slate_leeper wrote:
I am currently running Win7-Pro 32. This is because I have some legacy
software for my financial stuff. This software was written in FoxPro
2.6 way back in the days of Windows 98.
Sooner or later this computer is going to die, and it now seems
doubtful I will be able to buy a new one loaded with Win7-Pro 32 bit.
So.... Is it possible to somehow run my legacy software on a Win-10
system? XP mode? Any other suggestions?
-dan z-
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microso...windows-7-pcs/
...adding October 31, 2016 as the last date on which
manufacturers can sell PCs with Windows 7 preinstalled.
And if the machine is an actual OEM Win7 machine with BIOS
SLIC activation, it will also have a COA sticker on the
outside of the machine. You can download Win7 32-bit install
media, and install that in place of the OEM version installed
on the hard drive.
That's the closest thing to meeting your exact requirement.
You can certainly fool around with virtual machines.
You can use the Compatibility setting in the Properties
of executables, to "make them think they're in an older OS".
But if you were trying for some sort of iron-clad
guarantee, you have until OCt31, 2016 for an OEM
setup.
I bought a copy of Win7 Pro x64 last year, for installation
on my Test Machine. And when you get a license, it covers
both 32-but and 64-bit installs. The media provided only
had 64 bit. But you can also download a 32-bit DVD. For
the Retail Boxed software, that came with two DVDs,
but you're unlikely to find copies (at a reasonable price)
right now. Professional was available last year, because
Home Premium was probably already cleaned out. I needed
Professional anyway, to support a lot of RAM under x64.
(The Win7 SKUs have memory limits of one sort or another.)
The Heidoc URL generator, helps OEM customers acquire media
to go with the COA sticker license key on the outside of
their computer. The Microsoft download page will not accept an
OEM license key (expecting Dell to cough up media instead).
Well, the tool described here, will give you a URL pointing
at the Microsoft site, such that you *will* receive a valid copy.
You can use SHA1 or SHA256 to checksum the downloaded file,
then Google using that value, to verify by consensus it is
legit (and not a trick). While the microsoft.com URL should
tell you that, it never hurts to double-check any download
where facilities exist to do so.
http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi...nt-email.me%3E
That tool is a *URL generator*. It doesn't download anything.
The browser is used to make the actual download, at which
time you can visually examine the URL.
Paul