Hello,
XP mode is in fact embedded Virtual PC 2007 program.
It means that Windows 7 "XP mode" in fact runs runs XP in parallel in
virtualized (virtual PC) environment.
The same can be achieved by downloading free Virtual PC2007 from Microsoft and
running it on Windows 7.
And it works fine on "Home" editions.
Contrary to popular beliefs, Windows 7 is not that much different from Vista so if something worked on Vista it works pretty much the same on Windows 7. The
differences between Vista and XP were much bigger than between 7 and Vista.
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
On 2010-07-17 03:15, wavemechanic wrote:
*Microsoft says that "productivity" programs (I assume this means Quicken, Money, etc.) running under XP require the higher versions of Windows 7
(Professional and Ultimate) which permit an XP mode program to be downloaded and installed. Just a little bit of unbundling in order to help the bottom line.*
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Lionel Issen <mailto:lis...@sbcglobal.net>
*To:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com <mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.com>
*Sent:* July 16, 2010 8:41 PM
*Subject:* RE: [amibroker] OT: One Windows 7 oddity
**
Windows 7 has more problems than this. Programs that ran under Windows XP
don't run as well under Win 7
Internet Explorer, Quicken, and a few others ran quite well under XP, under
Win 7 these programs are often unstable. All these programs that are running
under Win7 are updated versions.
Lionel
*From:* amibroker@yahoogroups.com <mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:amibro...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Yuki Taga
*Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 7:16 PM
*To:* Patrick Dumain
*Subject:* Re: [amibroker] OT: One Windows 7 oddity
Patrick, some more information about this oddity:
The flashing problem is apparently caused because Windows wants to
open a popup box ("Show hidden icons") *above* the triangle. But
when the taskbar is at the top of the screen, there isn't screen
space for that popup in its "normal" position above the triangle, so
it starts that annoying flashing. Pulling the taskbar to double
width (something I don't care to do) allows enough screen space for
that popup to open in its "normal" position, so it behaves in the
expected manner with no flashing.
Another interesting thing about this: I use a program called Active
Window Manager for a number of tasks. When I chose to have it put an
additional taskbar on monitor number 2, the triangle on that
additional taskbar points up, as if the taskbar were on the bottom,
even though it is on the top, not down like it does on the main
monitor taskbar.
In this case -- and this is very counterintuitive -- the popup (on
monitor 2) opens *below* the triangle (even though it opens above the
triangle when the primary taskbar is on the bottom of the screen and
the triangle is pointing up). But in this case, no flashing because
there is room for the popup. (Because something is causing the popup
to open in the "wrong" position, which is actually the best position
when the taskbar is on top of the screen.)
However, there is no icon box with customize displayed when the
triangle on this second taskbar is clicked, the icons all appear in
the system tray (for about 1 second) until either one is selected or
no action is taken, at which time they disappear again.
As you say, none of this is anything one can't live with. It's just
interesting to observe the different behaviors, and particularly to
wonder why MS doesn't seem to have gotten it exactly right for a
somewhat popular configuration change -- putting the taskbar at the
top of the screen a la Mac.
Yuki
Thursday, July 15, 2010, 5:15:21 AM, you wrote:
YT> Hi Patrick,
YT> Ah, I forgot to mention that! ^_^ I've had the taskbar at the top of
YT> the screen forever (old Apple fan), so I forget that most do not.
YT> Yeah, I can live with that, too. Just wondered if it was
YT> reproducible behavior. Thanks.
YT> Yuki
YT> Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 11:47:44 PM, you wrote:
YT> PD> Hello,
YT> PD>
YT> PD> Same behavior, but only if the taskbar is at the top of the screen.
YT> PD>
YT> PD> Strange, but I can live with ...
YT> PD>
YT> PD> Patrick
YT> PD>
YT> PD>
YT> PD> De : amibroker@yahoogroups.com <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>
YT> PD> [mailto:amibroker@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>] De la part
YT> PD> de Yuki Taga
YT> PD> Envoyé : mercredi 14 juillet 2010 10:41
YT> PD> À : amibroker@yahoogroups.com <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>
YT> PD> Objet : [amibroker] OT: One Windows 7 oddity
YT> PD>
YT> PD>
YT> PD> For the most part, I'm very pleased with 7. But there is one oddity
YT> PD> that I'd like to know if anyone else experiences.
YT> PD> Hover the pointer over the "Show hidden icons" arrow in the system
YT> PD> tray. I find two different behaviors. Imagine a horizontal line
YT> PD> perfectly bisecting the arrow (and the box around it that is
revealed
YT> PD> when you hover). If the cursor is as much as one pixel above that
YT> PD> line, even though it is on the arrow and in the box, there is a
YT> PD> flashing of the "Show hidden icons" title, and the click is not 100
YT> PD> percent sure -- sometimes it has to be repeated. But if the pointer
YT> PD> is just one pixel below that imaginary center line, there is no
YT> PD> flashing at all, and the click works 100 percent.
YT> PD> To be sure, my experience is that you can be well below the arrow,
YT> PD> even below the revealed box, and make this work just fine. You can
YT> PD> hover at the very bottom of the taskbar under the arrow (but within
YT> PD> the horizontal confines of that revealed box), and it works like a
YT> PD> charm. You can also be way over the arrow (and well above the box)
YT> PD> and you will get the flashing and some hit or miss clicking results.
YT> PD> For me, a click only about one pixel above the bottom of the
taskbar,
YT> PD> but within the horizontal confines of that revealed box, will show
YT> PD> hidden icon. All that is necessary is to be in an area where the box
YT> PD> illuminates. But if you are one pixel above the center of that area
YT> PD> (dead over the arrow, but just above an imaginary center), you get
YT> PD> the flashing.
YT> PD> Anyone else?
YT> PD> It seems that the true target area for displaying hidden tray icons
YT> PD> is a box beginning one pixel below the center of that area,
extending
YT> PD> down to the very first pixel at the bottom of the taskbar within the
YT> PD> horizontal bounds. Hard to believe this passed muster.
YT> PD> Best,
YT>
