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how to get Firefox to recognize my 64 Bit Windows 11

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Why does Firefox think I am on Windows 10-32 Bit when I am on Windows 11- 64 Bit. I noticed this when I did a password reset.

Why does Firefox think I am on Windows 10-32 Bit when I am on Windows 11- 64 Bit. I noticed this when I did a password reset.

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Can you post a link to a publicly accessible page (i.e. no authentication or signing on required) that shows this as this isn't exposed to websites via the user agent?

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You Firefox UserAgent used to post this thread appears to be fine as it is 64-bit Windows. The NT 10.0 is the same on both Windows 10 and 11 as 11 is built on the same foundation as Windows 10.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:125.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/125.0

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If you use 32-bit windows then you still get the 'Win64; x64;' user agent. This also happens on Linux where you get Linux x86_64; with 32-bit Linux version.

  • Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:125.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/125.0
  • 1559747 - User-Agent string needn't reveal a user is running 32-bit Firefox on a 64-bit OS [69]

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However at least I got the NT 10.0 part right as it will be same on Windows 10 and 11.

However I wonder why the OP thinks Firefox is being identified as if on 32-bit Windows?

cor-el said

If you use 32-bit windows then you still get the 'Win64; x64;' user agent.
  • 1559747 - User-Agent string needn't reveal a user is running 32-bit Firefox on a 64-bit OS [69]

Ah right I forgot they made that change. NPAPI Plugins for example is not allowed to run anymore so the 32-bit/64-bit OS is not an issue now days for that. The 32-bit Linux distros are not as common now and also I guess the number of users who are still using ancient 32-bit CPU's in general is less and less as time goes on.

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