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CPrompt Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... Insane since: May 2001	posted 08-19-2002 14:13 I have done quite a bit of searching here and on MS's site for this info but didn't find anything to help me. My fiancee came home with a present (Win XP home edition). My only question is, with programs like Money 99, Office 97 and Visual Studio 6 will they work on XP or am I going to have to upgrade them as well? These are really the only programs that I am concerned about, everything else I can either live with out or work around. Thanks in advance! Later, C:\ ~Binary is best~
kuckus Bipolar (III) Inmate From: Berlin (almost) Insane since: Dec 2001	posted 08-19-2002 14:25 I don't think that you'll have any problems with these programs on XP - I didn't find a program yet that worked on 98 and didn't on XP, and especially Microsoft programs shouldn't cause any trouble. kuckus (cell #282)
Xdreamer.ch Maniac (V) Inmate From: Switzerland Insane since: Mar 2001	posted 08-19-2002 14:30 I'got the same experiance I've found only less tools which aren't designed for windows xp. So give it a try cu ~Xdreamer.ch~
Suho1004 Maniac (V) Inmate From: Seoul, Korea Insane since: Apr 2002	posted 08-19-2002 14:52 Yeah, I don't think you should have a problem. I didn't have any compatibility problems when I upgraded (not anything that a few driver upgrades couldn't fix, at any rate).
Arthemis Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Milky Way Insane since: Nov 2001	posted 08-19-2002 14:59 hmmm, no, those measly progs will not give you any trouble... i think. almost only pre 2000 tech edge programs are giving problems in xp what are pre2000techedgeprograms? old games =P well, not only very old games, stuff like soul reaver and broken sword is reported as non working, along with many others (some more recent, i just cant remember right now) good luck c-p. ~this is not a signature~
Dufty Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Where I'm from isn't where I'm at! Insane since: Jun 2002	posted 08-19-2002 15:34 To be sure, you can install them using WinXP's 'Compatibility mode'. It's supposed to allow older programs to run in XP if you're experiencing dificulties with a 'standard' install.
CPrompt Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... Insane since: May 2001	posted 08-19-2002 15:36 What a great place we have here! OK, I am upgrading tonight!!! weeeeeee!!!! Thanks a bunch, you guys are awesome! Later, C:\ ~Binary is best~
viol Maniac (V) Inmate From: Charles River Insane since: May 2002	posted 08-19-2002 20:27 You won't have a problem while making the old MS programs work in XP. But you can have a driver problem. Some old scanners, video cards or other stuff may not have yet an updated XP driver and they may not function properly. This is not common but it may happen.
maninacan Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Seattle, WA, USA Insane since: Oct 2001	posted 08-19-2002 22:57 ooo I just saw something about this on tech tv, which I finally got to see at my aunts house cause she has cable. OK, searched their site and found the link here ya go: http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/answerstips/story/0,24330,3358390,00.html hope that helps. Maninacan Cell #471 behmer

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CPrompt
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: there...no..there.....
Insane since: May 2001

posted 08-19-2002 14:13

I have done quite a bit of searching here and on MS's site for this info but didn't find anything to help me.

My fiancee came home with a present (Win XP home edition). My only question is, with programs like Money 99, Office 97 and Visual Studio 6 will they work on XP or am I going to have to upgrade them as well?

These are really the only programs that I am concerned about, everything else I can either live with out or work around.

Thanks in advance!

Later,
C:\

~Binary is best~

kuckus
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Berlin (almost)
Insane since: Dec 2001

posted 08-19-2002 14:25

I don't think that you'll have any problems with these programs on XP - I didn't find a program yet that worked on 98 and didn't on XP, and especially Microsoft programs shouldn't cause any trouble.

kuckus (cell #282)

Xdreamer.ch
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Switzerland
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted 08-19-2002 14:30

I'got the same experiance

I've found only less tools which aren't
designed for windows xp.

So give it a try

cu
~Xdreamer.ch~

Suho1004
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted 08-19-2002 14:52

Yeah, I don't think you should have a problem. I didn't have any compatibility problems when I upgraded (not anything that a few driver upgrades couldn't fix, at any rate).

Arthemis
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Milky Way
Insane since: Nov 2001

posted 08-19-2002 14:59

hmmm, no, those measly progs will not give you any trouble... i think.

almost only pre 2000 tech edge programs are giving problems in xp
what are pre2000techedgeprograms?

old games =P

well, not only very old games, stuff like soul reaver and broken sword is reported as non working, along with many others (some more recent, i just cant remember right now)

good luck c-p.

~this is not a signature~

Dufty
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Where I'm from isn't where I'm at!
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted 08-19-2002 15:34

To be sure, you can install them using WinXP's 'Compatibility mode'.
It's supposed to allow older programs to run in XP if you're experiencing dificulties with a 'standard' install.

CPrompt
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: there...no..there.....
Insane since: May 2001

posted 08-19-2002 15:36

What a great place we have here! OK, I am upgrading tonight!!! weeeeeee!!!!

Thanks a bunch, you guys are awesome!

Later,
C:\

~Binary is best~

viol
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Charles River
Insane since: May 2002

posted 08-19-2002 20:27

You won't have a problem while making the old MS programs work in XP.
But you can have a driver problem. Some old scanners, video cards or other stuff may not have yet an updated XP driver and they may not function properly.
This is not common but it may happen.

maninacan
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Seattle, WA, USA
Insane since: Oct 2001

posted 08-19-2002 22:57

ooo I just saw something about this on tech tv, which I finally got to see at my aunts house cause she has cable. OK, searched their site and found the link here ya go: http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/answerstips/story/0,24330,3358390,00.html hope that helps.

Maninacan Cell #471
behmer