Re: Win7 and XP

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

"he older versions of programs she has "


You mean we learn, after all these years, that "Jordan" is a
female?!


--Harry


Hi Kari,


I'm rushing out the door right now, and will have to research this later
through past postings to the List, but I'm just attempting this for the
first time, on a laptop I'm setting up for someone else.  (W7
64-bit, I5, 8Gb. of Ram.)  I installed XPMode, and thus far Xy-3
into it, as that is what the ultimate user of this laptop uses. 
(But I'm not sure how much different the results would be if it was Xy-4,
which I also intend to install.)  Xy-3 seems to be willing to
launch, but only in a window size that is a bit less than a 3 x 5
card.  There was an error to the effect that it could not virtualize
larger.   Is there some workaround to get a bigger, more useful
window size ?  (Please don't say "Tame" . . . .) 



These is my faltering first steps with XPMode.  I did have a bit
more luck getting PS Elements 1.0 to install into this, which was an
absolute No Go into straight-up Win-7.  (This particular user clings
to the older versions of programs she has and knows, and is not very
willing to adapt to changes in these programs UI in later versions, of
which there are plenty, so it is more a question of making this work as
is, to whatever extent possible.)


Or maybe I'd be better off doing all this with VMWare, or VirtualBox
?

If so, better to find that out now.




   Jordan








From: Kari Eveli



To: XyList 


Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:40 PM


Subject: Win7 and XP




>I would love to have good old XP running on my much faster Win7
computer but your procedure seems...so to speak..complicated.



There are other options. If you have any virtualization software and
an available XP license to activate, you can have a copy of XP running in
VirtualBox, Parallels or VMware. If you have a copy of W2K lying around,
you could use it (no activation).



While dual booting Win7 and XP is quite feasible, Win7 and XP mode is
the preferred solution. Adding an SSD as a boot drive speeds up the
system, but can be a hassle. I am in the process of doing just that, and,
boy, it is complicated.



Best regards,



Kari Eveli