Vista to 7 is a much easier road than XP to 7.
Chuck Norcutt
Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> Thanks for the advice guys. I purchased a new Compaq laptop a few months
> ago when all the local stores were slashing prices in anticipation of the
> release of Windows 7. It came with Vista but with a free upgrade to Windows
> 7. I did the installation last night and it went smoothly. They supply two
> DVD's; one of which is the Windows 7 Advisor and the other the OS disk. The
> install took about 3 hours but went without a hitch. Advisor recommended
> that I uninstall some HP games and recommended a new keyboard filter (latest
> Compaq driver fixed that issue). The version I have is the 32 bit Home
> Premium, so no XP compatability mode. I've been reading however that 7 has
> fewer problems with older software. In their efforts to make sure that
> everything compatable with Vista would work with 7 they inadvertently made
> it more compatable with programs that wouldn't work with Vista. So far they
> have identified about 1200 programs that will run on 7 but not on Vista.
> Sounds like someone at Microsoft screwed up big time. ;^)
> Tonight I will try installing PSE 4.0 and an XP compatable version of
> Family Tree Maker. Neither of these would install on Vista so maybe I'll get
> lucky.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Ian Nichols <ian.a.nichols@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 2009/12/1 Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Greetings All,
>>> Have any of you had experience with Windows 7 running older software;
>>> specifically software that would run on XP but not on Vista?
>> No personal experience, but did you know that Windows 7 Professional
>> and Ultimate have a facility to run applications in XP compatibility
>> mode? That might help you out.
>>
>> Personally, I'm holding off as long as possible for a couple of
>> reasons. Firstly, I'll have to install from scratch, including
>> reinstalling all apps, which will be a bit of a pain. Secondly, and
>> more seriously, I have a SCSI flatbed and a SCSI film scanner that I'd
>> like to keep using. It looks like that's going to be a problem
>> because of limited driver support for the SCSI card, and none at all
>> if I opt for the 64-bit version over 32-bit. I could move the
>> scanners over to another PC and keep that one running XP, but then I'd
>> have to keep moving the Huey & monitor around to keep the monitor
>> calibration. Unless I buy more hardware, but I'd rather spend the
>> money on lenses.
>>
>>
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