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I wonder if it's OK to install it old programs that require earlier versions of Windows or if I need to get upgrades fro those programs so that they don't cause any problems to the Windows 2000. Thanks for the help. Many older programs work. See tip 3038 in the 'NT Reg Hacks' at http://www.jsiinc.com Jerold

Installing XP To New Drive
Maker of program is out of business. Is there any way to bypass this error message and get this program installed? Is your HD formatted as FAT32? I've had similar problems with some old programs. If installed on FAT16, the programs run fine after converting to FAT32, but won't install to a drive that's already

Installing Old Programs
Kadaitcha Man f...@haha.com alt os windows xp relic wrote: As predicted, Don Jennings wrote this: David R wrote: In windows 2000 there was a way to install older program that would not install in OS beyond Windows NT or 98. ... Does XP have this feature <<< "relic" wrote... There's one to _run_ the program,

Installing Apps in Windows vs. Linux
BUT, the new Windows installation will obviously not set up your old programs when they're hidden from Setup, so you would still have to reinstall them, First thing that comes to mind is that Windows Setup will say, "Windows is already on this computer," or whatever it says, and won't let you install Windows.

Installing old files in win xp
Gov 24hoursupport helpdesk "Craig" <d...@aol.com> wrote: For example, I still use FoxPro 2.6 a lot and they are on about 6 floppies that I use to install the program. Most likely my next computer wont have a floppy drive, How should I put these onto a CD and still be able to install the program properly.

Installing old programs on XP
I have no books on this computer but was able to reinstall a new system battery, I then formatted the drive because of disk full errors old programs etc...now I went to install win98 and it says not enough room for program or enough memory .. I have original win95 disk but can't seem to figure out how to install

installing old programs
This keeps your old programs right where they were on your old drive. and you can read them on the Pentium. Rick loria J. Howard wrote: Hi, I have an old 486 computer that has some very valuable information stored on its hard drive. I'd like to know if I can simply install that hard drive into my Pentium machine

Installing old programs
So ... the new program asks you to uninstall the old one before installing IT ... but you can't do that because there's no record the old one has ever been installed! Still, because of stub-entries in the registry and old directories and files in those directories, the new program THINKS the old program is still

Installing old programs on XP
He tried installing Windows 98 on this machine, but gave up after 4 hours, and asked me to give it a try. After more than six long hours of tweaking the BIOS, juggling with new drivers, messing with old programs, and loads of other frustrations (among which countless reboots and a formatting session lasting almost

Installing old programs
Why did you install old software instead of selecting the current driver from Printer Descriptions in your Extensions? lc Thanks for the help! I'll answer your questions: 1) Here's what happens when I try to print a document of any kind: The printer is correctly selected, the on-screen display indicates that it is

Re-Installing Windows 2000??
old jon jonbroo...@nospamntlworld.com microsoft public windowsxp general "Chip" <C...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3A710523-9ACD-4A82-8B3F-5B6A096B20A9@microsoft.com... I am trying to install Microsoft Automap onto my new laptop with XP Pro. It is a 16 bit program and only comes on floppys.

Installing old program on vista
I have upgraded to XP and am now re-installing old programs. I use Money 2000, the install goes Ok but when I try to use the program I get the following message "Unable to initilaise an essential Money component. Please re-install Money from your original Product disks." I've tried this three tiimes now but still

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John P Dorko jdo...@neo.rr.com microsoft public win2000 new_user I installed Win2k AS in a partito=ion on my hard drive, and have also Win Me installed with all my program files etc. under Win Me, is there a way to be able to use the same programs from either system, like say AOL instant messanger, or do I have to

Re-installing Windows ME
... 440MHz AMD-K62) than win98 was. i have an 18 gig hard drive and i made the xp partition about 3.5 gigs. i am just storing most of my files on the win98 partition. i am installing old programs into the same c: directory where i installed them in win98, so that i don't take up much more space. my question is

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ZGZ muzakma...@aol.com microsoft public win98 setup And how will the NEW Win98 installation know what programs and data are on the other partition, OLD. 2. Install the new Win98 into a new \WINDOWS directory. 3. When I want to do my regular work, I'll do the following from DOS: -Rename \WINDOWS to \WIN.

Installing 2nd Win98 on C: Drive?
Chip C...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp general I am trying to install Microsoft Automap onto my new laptop with XP Pro. It is a 16 bit program and only comes on floppys. I copied the floppies from another computer that had a floppy drive onto an external hard drive and tried to install from

Installing DOS on a Win95-only System
At the installation of Word 2000 I request to install Word 2000 only, no update to any other component, no removal of old programs. When I started Outlook Express, I told me happily that my mail folders are being updated to a new format. By chance all other internet program continue to work, except IE 5.

installing old programs
Amund s_j_a_a_v_a_...@bigfoot.com alt os linux mandrake Hannu wrote: I'm getting worried that some good old programs seem to be disappearing from the late Mandrake distributions. Yes. It is sad, but when you install an OS, you can't expect all kind of application to be included. Sendmail has not been in the

Installing 2nd Win98 on C: Drive?
I know that I have read you should have ActiveSync 3.5 (which I do); that it is best to do a hard reset prior to the upgrade since the upgrade wipes out everything old anyway; and that the CD basically tells you what to do as you go along. Then you re-install any extra programs and old programs that you have.

Installing old programs on XP
Thanks for any help/recommendations or Advise Rose You should be able to set your BIOS to boot from CD then just boot using the WINME Disk and run setup it will install a fresh copy including all system files but will retain all your old programs. Jud.