Oracle Database Express Edition (XE)

Is it supported to run Oracle Database XE on Windows Server 2008 R2?

Database XE is only supported as 32-bit. Current builds of Windows Server 2008 only come in x64 configurations.

Here are the Database XE system requirements for windows:
[http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17781_01/install.112/e18803/toc.htm]

The docs say that 32-bit windows is required, yet they also say that windows server 2008 is supported.

Windows Server 2008 R2 came out in 2009, and in R2 they eliminated 32-bit OS (though there is the WOW64 subsystem to run 32-bit programs within the 64-bit OS).

See:
- [Wikipedia page about windows server 2008 with info on R2|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2008#Windows_Server_2008_R2]
- [Wikipedia page on "windows 32-bit on windows 64-bit"|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOW64]

Thanks,
Matt