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From: philo on 14 Jun 2010 16:42 On 06/14/2010 02:25 PM, GMAN wrote: > In article<6P2dnZw5BOm804vRnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d(a)mchsi.com>, Grinder<grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com> wrote: >> On 6/14/2010 1:57 AM, GMAN wrote: >>> In article<hv4gsk$237$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> philo<philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >>>> On 06/13/2010 10:44 PM, ~misfit~ wrote: >>>>> I've just turned it on in the BIOS of my T60 ThinkPad running XP Pro on a >>>>> T7400 CPU. >>>>> >>>>> I just wondered did I do the right thing? I notice no difference and it's >>>>> off by default. I don't run any VMs. I wondered if any of the knowledgeable >>>>> posters here could give me a clue about whether I should have it on or off, >>>>> and why. >>>>> >>>>> TYVMIA, >>>> >>>> >>>> It would be useful if you had win7 installed >>>> and wanted to run XP within it. >>>> >>>> For more info >>>> >>>> just do a Google search >>> >>> >>> Isn't 7 fairly compatible with most well behaved XP programs anyways? Whats >>> the purpose of running a Virtual XP inside 7? >> >> For the stuff that falls in the range from "fairly" to "perfectly" >> compatible. > Seriously, what types of programs are we really talking here that arent > compatible??? Maybe a few games. But i cannot see any decent apps that are Xp > compatible that wouldnt run on 7? Though most recent apps should run fine on Win7 there are plenty of folks that still like to run their older apps and why not?
From: GMAN on 14 Jun 2010 16:57 In article <c_2dnaM5cb-6CYvRnZ2dnUVZ_oGdnZ2d(a)ntd.net>, philo <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote: >On 06/14/2010 02:25 PM, GMAN wrote: >> In article<6P2dnZw5BOm804vRnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d(a)mchsi.com>, > Grinder<grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com> wrote: >>> On 6/14/2010 1:57 AM, GMAN wrote: >>>> In article<hv4gsk$237$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>> philo<philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >>>>> On 06/13/2010 10:44 PM, ~misfit~ wrote: >>>>>> I've just turned it on in the BIOS of my T60 ThinkPad running XP Pro on a >>>>>> T7400 CPU. >>>>>> >>>>>> I just wondered did I do the right thing? I notice no difference and it's >>>>>> off by default. I don't run any VMs. I wondered if any of the > knowledgeable >>>>>> posters here could give me a clue about whether I should have it on or > off, >>>>>> and why. >>>>>> >>>>>> TYVMIA, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It would be useful if you had win7 installed >>>>> and wanted to run XP within it. >>>>> >>>>> For more info >>>>> >>>>> just do a Google search >>>> >>>> >>>> Isn't 7 fairly compatible with most well behaved XP programs anyways? Whats >>>> the purpose of running a Virtual XP inside 7? >>> >>> For the stuff that falls in the range from "fairly" to "perfectly" >>> compatible. >> Seriously, what types of programs are we really talking here that arent >> compatible??? Maybe a few games. But i cannot see any decent apps that are Xp >> compatible that wouldnt run on 7? > > >Though most recent apps should run fine on Win7 > >there are plenty of folks that still like to run their older apps > >and why not? Older as in Windows 2000, ME, 98 etc?????? Then why emulate XP or is it that gives you its backwards compatibility that is built in for those os's
From: philo on 14 Jun 2010 17:17 On 06/14/2010 03:57 PM, GMAN wrote: > In article<c_2dnaM5cb-6CYvRnZ2dnUVZ_oGdnZ2d(a)ntd.net>, philo<philo(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> On 06/14/2010 02:25 PM, GMAN wrote: >>> In article<6P2dnZw5BOm804vRnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d(a)mchsi.com>, >> Grinder<grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com> wrote: >>>> On 6/14/2010 1:57 AM, GMAN wrote: >>>>> In article<hv4gsk$237$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>>> philo<philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >>>>>> On 06/13/2010 10:44 PM, ~misfit~ wrote: >>>>>>> I've just turned it on in the BIOS of my T60 ThinkPad running XP Pro on a >>>>>>> T7400 CPU. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I just wondered did I do the right thing? I notice no difference and it's >>>>>>> off by default. I don't run any VMs. I wondered if any of the >> knowledgeable >>>>>>> posters here could give me a clue about whether I should have it on or >> off, >>>>>>> and why. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TYVMIA, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> It would be useful if you had win7 installed >>>>>> and wanted to run XP within it. >>>>>> >>>>>> For more info >>>>>> >>>>>> just do a Google search >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Isn't 7 fairly compatible with most well behaved XP programs anyways? Whats >>>>> the purpose of running a Virtual XP inside 7? >>>> >>>> For the stuff that falls in the range from "fairly" to "perfectly" >>>> compatible. >>> Seriously, what types of programs are we really talking here that arent >>> compatible??? Maybe a few games. But i cannot see any decent apps that are Xp >>> compatible that wouldnt run on 7? >> >> >> Though most recent apps should run fine on Win7 >> >> there are plenty of folks that still like to run their older apps >> >> and why not? > Older as in Windows 2000, ME, 98 etc?????? Then why emulate XP or is it that > gives you its backwards compatibility that is built in for those os's Any app that runs in XP but will not run in win7 using the compatibility mode would be a reason the run XP virtualized.
