32-bit Windows operating system on a 64-bit architecture

We have a picture of the mother who has been defined as a 64-bit computer when creating. But when it was time for the installation of Windows 7 ISO, a 32-bit version has been installed. We have taken snapshots and reconstructed with this vm parent... performance seems to be great! We had no problems with VMTools and view agent seems very well... is there a reason why we should not do this way? Is this the same as the installation of an operating system to 32 bit on a 64-bit system?

Whatever you select a guest OS 32-bit or 64-bit operating system, if the physical processor is a 64-bit processor, then the guest virtual processor will be a 64-bit CPU.  (For a CPU virtual 32-bit, you must specify additional configuration option, monitor_control.disable_longmode = TRUE)

For Windows 7, in particular, I see no problems with your current configuration.  Given the age of Windows 7, which is unlikely to change with future editions of vSphere.  In general, however, it is best to choose the type of guest OS that is similar to the guest OS installed.

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