XP and before uses nathandhood 7/8/2007 10:42:00 PM I have Windows Vista, and I want to use some programs that were made for XP and before, but a couple of these will not work for my computer and are saying that they are running on ME since it does not recognize Vista yet. Can anyone send me a link so that I may download a program so that I may use these? Please and thank you.

Re: XP and before uses Bruce Chambers <bchambers[ at ]cable0ne.n3t> 7/8/2007 11:00:18 PM nathandhood wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have Windows Vista, and I want to use some programs that were made for XP > and before, but a couple of these will not work for my computer and are > saying that they are running on ME since it does not recognize Vista yet. Can > anyone send me a link so that I may download a program so that I may use > these? Please and thank you. Only the respective manufacturer(s) of each of those programs can provide you with patches and/or updates needed to make those old applications Vista-compatible. In the meantime, you can try running the applications in WinXP (or earlier Windows version) Compatibility mode. Right-click on the pertinent application's Shortcut > Properties > Compatibility Tab. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell

Re: XP and before uses nathandhood 7/8/2007 11:18:02 PM "Bruce Chambers" wrote: [Quoted Text] > nathandhood wrote: > > I have Windows Vista, and I want to use some programs that were made for XP > > and before, but a couple of these will not work for my computer and are > > saying that they are running on ME since it does not recognize Vista yet. Can > > anyone send me a link so that I may download a program so that I may use > > these? Please and thank you. > > > Only the respective manufacturer(s) of each of those programs can > provide you with patches and/or updates needed to make those old > applications Vista-compatible. > > In the meantime, you can try running the applications in WinXP (or > earlier Windows version) Compatibility mode. Right-click on the > pertinent application's Shortcut > Properties > Compatibility Tab. > > > -- > > Bruce Chambers > > Help us help you: > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin > > Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell > Thank you for the advice, although, these programs will not work even when I trie that. But I'm going to send these companies emails asking them to help, thank you!

Re: XP and before uses "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> 7/9/2007 2:09:24 AM Hi, You could also try creating and running Virtual PC's within Vista if you have copies of these older operating systems you can install. The software for doing this is here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "nathandhood" <nathandhood[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F5B8D893-F889-4B9D-BCC4-EE5C303927AE[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > > > "Bruce Chambers" wrote: > >> nathandhood wrote: >> > I have Windows Vista, and I want to use some programs that were made >> > for XP >> > and before, but a couple of these will not work for my computer and are >> > saying that they are running on ME since it does not recognize Vista >> > yet. Can >> > anyone send me a link so that I may download a program so that I may >> > use >> > these? Please and thank you. >> >> >> Only the respective manufacturer(s) of each of those programs can >> provide you with patches and/or updates needed to make those old >> applications Vista-compatible. >> >> In the meantime, you can try running the applications in WinXP (or >> earlier Windows version) Compatibility mode. Right-click on the >> pertinent application's Shortcut > Properties > Compatibility Tab. >> >> >> -- >> >> Bruce Chambers >> >> Help us help you: >> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >> >> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary >> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin >> >> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand >> Russell >> > > Thank you for the advice, although, these programs will not work even when > I > trie that. But I'm going to send these companies emails asking them to > help, > thank you!