On 2007-09-16 07:18:00, Geoff Harland wrote: > While I don't know if Microsoft is totally blameless in this case, the > fact still remains that they do provide documentation (albeit sometimes > of a standard where there is "room for improvement") to application > developers which specify various details concerning how applications > should be written, and when those specifications are complied with, > there is a greater probability that such applications will continue to > function in (yet more) future versions of Windows.
Oh yes... :) How many applications still write into their installation directory during normal operation (configuration settings etc.), having made it difficult for ages to run them as normal user? > In any event, I assess that the problem more likely than not to be > "unfixable", so if it's not out of the question, maybe you should look > at setting up a "dual boot" PC (Win XP and Vista), or otherwise keeping > a PC on which (just) Win XP is installed, so that you can continue using > Protel 99 SE. There's also Virtual PC or VMware (both free), where you can run your XP installation. You need enough memory for two OSes, though (that's the part that can't really be "virtualized" :). Gerhard ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
