Why not use dosbox or similar? We've been rolling out stuff like that with dosbox a lot recently.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Steve Tomporowski <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >>>> >>> >>> >> >
