windows 7 won't run old application
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We have an employee who has a CD that will not run in Window 7. I tried running windows update and that did not work. For compatibility OS it only goes up to vista. Is there a way, other than installing virtual XP to get the CD to work in windows 7?
Thanks in advance.
We have an employee who has a CD that will not run in Window 7. I tried running windows update and that did not work. For compatibility OS it only goes up to vista. Is there a way, other than installing virtual XP to get the CD to work in windows 7?
Thanks in advance.
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There are definitely lots of options depending on what you're working with (software wise). It's just kind of tough to give you good suggestions without knowing more details. Otherwise I'm just shooting in the wind.
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Really? The OP totally asked for options outside of running a virtual machine...
Really? The OP totally asked for options outside of running a virtual machine...
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LOL... Reyesrj is the OP :)
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Hi All,
The CD is old. One concern I mentioned to the user is that if the CD is not compatible with windows 7 then maybe the information on the CD is out of date. He still insisted on using it. The remote PC is running windows XP. I downloaded and ran virtual XP about a year ago and it kept freezing up on me. Because of bad experience with virtual XP, I really want to avoid it as much as possible. I will try to get the CD today and post the information listed on the case for all to see. For now does anyone know of a reliable virtual XP software. Freeware if possible.
Thanks for all the responses thus far.
The CD is old. One concern I mentioned to the user is that if the CD is not compatible with windows 7 then maybe the information on the CD is out of date. He still insisted on using it. The remote PC is running windows XP. I downloaded and ran virtual XP about a year ago and it kept freezing up on me. Because of bad experience with virtual XP, I really want to avoid it as much as possible. I will try to get the CD today and post the information listed on the case for all to see. For now does anyone know of a reliable virtual XP software. Freeware if possible.
Thanks for all the responses thus far.
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All, I was not able to get the CD from the user. He will be out for 2 weeks. The focus of my question was, is there a way to get the CD to be windows compatible. Also, is there a more reliable virtual XP mode available?
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Thanks All,
I was on Vacation for a week. The user is happy with remote desktop so, I'll leave it at that.
The workstation is windows 64. I came across this twice before and both systems are 64 bit. This sounds right. garyrose.
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I was on Vacation for a week. The user is happy with remote desktop so, I'll leave it at that.
The workstation is windows 64. I came across this twice before and both systems are 64 bit. This sounds right. garyrose.
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What I did was took his old XP box, plugged in the power and the network cable and had him use remote desktop. This worked. I don't have the CD with me and I might not be able to get a hold of it because he uses it. The message I got when I tried to install the CD was that I did not have permissions to run or install the application. I have full admin rights on the workstation. My question is just to find out if other solutions are possible. This is the 2nd time I came across something like this.
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