[sib-access] Re: Windows 7: Compatibility Mode vs. XP Mode
- From: "Farfar on Laptop" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:19:20 -0700
Wondered what that was all about. I was cudgeling my brains, reading the
source and trying to figure out your turn of phrase.
Dave Carlson
Sent from my Dell Latitude E6520 using Windows 7, San Francisco Bay Area
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Burgess" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 10:03
Subject: [sib-access] Re: Windows 7: Compatibility Mode vs. XP Mode
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
> Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822
>
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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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