Re: XyWrite and Windows 7

[Robert Orndorff orndorffr@xxxxxxxx]

I don't think I have posted anything in a couple of years, so I'll come out of lurk mode...

Here are the answers to a couple of your questions:

1) 16 bit programs will not run on *64 bit* Windows 7.  16 bit programs should run on 32 bit Windows 7, much as they do on 32 bit Vista or XP.  Most PCs nowadays come preloaded with 64 bit Win 7.

2)  Windows 7 64 bit professional or Ultimate comes with a license to use "XP Mode" (you have to download it).  XP mode is really just a copy of Windows XP running in a virtual machine inside of 64 bit Windows 7.  So in theory anything that runs on XP should run in XP mode.  Of course the hardware requirements are higher to use XP mode.  Here's the MS page on it:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/faq.aspx

I'm pretty sure that Windows 7 allows resizing of partitions without a third party application, but I'll leave that question for someone else.

-Robert


On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Patricia M. Godfrey mailto:priscamg@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Apologies for picking up this thread so late, but I just read  something that made me look back at all these posts, and I  realized that a couple of things were not totally clear. 1. Can Xy (or any 16-bit program) be run natively under Win7 (as  it definitely can under Vista)? Or do you have to run some  virtualization scheme? 2. Besides Virtual PC, there is something in W7 called XP Mode,  that is supposed to let one run older programs. But it is only  available in Business and Ultimate, not in Starter or Home  Premium. (This is what I have heard and read. I have a copy of W7  Release Candidate, but fear I shan't have time to install it  before it expires.) About partitioning: you are all aware that Vista lets one do a  safe, nondestructive live partition? That is, assuming you have  enough room on the hard drive (this is best done first thing  after you clean out the shovel-ware on a new PC), you go to  Control Panel->System Management->Storage, right click on the C  drive (after the box comes up; I can send anyone who wants it a  screen shot), shrink the existing partition, and create a new one  in the empty space. Robert favors several partitions. I want at  least three, but have made do with two by running Xy and dBase  off an SD drive. You absolutely, positively want your data on  another partition from your opsys. Then, if you have to do a wipe  and restore of C: (as I recently did), your data are safe. Robert  manages to get his apps on a D: drive, but I don't have enough  knowledge to do that with Win-native apps: they want to go on  C:\Program Files, and get very cranky if you don't let them.  (Actually, Lotus Smart Suite will go wherever you want; but that  too is abandonware.) Patricia M. Godfrey mailto:priscamg@xxxxxxxx