Thanks, I'll have to find a copy of a retail disk to proceed. It scares
me how my buddy refuses to learn certain things, if I put something
together like XP mode, I'd have no end of trouble. Keep it simple for
the stupid. (I do that all day at work...;-)
On 4/7/2014 7:39 PM, Winterlight wrote:
No... 32 and 64 are separate disks. And you need a retail purchase to
get both disks... not OEM. And yes the easy solution is to go 32 bit
if the program you need will run OK... your only other alternative
would be a virtual XP setup. Win 7 PRO and Ultimate offers free
download of XP mode for businesses that use proprietary software but I
have found XP mode to be unreliable and problematic.
At 04:32 PM 4/7/2014, you wrote:
Okay, so I answered some of my own questions. It looks like it would
be much easier to downgrade the install to 32 bit (there's only 4 gig
on the computer). I haven't tried it yet, but can I do this from an
OEM System builder Pack? I know I have to wipe the partition and
start over, but does this '64 bit' SP1 disk have 32 bit on it?
On 4/7/2014 6:38 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
I'm dealing with my friend Dennis down in Florida again. In
general, he makes the computer-illiterate look like geniuses.
Just to recap, he still does all his law documentation in PFS Write.
This works fine on his current creaky 2006 vintage computer and
32bit XP. So I'm about to ship him another box with Win7. The
problem I've run into is that I still need to give him PFS Write. He
has over 500 files in the PFS Write format and most of the recent
ones are down in FL on his computer, I have the balance of them. So
the problem is that the Win7 I have is 64bit, which means 16 bit
programs are a no-go. There are two choices: Use 32bit Win7 (is
that also on the 64 bit disk or do I have to purchase?) or set up a
shortcut that will start something like virtual box and start PFS
Write. For the latter it would have to be dead simple, or simple
enough for the dead. Would that be possible?
And, as always, thanks guys....Steve
