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Will XP games work in Win 7??
FERRANTE wrote in
: I currently have Xp and I am thinking of upgrading to Win7. However, will games I installed in XP work with Win 7? I hate to lost all of my games. Also, I am not experiencing any problems with XP. Is Win 7 worth getting or does it not offer enough extra to warrant the purchase and installation? Thanks, Mark My XP games work just fine, and only one had to be installed with the XP compatability feature. Even though I like Win7, I only ended up with it because I bought a new computer. If you're fine with XP, stay with it until you need a new computer. I can't see any benefit to switching. (I felt I'd never owned a computer for the first couple of days until I got used to it.) H |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
"FERRANTE" wrote in message ... I currently have Xp and I am thinking of upgrading to Win7. However, will games I installed in XP work with Win 7? I hate to lost all of my games. Also, I am not experiencing any problems with XP. Is Win 7 worth getting or does it not offer enough extra to warrant the purchase and installation? Thanks, Mark I wouldn't switch to Win7 just to switch. Wait 'til you need a new computer. |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
I currently have Xp and I am thinking of upgrading to Win7. However,
will games I installed in XP work with Win 7? I hate to lost all of my games. Also, I am not experiencing any problems with XP. Is Win 7 worth getting or does it not offer enough extra to warrant the purchase and installation? Thanks, Mark |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
"FERRANTE" wrote in message ... I currently have Xp and I am thinking of upgrading to Win7. However, will games I installed in XP work with Win 7? I hate to lost all of my games. Also, I am not experiencing any problems with XP. Is Win 7 worth getting or does it not offer enough extra to warrant the purchase and installation? Thanks, Mark Don't switch just for the sake of it. I only had card games installed in XP, some (fairly ancient) of those no longer work in Windows 7, which is a shame, but there are worse things in life :-) Grenou |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:42:47 -0600, FERRANTE
wrote: I currently have Xp and I am thinking of upgrading to Win7. However, will games I installed in XP work with Win 7? I hate to lost all of my games. Nobody can answer such a question accurately. Just as with other types of programs, some might run, and others might not. However, bear in mind that the great majority of programs that work under Windows XP will also work under Windows 7. Also, I am not experiencing any problems with XP. Is Win 7 worth getting or does it not offer enough extra to warrant the purchase and installation? Here's my standard answer to questions like this: My view is that you're going about this backward. A change of operating system should be driven by need, not just because there is a new version available. Are you having a problem with Windows XP that you expect Windows 7 to solve? Do you have or expect to get new hardware or software that is supported in Windows 7, but not in XP? Is there some new feature in Windows 7 that you need or yearn for? Does your job require you have skills in Windows 7? Are you a computer hobbyist who enjoys playing with whatever is newest? If the answer to one or more of those questions is yes (and your hardware is adequate for Windows 7), then you should get Windows 7. Otherwise most people should stick with what they have. There is *always* a learning curve and a potential for problems when you take a step as big as this one, regardless of how wonderful whatever you're contemplating moving to is. Sooner or later you'll have to upgrade (to Windows 7 or its successor) because you'll want support for hardware or software that you can't get in XP, but don't rush it. I say all the above despite the fact that I'm a big Windows 7 fan. I think it's the best and most stable of all versions of Windows. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
"Grenou" wrote in message ... "FERRANTE" wrote in message ... I currently have Xp and I am thinking of upgrading to Win7. However, will games I installed in XP work with Win 7? I hate to lost all of my games. Also, I am not experiencing any problems with XP. Is Win 7 worth getting or does it not offer enough extra to warrant the purchase and installation? Thanks, Mark Don't switch just for the sake of it. I only had card games installed in XP, some (fairly ancient) of those no longer work in Windows 7, which is a shame, but there are worse things in life :-) Grenou Like my ex-wife ! |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
"Bill Yanaire, ESQ" wrote in message ... "Grenou" wrote in message ... "FERRANTE" wrote in message ... I currently have Xp and I am thinking of upgrading to Win7. However, will games I installed in XP work with Win 7? I hate to lost all of my games. Also, I am not experiencing any problems with XP. Is Win 7 worth getting or does it not offer enough extra to warrant the purchase and installation? Thanks, Mark Don't switch just for the sake of it. I only had card games installed in XP, some (fairly ancient) of those no longer work in Windows 7, which is a shame, but there are worse things in life :-) Grenou Like my ex-wife ! Tsk tsk ;-) |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
