they find a fix.
I hope it's soon because I use Google Desktop and the sidebar regularly. I'm a little afraid now to install the old version, but I don't think I can wait until Google fixes this problem!
