G'day,
We have an older application that we distribute to clients with the advice they should run it in Windows XP SP3 Compatibility Mode when using Windows 7.
As of late, we have had clients say that running the software in this mode means having to enter a Admin password. As a test, we had them switch to Windows 7 Compatibility mode which solves everything...they are not prompted for a password and the software runs fine.
With other clients, Windows XP SP3 Compatibility Mode works well without any issues or password prompts.
Questions...
1. Why would this older software run well in Windows 7 Compatibility mode but not when this is unticked and why is a password requested for some when running in Windows XP SP3 Compatibility Mode?
2. Why am I seeing different results with different clients?
Slowly going insane...
Canaussie
We have an older application that we distribute to clients with the advice they should run it in Windows XP SP3 Compatibility Mode when using Windows 7.
As of late, we have had clients say that running the software in this mode means having to enter a Admin password. As a test, we had them switch to Windows 7 Compatibility mode which solves everything...they are not prompted for a password and the software runs fine.
With other clients, Windows XP SP3 Compatibility Mode works well without any issues or password prompts.
Questions...
1. Why would this older software run well in Windows 7 Compatibility mode but not when this is unticked and why is a password requested for some when running in Windows XP SP3 Compatibility Mode?
2. Why am I seeing different results with different clients?
Slowly going insane...
Canaussie