Unfortunately, the WinXp Compatilibity mode does not work for all apps in the real world.
I have 3 apps that does not work in tht XP Compatilibility mode:
- Yamaha XG Player. The best MIDI player I have found. It starts once and after the reproduction has finished it closes automatically. And it does not start if I open it by clicking the MIDI file (and set the MIDI extension to run with this application).
- Vanbasco Karaoke Player. Another VERY good MIDI player, which is in a similar state in XP Compatibility mode.
- Synthogy GrandPianos v1.0. This is the BEST virtual realistic pianos sounds in the world. even in the XP Compatibility mode, the installer fails in Win7.
This programs fails totally or partially, even if I run them in the virtual machine Windows XP Mode.
Does not exist a newer version for two of that programs. And the third, exist for Win8 but paying the upgrade to the last version. I do not need to pay any upgrade by itself, it would be need only to upgrade to Win8.
So far so here, what Win8 gives me (more), noes not worth the upgrade.