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    Windows 7 Student Offer Question:XP 32-bit to 7 64-bit?

    Hi, I understand the need to do a clean install with Windows 7 when upgrading from XP, but here is my question. I have Windows XP 32-bit home edition and am pondering doing the Windows 7 upgrade student offer, the problem is that the Student offer makes you explicitly choose 32-bit or 64-bit...
  2. Windows 7 WMC 7 crashing

    frequently, when in wmc in win7, mc will crash, it seems to mostly happen when i hit the back button on remote. the only other time it's crashed on me is while copying files in ReiserFS back to NTFS. it's a pretty old program, and i accidentally, thinking i was in another window, tried to open...
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    Windows 7 Running an old program in Windows 7

    Hello, my company uses an old accounting program that was designed for Windows 98. I have had this run on everything up to Windows XP SP3. Now that I have upgraded my computer, I can't get is to run in Windows 7. I have tried all of the usual compatability things, but I am not making any...
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    Windows 7 Successfully Transferred 16-bit Bike Log Software to New 64-bit PC Using Easy Transfer

    My new PC is 64 bit my older ones have been 32 bit. I had one program I really wanted that I couldn't install. I suspected just a 16 bit installer but the maker of software no longer in business. Tonight it finally dawned on me to try Easy transfer and it worked! Homer Simpson finally figured...
  5. YIPEE, a Windows 2000 thread

    I am glad to see this thread. I must be one of the only 3 people in the world that are still using Windows 2000. I have some old software (remember 8 character file name limitation?) that does what I need better than anything since that will not run well even on XP. I also have a flatbed...
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    Windows Vista getting older programs to work in Visat

    I have two older (originally DOS) programs which I need. They are database type programs. I was able to zip them from the original programs, install and use them in Windows XP. I have been unable to find a way to carry them over into vista home premium (64 bit). Is there a way to do this...
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    Windows 7 Why can't I see entries in the registry using REGEDIT?????

    I have an old program called REGENIE. I do a search with that and it shows me registry entries under HKLM/Software/Intuit when I open the registry with REGEDIT I can't see those entries - I can't see.../Intuit If I export those entries under that, modify it (to delete a bunch of bad entries)...
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    Windows 7 Design Flaws of MS Wndows Vista

    :eek: the Microsoft Windows Vista Should Support Old Application Like Apple Quick time 7 , Opera 9.24, FIFA 2006, Picasa, And other XP Based Programme, But Because of compatibility issues, I will not install Xp Based Programme! Could Everyone Knows The Design Flaws of Windows vista ? In...