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Feature Request: SysWOW64 as optional feature
Windows Update size and install duration, WIM sizes, registry sizes and memory consumption. All of this could be potentially / drastically reduced if Windows Server vNext could have an option to remo...
Tbh it looks like an impossible task, especially with Microsoft engineering resources focusing on Windows Server Azure Edition. Removing the 32-bit compatibility stack would break everything - from Windows Server components to Microsoft apps (MECM/Exchange etc) to third-party apps.
Windows Server Nano tried this in the past. It failed.
Windows Server Nano tried this in the past. It failed.
I believe it's time to move on. Exchange and SCCM could be recompiled to have only 64bit execution.
Please mind the idea is to have this as optional feature, so one could add it in case your fav dev / app is not bothering about ditching x86.
Yet the extra mile is to solve it for the OS first. With the removal of IE I see good chances.
Please mind the idea is to have this as optional feature, so one could add it in case your fav dev / app is not bothering about ditching x86.
Yet the extra mile is to solve it for the OS first. With the removal of IE I see good chances.