Are you running 32-bit Windows or 64-bit Windows?

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FYI: If you have Windows 10, 32-bit you can only run 32-bit Hyper-V which means you cannot run operating systems like Windows 2012 R2 under Hyper-V because Windows 2012 R2 is 64-bit only 

How to Determine if you are running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows

It is 2016 and most of us wear big boy pants and use 64-bit Windows. If you are unsure if your Windows is 32- or 64-bit bring up Control Panel:

Click on the System and Security folder:

Click on the System folder:

I addition to showing whether your windows is 32-bit or 64-bit, other useful tidbits are displayed such as Processor type and amount of Installed Memory (RAM).