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Installing older software
That is not a good analogy Mr. Brown. If I have a $2,500 program designed to
run on Windows, and it works for every version of Windows from Windows 98 through Windows XP, why shouldn't it be able to work for the next version of Windows? A better analogy would be if I bought a car that runs on gasoline, and the next month all the gas stations stopped selling gasoline and started selling kitchen grease instead. Upgrading the OS is nice, but does MicroSoft have to intentionally make all of our 2 year old software obsolete and unusable? MicroSoft had to have done something intentional to make programs that are designed to run on XP unable to run on Vista. "Kerry Brown" wrote: If you have critical applications that don't support Vista then you are right, Vista is not for you. The problem is not with Vista but with the applications you are using. Your complaint is like buying a car that runs on diesel then complaining that when you put gasoline in the tank it doesn't work. If you have critical applications then you match the OS to them. If you have a critical OS then you match your applications to it. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "Mike Schuler" wrote in message ... I created a desktop shortcut icon for the execution file, and now I car run Works 4.5, but now there's another problem. When I work on a word processor file at home on this new Vista computer, and click 'save,' it saves it with a '.doc' file extension instead of '.wps' I emailed it to my office computer at work, but I already know that Works 4.5 can't read a .doc file. If it does open it, it won't be arranged the way I want it so I can print it. I've also found that my $2,500 FlexiSign program wont run on Vista at all. This really sucks. I want a computer that does what I tell it to do. I don't want a computer telling me what to do. I'm calling CompUSA tomorrow and see if they know how to take the Vista out of this thing and put XP in. Otherwise, I've got a brand new computer for sale, and I'm looking for an XP model that's not too old. "Kerry Brown" wrote: You'll have to uninstall Works 8. At this point you'll probably have to uninstall both Works 4.5 and Works 8 then reinstall Works 4.5 to get the file associations set. You could also try right clicking on a file to open it. Pick Open with and browse to the Works 4.5 executable file. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "Mike Schuler" wrote in message ... You missed my point BobC. I also have been using Works 4.5 since it was first released. I've never used any later version. The later versions will not open the Works 4.5 files. I've installed Works 4.5 on my new Vista Computer. I have not yet loaded any of my business files into it yet because I can not get Works 4.5 to run. No matter what I do to open Works 4.5, the computer takes over and runs Works 8 in its place. "BobC" wrote: "Mike Schuler" Mike wrote in message ... All of my business files and books are made in MSWorks 4.5 for Windows 95. The newer versions of Works will not open up these files, so I've been continuing to use MSWorks 4.5 on my XP computer. I've installed in on my new Vista computer, but I can't make it run. If I try to open a file, it tries to open it in Works version 8 which can't open the file. How do I get it to run MSWorks 4.5? I have been running Works 4.5 since it was released years ago,no problem here on Vista; however.if your files were created in Works 8,I suspect you will need to install "that" version to open your files. Rgds |
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Installing older software
Yes, they fixed the security model and enforced it. That was intentional. It
did break a lot of sloppily programmed applications including some of Microsoft's. As I said before if your applications don't run on Vista there is nothing stopping you from continuing to use XP. It is silly to upgrade to something that you know doesn't work with a critical application. I like Vista. I use it every day and have pretty much quit using XP (and Linux for that matter). I have many customers similar to you. I would never recommend they upgrade to Vista until their critical applications are supported in Vista. To go back to the automobile analogy. Several years ago we switched from leaded fuel to unleaded fuel. For quite a few years after this happened you could still buy leaded fuel. As older cars were updated and ways found to make them compatible with unleaded fuel, unleaded fuel became scarce. Unleaded fuel is still available for race cars, airplanes, etc. It is not common but it is available for those special applications. When a new Windows OS comes out the same process happens. Windows 98 is now very scarce. Very few new systems will even run it. Microsoft has dropped support for it. If you have a critical app that will only run on it then you are like the race car drivers. You have to get specialized equipment and find the right suppliers. Windows XP will probably follow this route but it will be many years before it reaches the point where win98 is now. In the mean time keep using it if your apps don't run in Vista. No one is forcing you to change. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "Mike Schuler" wrote in message ... That is not a good analogy Mr. Brown. If I have a $2,500 program designed to run on Windows, and it works for every version of Windows from Windows 98 through Windows XP, why shouldn't it be able to work for the next version of Windows? A better analogy would be if I bought a car that runs on gasoline, and the next month all the gas stations stopped selling gasoline and started selling kitchen grease instead. Upgrading the OS is nice, but does MicroSoft have to intentionally make all of our 2 year old software obsolete and unusable? MicroSoft had to have done something intentional to make programs that are designed to run on XP unable to run on Vista. "Kerry Brown" wrote: If you have critical applications that don't support Vista then you are right, Vista is not for you. The problem is not with Vista but with the applications you are using. Your complaint is like buying a car that runs on diesel then complaining that when you put gasoline in the tank it doesn't work. If you have critical applications then you match the OS to them. If you have a critical OS then you match your applications to it. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "Mike Schuler" wrote in message ... I created a desktop shortcut icon for the execution file, and now I car run Works 4.5, but now there's another problem. When I work on a word processor file at home on this new Vista computer, and click 'save,' it saves it with a '.doc' file extension instead of '.wps' I emailed it to my office computer at work, but I already know that Works 4.5 can't read a .doc file. If it does open it, it won't be arranged the way I want it so I can print it. I've also found that my $2,500 FlexiSign program wont run on Vista at all. This really sucks. I want a computer that does what I tell it to do. I don't want a computer telling me what to do. I'm calling CompUSA tomorrow and see if they know how to take the Vista out of this thing and put XP in. Otherwise, I've got a brand new computer for sale, and I'm looking for an XP model that's not too old. "Kerry Brown" wrote: You'll have to uninstall Works 8. At this point you'll probably have to uninstall both Works 4.5 and Works 8 then reinstall Works 4.5 to get the file associations set. You could also try right clicking on a file to open it. Pick Open with and browse to the Works 4.5 executable file. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "Mike Schuler" wrote in message ... You missed my point BobC. I also have been using Works 4.5 since it was first released. I've never used any later version. The later versions will not open the Works 4.5 files. I've installed Works 4.5 on my new Vista Computer. I have not yet loaded any of my business files into it yet because I can not get Works 4.5 to run. No matter what I do to open Works 4.5, the computer takes over and runs Works 8 in its place. "BobC" wrote: "Mike Schuler" Mike wrote in message ... All of my business files and books are made in MSWorks 4.5 for Windows 95. The newer versions of Works will not open up these files, so I've been continuing to use MSWorks 4.5 on my XP computer. I've installed in on my new Vista computer, but I can't make it run. If I try to open a file, it tries to open it in Works version 8 which can't open the file. How do I get it to run MSWorks 4.5? I have been running Works 4.5 since it was released years ago,no problem here on Vista; however.if your files were created in Works 8,I suspect you will need to install "that" version to open your files. Rgds |
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