legacy software

I have just taken delivery of a new laptop running Windows Home Premium 64 bit O/S. I have an old program that is absolutely essential (my accounts) and I have previously installed this using the "troubleshoot compatibility" option. When I right-click and select this option on the new machine...

Hello everyone, This is my first post here, and I'm hoping that I can find the answers I need with what I'm sure is a vastly knowledgeable and extremely cool crowd. So, here's what I'm trying to achieve. I have a Getac B300 laptop running W7Pro on a single partition. Through a rather bizarre...

Starting with Windows Vista, the Windows Help program is no longer included with Windows operating systems. Link Removed

Please give your opinion out all which one is best operating system till... "Window 8 Or Window 7 Or Window vista Or Window XP"

Apparently the PC system requirements will be the same if not less than what's needed to run Windows 7, Vole has been telling the world+dog. Current PC owners won't need to upgrade and Windows 8 will run legacy Windows 7 software. Source: Yahoo! News

An anonymous reader writes "Intel, speaking out of turn and damaging its intimate relationship with Microsoft, has revealed that legacy x86-compiled software will not work on the ARM version of Windows 8. Microsoft has promised that the Office suite will be available on Windows 8 ARM, but beyond...

Intel claims ARM is not a threat, but it is quick to point out that legacy software won't work, and how it is hedging its bets with Linux and Android. Link Removed

Intel was quick to point out that the ARM version of Windows 8 won't have any backwards compatibility—"Our competitors will not be running legacy applications. Not now. Not ever." But the ol' friendly x86 version? You betcha! More*» Source: Yahoo! News

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My entire organization in currently running XP, however we are thinking about going to Windows 7 if i can get this to work. We are using Siebel 7 Production in order to manage our customers, and this only runs in IE6. This is fine since we are still using XP and actually this is the reason we...

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syngularyx writes "The screenshots show Microsoft's new application store for Windows. The store appears to be running in Windows 7, hinting that the software giant may also be planning to offer its app store for legacy versions of Windows. Cnbeta posted the screenshots on Monday, however...

As much as I want IE6 to die, the truth of the matter is that not everyone can dump the aging web browser and move on to a later incarnation. There are a variety of reasons why enterprises are... More...

Link Removed 4 months from tomorrow, July 12, 2011, Microsoft Office XP will exit its "Extended Support Phase" ending, among other things, the provision of security updates for it. July 12 is the second Tuesday of the month—Patch Tuesday—and Microsoft always schedules such support...

If you're running Windows 7, and have a legacy program that simply will not run with your new Windows-operating system, there are a couple of things you can do to try and fix the problem. First, do a right click with your mouse on the program name and scroll down to where it says...

Currently using money98 on my XP PC,, but my new win7 laptop is giving me some issues that I cannot seem to resolve.. Hopefully there my be a smart fellow on the forums here that may help me.. I have backed up on my HD ( windows XP ) the past 11 years of .mny files (each) with the name i.e...

I have a weird problem running Adobe GoLive CS2 (version 8) on Windows 7 - the program runs but won’t appear on screen. I don't get this issue with any other program and until this happened a few days ago the program worked fine on Windows 7. GoLive hasn’t been updated for some time but Windows...

You want to deploy Windows 7 but you can't let go of Internet Explorer 6. Unfortunately, that's no longer feasible: IE compatibility problems need to be solved fast to prevent Windows 7 delays, according to recent report from Gartner. Link Removed

eldavojohn writes "As anyone in the industry will tell you, a lot of money went into developing web applications specific to IE6. And corporations can't leave Windows XP for Windows 7 until IE6 runs (in some way) on Windows 7. Microsoft wants to leave that non-standard browser mess behind them...

I am having problems installing a copy of Signlab ES2 on a new Sony laptop I have recently bought with Windows 7 x64. At the end of the installation I get the error message “The program can’t start because ntvdm.exe is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem”...