Vista to XP?

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  1. hardalee

    hardalee Registered Senior Member

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    At home I am running Windows Vista home premium and I need to run some old programs written undsr XP.

    When I try to load virtural XP is says my operating system is not supported.

    Anyone know how to make this work.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    hardalee, Nov 4, 2011
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  3. Believe

    Believe Happy medium Valued Senior Member

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    You have to have windows 7 professional edition for that to work.
     
    Believe, Nov 4, 2011
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    MacGyver1968 Fixin' Shit that Ain't Broke Valued Senior Member

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    Did you try running in compatibility mode?

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    MacGyver1968, Nov 4, 2011
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    river-wind, Nov 7, 2011
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  8. hardalee

    hardalee Registered Senior Member

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    @MacGyver1968 :
    Thank you, tried that first, no joy.

    @others: Thank you also, for now I'll just run it on an old XP machine at work and have our tech figure it out.
     
    hardalee, Nov 7, 2011
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