"FERRANTE" wrote in message ... I currently have Xp and I am thinking of upgrading to Win7. However, will games I installed in XP work with Win 7? I hate to lost all of my games. Also, I am not experiencing any problems with XP. Is Win 7 worth getting or does it not offer enough extra to warrant the purchase and installation? Thanks, Mark Like others said, don't switch just for the sake of switching. The only games I can't get to run are the really old ones (like the original Tetris) but I'm also running the x64 version of W7. Everything else is just fine, and IMO W7's Compatibility Mode is far superior to XP's. |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
"HiThere" wrote in message ... FERRANTE wrote in : I currently have Xp and I am thinking of upgrading to Win7. However, will games I installed in XP work with Win 7? I hate to lost all of my games. Also, I am not experiencing any problems with XP. Is Win 7 worth getting or does it not offer enough extra to warrant the purchase and installation? Thanks, Mark My XP games work just fine, and only one had to be installed with the XP compatability feature. Even though I like Win7, I only ended up with it because I bought a new computer. If you're fine with XP, stay with it until you need a new computer. I can't see any benefit to switching. (I felt I'd never owned a computer for the first couple of days until I got used to it.) Ditto............Dick M. It takes a while to get accustomed to, like new women and new OS's, but I am getting comfortable with it after 2 months. |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
Thanks, everyone for your comments. I have no real need for W7 except
that I just wanted the latest OS. XP really works fine with me and I will probably just keep things as is until I get a new computer a few years down the road. Who knows what the OS will be by then? Again, thanks! Mark |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
Thip wrote:
Like others said, don't switch just for the sake of switching. The only games I can't get to run are the really old ones (like the original Tetris) but I'm also running the x64 version of W7. Everything else is just fine, and IMO W7's Compatibility Mode is far superior to XP's. Is it possible then to import the XP built-in games such as Solitaire, Freecell and Hearts into Windows 7? There are versions of them in the new OS but I much prefer the clean and classical look of the XP ones. Bert |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
"Bert Coules" wrote in message o.uk... Thip wrote: Like others said, don't switch just for the sake of switching. The only games I can't get to run are the really old ones (like the original Tetris) but I'm also running the x64 version of W7. Everything else is just fine, and IMO W7's Compatibility Mode is far superior to XP's. Is it possible then to import the XP built-in games such as Solitaire, Freecell and Hearts into Windows 7? There are versions of them in the new OS but I much prefer the clean and classical look of the XP ones. Bert I too prefer the Xp-style of graphics on the playing cards. You can copy your XP versions of Sol.exe, Freecell.exe etc. to your Win7 machine and you will also need 'cards.dll' from your XP Windows folder. The cards.dll needs to be in the same folder as the games exe files. |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
Dave-UK wrote:
I too prefer the Xp-style of graphics on the playing cards. You can copy your XP versions... Excellent, thanks very much for that. Another Win7 annoyance eradicated! Bert |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
"Bert Coules" wrote in message o.uk... Thip wrote: Like others said, don't switch just for the sake of switching. The only games I can't get to run are the really old ones (like the original Tetris) but I'm also running the x64 version of W7. Everything else is just fine, and IMO W7's Compatibility Mode is far superior to XP's. Is it possible then to import the XP built-in games such as Solitaire, Freecell and Hearts into Windows 7? There are versions of them in the new OS but I much prefer the clean and classical look of the XP ones. Bert Haven't tried that, but I don't think the 'new and improved (?)' W7 versions are as nice as they are in XP. They're slower too. Grenou |
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Will XP games work in Win 7??
Grenou wrote:
Haven't tried that, but I don't think the 'new and improved (?)' W7 versions are as nice as they are in XP. They're slower too. I'm happy to report that Hearts, Freecell, Solitaire and Spider are now all runing perfectly on my Windows 7 machine. Many thanks to Dave-UK for the advice. Now if only Outlook Express would import with the same success... Bert |
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