Windows 10: I bought a full copy of Win 10 a little over a year ago, full version. Problem is 64 bit...

I bought a full copy of Win 10 a little over a year ago, full version. Problem is 64 bit and not 32 bit. Will not install as my CPU is only 32 bit. Still in it's sealed holder, can I return for the win 10 full install 32 bit version?

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Pass to 64 bits

By mistake, I install 2 years ago, Win 8.1 Pro 32 bits. Now, I have win 10 Pro 32 bits but I need 64 bits version. I don't have a product key for a fresh install of Win 10 Pro 64 bits. What is the best scenario to migrate to 64 bits version?

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Upgrade install from Win-7 32-bit, to Win-10 64-bit Problems...?

The last time I reinstalled Win-7 32-bit- I bought a retail copy that my computer shop said was also good for Win-10.
After Covid-19, should I have them do a clean Win-10 reinstall?

I am Not a Gamer, or heavy user...- I just like a fast computer for email/shopping/system maintenance...! One 21" monitor.
My computer shop will only install Gigabyte MBO's, and Intel CPU's.- Any suggestions?

 

Should I convert to a Win 7 64 bit system then migrate to Win 10?

I'm having trouble deciding whether to reserve a copy of Win 10 or not. I'm still using a laptop I got in 2004 and migrated to Win 7 home premium 32 bit. I do occasional gaming, the mention of Direct X 12 to get a faster frame rate was of interest since
the GPU is an Intel 965 express chipset. a few years ago I was considering going to Win 8, ran the advisor and found out I would not be able to go with a Win 8 64 bit system. Out of curiosity I ran the Win 7 advisor, which showed I can use the Win 7 64 bit
system. My installation disk has both 32 and 64 bit versions. The interest in using the 64 bit version goes back to memory use for gaming.

I haven't done a reservation yet, so I can convert from a 32 bit to 64 bit system, then reserve win 10 so I can get the win10 64 bit version. Two questions are:

Would the Win 10 64 bit system run into problems that the Win 8 advisor indicated or no problems that the Win 7 advisor indicated?

Would going from 32 bit to 64 bit cause any problems for my software?

Would Direct X 12 offer a significant performance gain for the Intel 965 express chipset to warrant going with Win 10. I'm currently getting 7-12 frames per second. The current windows experience index is 3.5, the GPU was responsible for keeping it this
low.

I use Office 2007. Is Office 2007 compatible in Win 10 or will it have a compatibility issue like I experienced with Office XP when I migrated to Win 7?

Going from Win 7 to Win 10, will there be any loss of privacy? And with the mandatory updates, will I be forced to upgrade to the next system or will Win 10 continue to operate. I had problems when Visa and Win 7 would hang when I would attempt update; and
the attitude of support that they were doing me a favor for non supported operating systems when they were still releasing updates, with a couple of support "Einsteins" suggesting reformatting the hard drive regardless of it taking me a month of reinstallation
of applications. I'm cautious with companies like Microsoft, some 3rd party software require a windows system otherwise I would have went back to Linux or Apple 3 years ago.