11-21-2001, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Old Apps and XP
I am getting a notebook computer that will have XP preloaded. I am wondering what old apps people have tried under XP. My two other computers still run 98SE. I never upgraded them because, hey if it aint broke don't fix it. Anyway some apps I want to put on the XP machine if they work are
Agent 1.5 newsreader Eudora Pro 5.1 Office 97 I realize that I will need to get the latest Norton Antivirus, and utilities, but will any of the above apps run on XP? |
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11-22-2001, 08:08 AM
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Chief News Editor & Master of His Domain
  
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Minnesota
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office will, and I'm fairly sure Eudora will too, but you can always try running an app in compatibility mode.
Just highlight the icon, go to it's properties, then hit the compatibility tab. you can select it to run as if it was on a 95/98 box.
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11-22-2001, 02:03 PM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Your Mom
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yeah, the compatibility layers are very nice.
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11-27-2001, 11:30 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
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Basically, if it ran on Win95 or greater, it will run on XP. Notable exceptions to this are Virus Scanners, Backup-Utilities, and Disk-utility software. But any other regular application that doesn't depend on 16-bit DOS mode will run under XP. But you may have to use the compatibility layers as LPMiller suggested.
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