compatibility mode

So after some days of playing around with Windows 7 I feel that it would be worth while building my new systems on Windows 7 rather than XP pro again. So a little advice on which way to go would be a great help please. Now I am a software developer that uses a lot of 32bit applications...

A little background and info: I support a number of people who for one reason or another need to be able to do things a local admin can do like install programs and start services (or more accurately allow a program they're running to start a service). All users are in the local administrators...

hello Dear Community ;) i've got a problem with running one of the most epic games of all times: SW KotOR here i upload some screens: 1. this is what happens when i use "Scan Hardware" option in SW KotOR config: Link Removed due to 404 Error 2. this window appears when i choose "Details": Link...

[RESOLUTE] Technical issue for one program and one game. Hello all a have a technical issue. i didn't exactly know where i must post my threat cause i have got a game problem (Battlefield bad company 2) and a program problem (Logitech G-serie key profiler). When i push on server browser, or...

Hey all, Sorry I'm new to the forum, hopefully this is the right place to put this. I've just upgraded my Dell XPS 420 to windows 7-32bit Home Premium from vista and now any time I try and install a program from the internet (even things like iTunes or Firefox) I'm running into problems...

Sorry about the misspelled word printer in topic heading but I cannot correct it. As posted on the HP Forum HP will not released drivers or new software for Windows 7 until January 2010 due to problems. They state to use the Windows 7 generic printer driver which will leave you with a lot of...

I recently upgraded a Dell XPS Gen 2 M170 from Vista to Win7 Ultimate. Everything went fine except the Broadcom NIC was not recognized. I was able to get it installed using XP drivers in compatibility mode. Now whats driving me nuts is that when I try to connect to the internet, I get this...

One of the things you may discover is that not all of your older programs/games/drivers will work under 7, and their 7 compliant versions may not be availabe. In this case, you can try install and run them in Vista (or XP) compatible mode. To run a file in compatibility mode: 1. Right click...

I miss being able to watch videos in full screen on my t.v. (second monitor). In Vista and Windows 7 it works in terms of video, but the audio is not recognizable. Something to do with DRM? Anyway, I was wondering if I could load my XP video card driver into XP compatibility mode so I could...

I have been having trouble with my new laptop it is a Dell Inspiron 1318. It has a Intel Graphics card (My problem). I was able to play These games on it in Win7's Beta but now that I have the full version I am having trouble.ALL of my games don't work. They don't even display an error. I have...

I installed the HP CM1312nfi printer drivers for Vista in compatibility mode on Win 7 Pro. At the time, HP did not have Win 7 drivers for this printer. After the printer setup completed, I had full functionality in Win 7 just like Vista. Well, I was looking for information on the HP Support...

When I try to start call of duty 4 it fails after the splash screen. and says iw3mp.exe has stoped responding. The following is a output from the event log. System information: ATI x1800 radeon/Windows 7 32bit I'm running the program in comptablity mode with admin privgs enabled Faulting...

Hey everyone I have fairly recently built myself a computer using the gigabyte GA EP43 DS3L motherboard. On the manufacturers website it says that this motherboard is Windows 7 ready and that it has an integrated realtek HD audio sound card. When I first set up the computer with windows 7...

ive installed x3: terran conflict and when i try to play the game for the first time it keeps telling me i need to open it with administrator privlages first. i am the administrator of this computer (ive got the only account on here) but it keeps saying i need the admin privlages to run it for...

as the title states i cant run any games on win 7 without it crashing ive just installed windows 7 cause i couldent get used to xp after running windows 7. everything runs smooth except for games. i currently only have cod 4 installed and it runs for about 5 seconds before freezing the entire...

Hi, I have a problem with windows 7 build 7600 x64. When I'm downloading torrents windows completely freezes. Sometimes after 1 minute, sometimes after an hour. I have to hold the power button to reboot it. This doesn't happen when I'm not downloading with bittorrent. Intially I thought it had...

Hi all. I am trying to connect my notebook - HP Compaq 6730s to my desktop. I have ASUS Striker 2 Formula motherboard, nVidia 780i SLI chipset, 2 network adapters, and windows XP Pro SP3, x86 Edition. On my notebook I haveWindows 7 Ultimate RC 7100 Build. I couldn't find Win7 drivers for...

hi, whenever i try to run the game (X3:terran conflict), an error comes up saying: Insufficient Rights: to perform this applications for the first time, u have to be administrator or something like that, its in dutch hope i translated it good why do i have this problem? ive installed it...

I have a great working windows 7 build 7100 64 bit the only problem i'm having is in internet explore 8 most links dont go any where if i use explore 64 bit the web pages work fine. I tried compadibility mode still click on a link and nothing. can any one help thanks

Device driver for this item was not successfully installed. After finding the driver from the source, I ran the installer in compatibility mode because it worked previously in Vista. Once I ran it in compatibility mode and rebooted a lot of the missing drivers were found however Bluetooth...