dilbert said:
I'm having trouble installing Omnitrader 2004 on windows 7. any
suggestions?
In Windows 7 itself, you'd check for some kind of compatibility
mode. Perhaps running the installer executable in a compatible mode,
will help the software install. Even a 32 bit program can run in a
64 bit OS, via Windows on Windows (WOW). What can't run, is 16 bit
software in the 64 bit OS version. I think the 32 bit version of
Windows 7 can still run 16 bit stuff ("old stuff").
(this tutorial may help...)
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html
If that fails, then you'd investigate "WinXP mode", which is a
frameless virtual machine capability that comes complete with
a WinXP image, to give a WinXP environment to programs. Windows
are drawn using Terminal Services, giving the impression when a
window pops up, that it's a Windows 7 program or something. WinXP
Mode is unlikes VPC 2007 running a copy of WinXP, in that with
VPC 2007, you have a framed desktop with all the launched programs
inside it. With "WinXP Mode", a program running in the WinXP environment,
gets to draw it's window on the Windows 7 desktop. WinXP mode is
only available in the higher end versions of Windows 7. If you use
VPC 2007 to run WinXP, that would burn up a WinXP license. Your
high-end copy of Windows 7 is licensed to also run WinXP mode,
so the license for WinXP is included. If your current copy
of Windows 7 is not "high end enough", a "Windows Anytime" upgrade
can boost the installed version to the needed level.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Mode#Windows_XP_Mode
(Typically, the software that comes with a new computer, is a notch
below a useful version. And you're bound to be missing *something*.
My laptop can't do WinXP mode because of that.)
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/windows-anytime-upgrade
Paul
