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may be to believe, there was a time when anything that ran on an earlier
version of Windows was guaranteed to run on the latest version. It's gotten
progressively worse over the years and now we have Vista, where anything
that ran on an earlier version is virtually guaranteed to go haywire.
If there's been some sort of improvement here, I fail to see it.
Buddha
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Define "anything".
Most things that run on XP will run in Vista.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Buddha
Very untrue, or apparently you never ran into the "dll hell" created by
installing older software in Win9x systems. Every single version of Windows
has had some backwards compatibility, but it's better now than it was.
Previous to XP there was no compatibility mode, a feature that allows for
the necessary runtime environment required by some software.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Buddha
I wish that you could have told my old computers that. The transition from
the Win 9x family to NT saw more than a few programs and hardware items not
working..
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http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Rick Rogers
Yes, those were the days. As a part-time network admin for a small company,
I think I had 3-5 DLL files on each of about 6 or 7 floppy disks, with
folder structure to show others where they went, labeled with the program
that required them. It was always a lot of fun setting up a new PC. LOL
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Buddha;672810 Wrote:
Hi Buddha,
You can try placing the application in Compatibility mode to see if it
will help it run properly afterwards. You can see how to in this
tutorial if needed.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/75909-compatibility-mode.html
Hope this helps,
Shawn
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Brink
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
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*Please post feedback to help others.*
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Cheryl D Wise
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Cheryl D Wise
This does seem strange to me as I loaded Vista Home Premium (prior to SP1)
and when I tried to install office 2003, it declared it to be incompatible.
After it also refused to use Visual C++ 6.0, which I utilize and a few
others, I returned vista for a refund. Did sp1 solve these compatibility
problems?
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"Jim Fisher" schreef in bericht
Hi,
I suppose you do know that older SW has to be started up in compatibility
mode.
At least on my Vista all older SW where successfull even MSMoney from
1991-1996
Regards
Huib
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| | | | | Post in reply to: JonC
It would be helpful to know which games you are trying to run. Each game is
different, and someone may of gotten one or more of them to run and can tell
you how.
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