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Subject: Vista question about "compatibility mode" and "safe mode"

 
 
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      9th May 2008, 03:25 AM
Hi, my problem is I'm trying to run a program which can only run under two
conditions:
1) Can only run under windows XP.
2) Needs to run in safe mode to work correctly.

I can solve the first problem by simply runing the program under
compatibility mode (so it thinks its running under XP SP2). but the problem
is that in Safe Mode I can't use the compatibility mode because the
option is greyed out.

So my question is; is there any other way to use compatibility mode while in
Safe mode? like from the command line?

Many thanks in advance.

 
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      9th May 2008, 07:15 AM
Post in reply to: Ray
No, your choices are pretty much limited to a dual boot, or Virtual PC.

Virtual PC 2004 SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/i...splaylang%3den

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