From: Grinder on 15 Jun 2010 05:31 On 6/14/2010 2:25 PM, GMAN wrote: > In article<6P2dnZw5BOm804vRnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d(a)mchsi.com>, Grinder<grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com> wrote: >> On 6/14/2010 1:57 AM, GMAN wrote: >>> In article<hv4gsk$237$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> philo<philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >>>> On 06/13/2010 10:44 PM, ~misfit~ wrote: >>>>> I've just turned it on in the BIOS of my T60 ThinkPad running XP Pro on a >>>>> T7400 CPU. >>>>> >>>>> I just wondered did I do the right thing? I notice no difference and it's >>>>> off by default. I don't run any VMs. I wondered if any of the knowledgeable >>>>> posters here could give me a clue about whether I should have it on or off, >>>>> and why. >>>>> >>>>> TYVMIA, >>>> >>>> >>>> It would be useful if you had win7 installed >>>> and wanted to run XP within it. >>>> >>>> For more info >>>> >>>> just do a Google search >>> >>> >>> Isn't 7 fairly compatible with most well behaved XP programs anyways? Whats >>> the purpose of running a Virtual XP inside 7? >> >> For the stuff that falls in the range from "fairly" to "perfectly" >> compatible. > Seriously, what types of programs are we really talking here that arent > compatible??? Maybe a few games. But i cannot see any decent apps that are Xp > compatible that wouldnt run on 7? Visual Basic 6 does not work well on Windows 7 64-bit, but works find in Windows XP Mode.
From: Grinder on 15 Jun 2010 05:32 On 6/14/2010 3:57 PM, GMAN wrote: > In article<c_2dnaM5cb-6CYvRnZ2dnUVZ_oGdnZ2d(a)ntd.net>, philo<philo(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> On 06/14/2010 02:25 PM, GMAN wrote: >>> In article<6P2dnZw5BOm804vRnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d(a)mchsi.com>, >> Grinder<grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com> wrote: >>>> On 6/14/2010 1:57 AM, GMAN wrote: >>>>> In article<hv4gsk$237$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>>> philo<philo(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >>>>>> On 06/13/2010 10:44 PM, ~misfit~ wrote: >>>>>>> I've just turned it on in the BIOS of my T60 ThinkPad running XP Pro on a >>>>>>> T7400 CPU. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I just wondered did I do the right thing? I notice no difference and it's >>>>>>> off by default. I don't run any VMs. I wondered if any of the >> knowledgeable >>>>>>> posters here could give me a clue about whether I should have it on or >> off, >>>>>>> and why. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TYVMIA, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> It would be useful if you had win7 installed >>>>>> and wanted to run XP within it. >>>>>> >>>>>> For more info >>>>>> >>>>>> just do a Google search >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Isn't 7 fairly compatible with most well behaved XP programs anyways? Whats >>>>> the purpose of running a Virtual XP inside 7? >>>> >>>> For the stuff that falls in the range from "fairly" to "perfectly" >>>> compatible. >>> Seriously, what types of programs are we really talking here that arent >>> compatible??? Maybe a few games. But i cannot see any decent apps that are Xp >>> compatible that wouldnt run on 7? >> >> >> Though most recent apps should run fine on Win7 >> >> there are plenty of folks that still like to run their older apps >> >> and why not? > Older as in Windows 2000, ME, 98 etc?????? Then why emulate XP or is it that > gives you its backwards compatibility that is built in for those os's Why is it so inconceivable that an application might run well in XP, but not Windows 7?
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