Re: Windows 7, again - tips and tricks

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Hi Jon,

I do agree with you. XP mode is the preferred solution for running
legacy programs in Win 7 64-bit. In my situation, it was out of the
question, because my legacy includes DOS and Win 3.1, which can only be
run in VirtualPC 2007 plus DOS 2004 additions. This again means that I
cannot run XP mode, VirtualPC 2007 runs only if XP mode is completely
uninstalled. Furthermore, there are programs that I want to run in XP
compatibility mode. So I chose VirtualBox and W2K, which is the earliest
operating system that runs with nice additions in VirtualBox. This is
something that has arisen from necessity, I do not advocate it as a
general solution for those who are not so much into legacy as I am.


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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7.11.2013 23:36, Jon P wrote:
> Subject: Re: Windows 7, again - tips and tricks
>
>
> Sorry to jump in here so late, but since there was a link a few days ago to my attempted (and later
> discarded) DOSBox installation, let me put in another vote for XP Mode, which is what I came around
> to. I do also use TAME for more fonts and flexibility; I can send you my (actually Michael Norman's)
> tweaked and working Tame settings if you need them. However, if you were using XY in Windows XP,
> whatever worked before is fine.
>
> XP Mode can be installed in Windows 7. I opened that virtual desktop and copied my old working XY
> folder (from my old XP computer onto a flash drive), with XYWWWEB and TAME and all the rest, into
> what virtual XP thinks is its C: drive. If you had it working in XP, it should function just as it
> did.
>
> The only tweaks needed are to let XP Mode communicate with Win7. On the XP Mode desktop, put the
> shortcut to Editor.exe in XP Mode's C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start Menu. That also puts a
> shortcut in your Win7 start menu. You can click on it and the XY window opens--XP Mode's desktop
> stays invisible. I can get a full window XY just by clicking on the full-window button on the upper
> right to expand it like any other Win7 window. Carl's invaluable CLIP.exe works to cut-and-paste in
> and out of both XP Mode and Win7.
>
> You probably also need to get files out of virtual XYwrite so you can email them, etc. In my .kbd
> file under TABLE=CTRL I put this line:
>
> 46=BXs,a,/,n,v, ,\,\,t,s,c,l,i,e,n,t,\,c,\,x,y,Q2
>
> With that in the .kbd file, hitting CTRL-C (obviously you can change the key to whichever you
> prefer) puts a copy of the file in Win7's C:\XY folder, ready for anything you need to do with
> email, MS Word formatting, etc.
>
> The VMWare method may be better if you have older Windows installation discs--I have no idea--but
> this works fine for me.
>
> You might also want to tweak XP Mode to stop asking for security updates, etc. Microsoft was pretty
> lazy when they ported it, so XP Mode really does think it's on a standalone computer.
>
> Jon Pareles