# Silverlight issue (Netflix)-can't run 5 on a 32-bit system

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silverlight-issue-netflix-cant-run-5-on-a-32-bit-system/658827>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 20, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silverlight-issue-netflix-cant-run-5-on-a-32-bit-system/658827 "2013-05-20T15:23:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silverlight-issue-netflix-cant-run-5-on-a-32-bit-system/658827/1 "2013-05-20T15:23:45Z")

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And I cannot find SL 4 (which would presumably work on my 32-bit system) for download anywhere (404 errors abound). Netflix doesn’t seriously expect every PC out there to be a 64-bit one, do they?

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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silverlight-issue-netflix-cant-run-5-on-a-32-bit-system/658827/2 "2013-05-20T17:05:40Z")

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Silverlight 5 is available in 32-bit or 64-bit.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silverlight-issue-netflix-cant-run-5-on-a-32-bit-system/658827/3 "2013-05-20T18:30:54Z")

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Searching Microsoft’s site for Silverlight 32 bit led me to this thread:  
[http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/silverlightinstall/thread/caf0efc6-65f3-43da-a636-cea262347ba3](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/silverlightinstall/thread/caf0efc6-65f3-43da-a636-cea262347ba3)

Which contains this link to Silverlight 32 bit:  
[http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=229320](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=229320)

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silverlight-issue-netflix-cant-run-5-on-a-32-bit-system/658827/4 "2013-05-20T22:19:51Z")

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Mucho appreciated.