Re: XyWrite and Windows 7

  • From: "Kari Eveli" <lexitec@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "XyList" <xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:53:36 +0200

>Any other suggestions?

Go the official route of installing VirtualPC (WIN7):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/

VirtualPC is everything OS/2 promised to be, and much better. You can run 
VirtualPC on W2K and upwards.

If you are running Windows Vista or Windows XP on your physical machine, you 
can still use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/virtual-pc-2007.aspx

Virtual PC 2004 SP1 runs on: Windows 2000 Professional SP4, Windows XP 
Professional, and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6D58729D-DFA8-40BF-AFAF-20BCB7F01CD1&displaylang=en

Important background information:
Virtual PC Guy's Blog by Ben Armstrong, Virtualization Program Manager at 
Microsoft:
http://blogs.msdn.com/Virtual_PC_Guy/

Installing DOS additions under VPC 2007 (for plain DOS or Win 3.1x):
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/10/30/installing-dos-additions-under-vpc-2007.aspx

The unofficial list of which OSes work and which don't in Microsoft Virtual PC 
2004.
http://vpc.visualwin.com/

Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxxxx

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