software compatibility

Hi! I need 1607 build of win 10 pro because I have a special software that does not work with newer versions. Torrents and pirating is not an option as it will operate in a corporate environment, so it has to be a clean copy. Microsoft offers the latest. Do you have any idea how to get the...

Hello. A month ago, my power supply exploded and everything inside my PC cause got destroyed and corrupted. I got my whole PC changed, but when I used my Windows 10 64 bit CD, it didn't work. It kept booting into the screen of installation, then restarting my PC. I tried the 32 bit version, it...

Dear Anyone. OK, me dinosaur, I use XP SP3. Why? It WORKS, I love it, it's not bloated, it just happily RUNS. But the world seems to be kicking me towards Win 10 - but I need to know if my music software will work on it. It's Quick Score Elite Level 3, which will mean nothing to anybody...

Hi Everyone I have copied a program folder from one of my computers to another but unfortunately, the program is not working on the other computer. The problem is that the two computers are running two different versions of Windows and the program depends on the versions of various files in the...

I don't know if these programs cancel each other out or what. But I have used the different ones to get rid of different issues the other two didn't seem to catch. Can anyone tell me if this is going to cause more havoc than it's worth?

This topic is targeted at Vista users mainly who may visit here only for Vista support. On April 11, 2017 support for Vista will officially end meaning that there will be no more security updates, no more official support from Microsoft period and you will be left with a unsecure OS. I highly...

I need to set up a Win7 workstation for some software that won't run under Win10. I live in the boonies so my Internet access is via LTE with a 35G allotment before expensive overage charges. I can't afford to waste 10% of my monthly allotment downloading a Win10 upgrade I don't need for that...

Hi All Trying to run software which needs 4.5. I check my status with regedit and this shows various versions 3. 3.5 and 4.0. When I then try and instal from Microsoft, the installer states I already have an equivalent or superior version installed etc. Can someone help me get out of this...

I have an old (10 years) computer which I have had to reinstall Windows XP on.This was done using the original installation disc. To use this disc I had to reformat the hard drive. The computer is now running XP again. The original installation disc was of course also 10 years old so the...

Lost external USB monitor after W10 update of 10-01-2016...need help. Hello, I use a duplicate portable USB monitor which is turned to face my clients so that they can see what is going on and understand what I am doing. I typically meet with my clients in their home, thus the portable USB...

This app won't run on your pc as it is instaled and the icon has been whited out.This includes several 3000 gb of files that will take weeks to redownload them all.How do i get them back with all icons/

(Note: I have been updating from Windows 7 to Windows 10). I have installed Windows 10 on a laptop and two PC’s All went well but today (3 days later) my main PC when switch this morning on gave me the following. (Fig1) System Thread Exception Not Handled (igdkmd64.sys) I looked at all the...

Help. I've followed the prompts to switch to Windows 10 and, now that it's here, have found that I absolutely hate it. I find it counter-intuitive, unattractive to look at and few of the games/programs I had previously installed now seem to run through it. Is there any way I can return to the...

Hello. I'm new to posting / Threading or however you call it. This is a strange thing that happened to me. I downloaded Windows 10. Because I made a reservation. But I don't like Windows 10, because I can't open some programs, or they don't work. So, I looked up how to downgrade to my older...

I did the upgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10 Pro. Privacy concerns aside, I like Windows 10. I haven't had any problems with software and hardware compatibility. I use 27 different email accounts within WLM 2012, for a variety of reasons. Many of these email accounts have additional...

I'm debating about updating because i found out that windows movie maker is not compatible with 10 and I'm so bummed , is there a replacement program that is compatible with 10 that does everything that WMM does? I'm debating about updating because i found out that windows movie maker is not...

Is it possible? I have Outlook 2013 but Word 2013 is so packed with things I don't need, such as collaboration tools, layout, document design, that it's a nightmare to use. Honestly, for me, Microsoft Word reached it's zenith with 2003, Word XP, and has gone wonky since then. Suggestions?

It seems that Microsoft bring out a new operating system every 3 years or so. It is getting impossible to keep up with it. The recent new version of Windows is Windows 10 which I have tried one of the builds a few months ago. While I found that all of the software that I used on Windows 8 works...

Hi I've said that Cortana doesn't talk in this build in other posts, but I decided to see if it was Cortana or something more basic. I opened the native Windows text to speech software and discovered that there is no audible speech working there either. I wondered if anyone has the Windows...

Hi. I have Windows 7 on my desktop. The 32 bit version is installed. I also have a cad/cam program installed. I only own the 32 bit version of my cad/cam software. I am trying to do more and more complicated assemblies with the cad software, but I'm running out of memory. I have 8 gigs of...