On 11/4/2013 8:04 PM, R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Keith.

If by 32bit you mean Windows XP, Windows 8 will not run a program
written for Windows XP.

That's not right, Keith. Almost all WinXP programs, whether 32-bit or
64-bit, will run fine in Vista, Win7 and 64-bit Win8. The few
exceptions, as others have pointed out, are those with 16-bit components
(such as loaders).

Some DRIVERS for hardware will need to be rewritten to work in a
different OS. Your Bluetooth device probably falls into this category.
Have you checked with ASUS? Recently? They may have written Win8
drivers for that device by now.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2012 (Build 16.4.3508.0205) in Win8.1 Pro

I checked with ASUS several times and gave up as I was getting the same
line.

I did get the Bluetooth device to work using the native bluetooth
software that comes with Windows 8. I probably should get back with
ASUS, but their people are more knowledgeable than I ;-)

As for compatibility with W XP programs I could get none of mine to work
on Windows 8, it was probably the installer problem.