legacy software

Hi all, I have an ancient copy of Foxpro for Windows 2.6 from the early 1990s that I've moved from PC to PC over the years. I don't reinstall from original disks; I just copy the program's directory into \program files\ and it's worked fine on systems up to and including XP3. I did need to...

I wish to obtain a copy of Windows 98SE so I can play my older games that don't work on Windows 7. Most notably Jane's Combat Simulations USAF. Microsoft is no longer allowed to distribute Windows 98 because of some deal they made with Sun Microsystems (apparently you can get OSes like MS-DOS...

Windows XP: No IE9 for you Windows XP: No IE9 for you Microsoft becomes first major browser maker to drop support for world's most popular OS Computerworld - Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will not run on Link Removed XP, now or when the software eventually ships, the...

Greeting to the ppl at W7F. I going to jump right into this. If my question seems trivial I sincerely apologize. I have attempted to install 4 or 5 different files over the past few weeks and I get this same message every time. "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of...

This program seems to have arrived with my win 7 Ultimate. Everytime I try to use my (very old MS Office) Office Enterprise tries to install itself. I'm not keen on a newer version, but I'd be prepared to let it install. Only....the install fails, saying it is missing EnterpriseWW.msi. I...

I own Dutch home edition windows 7 on my new laptop. There is no speech recognition module that came with the software. Is it possible to use the English version SAPI 5.1 with windows 7? (installing with compatibility mode XP) I use software that only uses English speech recognition, and works...

I am running W7 with and old Eudora 7 program. I am having trouble sending muliple addresses on email. If I am in the address book and want to select a random group of addresses if I hold down the contol key i am only able to choose two addresses. The third address deletes to first one I...

Hi, 6-7 years ago a friend of mine made for me a software with Visual Basic. It is a very light software that I use for archiving my many reviews. I have just installed that software on Windows 7 but I have .dll problems. Before instaling that software I have noticed in the software source...

Got a W7 home premium machine today. I know that Access 97 is not compatible in this configuration. If I upgrade to W7 Professional which will make me eligible to download the XP virtual machine, will that allow me to install and run Access 97? I can't seem to find a list of software that is...

Hi, I am about to buy my mum a new computer, however she uses only word 2002 from the xp office on an xp home computer. She does not want to learn anything new, like vista, or word 2007 etc. I was looking at dell giving the option to have xp installed. However, here are my...

This is a little off topic. I've got a program I've had for about 9 years the maker is long gone and I don't find anything this simple to use and would like to fix an annoying problem. It's a log program for my bicycle riding and there is about 10 years worth of data. The program uses a 16 bit...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Upgrading to the resource hog that was Windows Vista meant that home and business users alike also required a hardware upgrade. The fact that Vista required quite expensive new hardware in order to run at a level of performance equivalent to Windows XP’s...

i just want to ask if there is really no games pre-installed in windows 7. because when i installed it on my laptop, the games folder is empty. just asking for the free games usually included in old windows os like freecell, minesweeper, spider, and other games.:confused:

I am a noob regarding OS and I have heard that MS has stop updating XP. Is this true? Does MS going to kill XP?

Hi guys, Hope someone could be so kind and help me out! I am attempting transferring a FULL SYSTEM BACKUP (all programme files and any data on the C-drive) from my old Windows XP HOME PC to a new WINDOWS 7 PC and was wondering if this will work and what problems I might encounter? It's just...

I have been trying to install an incredibly important program called NovaNet which I use for my classes. If I can't install this, then I can't do my classwork and get my credit. The program is certified to run on XP and Vista, so I figured that if it can run on Vista then it can run on 7. It...

This tutorial describes how to install Windows XP and Windows 7 on the same partition (first tutorial for one partition written). The short concept: Install XP twice and have 7 replace the first installation. Warning! Tested once. Need more testers to confirm it works for everyone and the...

I have installed Windows 7-64 and it is running fine. Some of my very old programs will not work in Win 7. Can I install Win XP on another drive in the system and use it for older software? Do I need to do a special format of the other drive, like maybe Fat-32 only or install an even older ver...

I have some legacy 32 bit Fortran compilers which I use and work great on XP. I have also tried the compilers on a Vista machine (32bit?) and they work fine. I would like to upgrade to a Windows 7 machine. I have tried my compiler on a Windows 7 home edition desktop and it does not work on the...

I'm currently running XP Pro on partition C, with my XP programs on D, data on E and I use F for video editing files. On H (G is my DVD drive) I am running Windows 7 Evaluation copy, build 7100. I have ordered 7 and will receive it in about 3 weeks. I understand that I would need to do a clean...