Corneliu, thanks, this is a fresh way of looking at it. My wife runs some pretty heavy-duty stuff like Adobe Framemaker, RoboHelp, Photoshop, etc over huge documents. I'm not directly involved, but I hear her talking of delicate dependencies on 32 and 64 bit Windows and different versions of Windows, apparently discussed at length in the relevant forums where they whine of quirks, bugs and compatibility problems.
I would love to completely avoid XP or any need for a VM, but I'm not familiar with the "XPMode" you're describing. Is it some property of the shortcuts or executable images under Win7? Do I need to install something under Win7 for this? More hints or links would be welcome. Greg
