2010 Excel X64 -thethingy- - Microsoft Office

Before 2010, Microsoft Office operated strictly as a 32-bit (x86) application suite. This imposed a severe ceiling on heavy data processing. The 32-bit architecture could only address a maximum of 4 gigabytes (GB) of system RAM, out of which a single application like Excel could realistically use only 2 GB.

Declare PtrSafe Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As LongPtr MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 EXCEL X64 -thethingy-

To understand why it was such a big deal, you have to look back at the landscape in 2010. Prior to this release, every version of Microsoft Office—from the early '90s up through Office 2007—existed only as 32-bit applications. While 64-bit processors were becoming the standard for PCs running Windows 7, Office remained in a 32-bit cage. This created a bottleneck. A 32-bit application, no matter how powerful your computer was, could only address a maximum of 2 GB of RAM (Random Access Memory). If you loaded a financial model or a scientific data set that exceeded 2GB, Excel would hit a wall, throw "out of memory" errors, and crash. Before 2010, Microsoft Office operated strictly as a

Instead of risking system security with obsolete legacy platforms, users have access to secure, modern alternatives: This created a bottleneck