[sib-access] Re: Windows 7: Compatibility Mode vs. XP Mode
- From: Tim Burgess <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:03:51 +0100
Oops. Replied to the wrong message
best wishes.
Tim Burgess
On 28 Oct 2011, at 05:20 PM, "Tim Burgess" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK, it's not just my after-shave, then (grin).
>
> Best wishes.
>
> Tim Burgess
> Raised Bar Ltd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claudio Sacco
> Sent: 28 October 2011 15:53
> To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [sib-access] Re: Windows 7: Compatibility Mode vs. XP Mode
>
> Hi Dave
> In Windows 7 Pro and Ultimate you can select among different Windows Version
> after installation of an application, if you feel, that something doesn't
> work as you expect. And If Windows 7 Pro and Ultimate detects, that the
> application, that you are going to install belongs to Windows XP, it doesn't
> install it in c:\program files, but in c:\program files (x86).
> Also the *.dll-files for XP are put in another place, so that they can be
> dealed in a different way. This all been said, there the possibility to
> install Sibelius 5 also on Windows 7 home, but Avid suggests to replace a
> DLL-file. There's a faq about it, and I remember, that running Sibelius on
> Windows home points this out. So you have carefully to read the dialogs,
> when you run Sibelius 5 for the first time on Windows 7 home. The
> Installation works with Sib-Access, but it is slower. I wouldn't suggest
> this installation as installation for a proffessional work. But as second
> for example small computer for the way, where you don't want to spend a lot,
> it can be worth.
> I don't put my hands in the fire for all these explanations, because It's a
> very long time ago, where I played with such an installation. But it
> certainly will put you on the right way.
> Regards
> Claudio
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Farfar on Laptop
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 3:56 PM
> To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [sib-access] Re: Windows 7: Compatibility Mode vs. XP Mode
>
> Claudio,
>
> Are you saying that Windows Pro or Ultimate have the compatibility mode, and
> others not? I thought the distinction was with having XP Mode capability?
>
> I'm poised to install Windows 7 on my XP DAW and just want to make sure that
> my existing applications will work. I'm not interested now in paying for
> upgrades of Sibelius, Sonar, etc. all at once.
>
> So again, what's the distinction between "Compatibility Mode" and "XP Mode"?
>
> Dave Carlson
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