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Sheep in wolfs clothing Started conversation Jul 4, 2003
At the risk of turning this in to an advice slot, can anyone help us poor XP users? My current home computer runs XP (2001 model Fujitsu Siemens). The trouble is, some of my older software cannot run on XP. I have tried the 'trick' with the desktop icon, without success. Soemeone has also suggested partitioning the hard drive, to run either XP or Windows 98, but that sounds too extreme. Does anyone have a simpler, effective solution?
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Researcher 233438 Posted Jul 4, 2003
Getting older programs to run on Windows XPMost programs run properly on Windows XP. The exceptions are some older games and other programs that were written specifically for an earlier version of Windows. To run your program on Windows XP, try the following:
Run the Program Compatibility Wizard. As an alternative, you can set the compatibility properties manually.
Update your program, drivers, or hardware.
These options are covered in detail below.
The Program Compatibility Wizard
This wizard prompts you to test your program in different modes (environments) and with various settings. For example, if the program was originally designed to run on Windows 95, set the compatibility mode to Windows 95 and try running your program again. If successful, the program will start in that mode each time. The wizard also allows you to try different settings, such as switching the display to 256 colors and the screen resolution to 640 x 480 pixels.
If compatibility problems prevent you from installing a program on Windows XP, run the Program Compatibility Wizard on the setup file for the program. The file may be called Setup.exe or something similar, and is probably located on the Installation disc for the program.
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logicus tracticus philosophicus Posted Jul 5, 2003
or try writing/saveing pro to disc run from disc most disc have equivelent power to many home comp on this site
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Jab [Since 29th November 2002] Posted Jul 6, 2003
Even Microsoft are dropping support for non XP office, which is 
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