program compatibility

I used a utility for years without problems on Win7 and Win10. Recently I wanted to add it now to an USB flash drive which boots into a Windows 10 WinPE environment. Unfortunately the tool crashes with the popup notification: "The code execution cannot proceed because hhctrl.ocx was not...

I want to be able to have a file extension that acts the same as a different one for example lets say i would like a file extension called .duffka i want the file extension to be able to act the same way a .zip and even be read by the same programs a .zip could be all i know is that you need the...

Morning all , I bought a new 8TB Hard-drive online , I installed Windows 10 on it and it's only showing 1.99TB on my computer . I thought windows only showed 3TB as the largest size , but the bloke in the local computer shop said windows 10 had solved that problem . (Meaning I wouldn't have to...

I recently updated my PC from Windows 8.1 to 10, and all programs are working just fine, including Windows Live Mail 11 (part of Microsoft Windows Essentials). A long time ago on an earlier version of Windows, I upgraded WLM 11 to WLM 12, only to learn that groups of email addresses (called...

Hello ! To make a very long story short, to be able to install a Chinese game(MMOrpg, Chinese servers and so on..) I had to change my system locale from my default (Slovenian, Slovenia) to Chinese (Simplified, China) and it has to stay this way, otherwise I can't play it. The game works fine...

I have an odd intermittent problem where with a few programs, sometimes there are areas within the window which are unresponsive to right or left mouse clicks whether from the touchpad or bluetooth/wired mice. hovering over a particular spot brings up mouseovers etc, but clicking or scrolling...

The system is totally different. The download takes longer because you are basically downloading an OS installer that will overwrite the existing installation. A lot of programs are either are not running properly or have been removed from the previous Win 8 installation. Avast was gone...

I've been going crazy the past week about this error. I've searched every post out there for a solution to this problem but every step I take to solve it seems to fail at one point also most of the other posts seem to have slightly different problems. It all started about a week ago when I was...

I just installed Windows 7 and, while trying to use a program that I installed, it advised me that my Windows 7 was not an RTM version, and only SP1. Can someone explain that and tell me if there is an update to sp1 rtm? My system is 32 bit.

My problem is that when I copied over fonts to the windows fonts and told it to replace the current font it didn't do what I wanted. For example I copied over a font with the name HS.ttf, and when I now look at the corresponding font it is called HS_1.ttf. I have a certain program that looks...

When you run an .exe file on a Windows based computer, the file may start a different program. Additionally, the icon for the .exe file may not appear as expected. You may also receive additional errors from the .exe file or from the program that starts. More...

Hi All. I will contribute for the first time. The setting and the program Compatibility assistant who invalidated the program Compatibility assistant were deleted now. Then, the error of having failed in the initialization of phase 2 was output to the event log. It is not found even if...

Sorry if this sounds confusing. I really need some help here. I've only had Windows 7 installed for a few weeks now, but I've already got most of my software and games installed and working. Based on some bad advice on another forum, trying to solve a problem with getting a game to run, I...

Good Day All I loaded Windows 7 64 a couple of weeks ago in a new installtion and it has been running very well for the most part. One thing that I find impressive is the Program Compatibility Monitor. I loaded an older 32 Bit Software Application that I thought was running well. But I started...

Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 - Help & How-to - Microsoft Windows Please note that it is highly recommended to do a clean installation, not an upgrade ! Introduction To upgrade your PC from Windows XP to Windows 7, you'll need to select the Custom option...

So I used the Vista "Easy Transfer" for a clean Win7 install and worked, but alot of the files did not make it to Win7. Files like Turbo Tax and Webroot AntiSpyware are still in Window.old. How do I bring the those programs to operate on Win 7. The transfer is form Vista 64 bit to Win7 64...

Hello, I have this issue with some programs, but at this one really much, and I was wondering if you know a solution. The program is 3ds max 9. A description of the problems: old screens that are moved, and then closed or minimized; stay in the current view, even with 3ds Max only active...

Hi guys I agree absolutely that in general a Clean install is usually a better approach however in the case of a Beta that might not always be a good idea. In the case of Windows XP ===> W7 X-32 there are some drivers that Vista hasn't got yet - even though though in some cases the XP version...

On another forum someone posted a method for disabling the UAC warning during instillation of the software or after running it for the 1st time. But I'm confused on the whole UAC thing. Someone please help me understand better With UAC on I will get a warning the 1st time I go into a program...

I had a problem running an application in Vista packaged as self extracting archive. After quitting the application I'd get a Program Compatibility Assistant message reporting the application was incorrectly installed. This got to be annoying considering there is no install with the application...