I have been told that Windows 7 is a lot better than it’s predecessors.
When a friend of mine recently needed to buy a computer for his insurance field application, I told him to ask the tech support specifically if their application would work on 64-bit Window 7 OS so he could get 4GB RAM right off the bat. The tech support assured him it would, so he went ahead on the purchase of a nice notebook with numeric keypad built-in and have 64-bit Windows 7 installed with 4GB of RAM. When his friend went over to his house to help him install the insurance field application, it didn’t work. It says it requires 32-bit OS!
So what is a guy supposed to do anyway since modern day applications and computing only runs smoothly with over 3GB RAM and 32-bit Windows OS doesn’t support more than 3GB and 64-bit Windows OS which does support over 3GB of RAM yet it can’t run some of the 32-bit applications?!
1st thing u can try… change the compatibility mode to XP for the app:
http://www.w7forums.com/application-compatibility-mode-t314.html
If not OK…
WOW64 will help if you are running Enterprise, Ultimate and Professional versions of 64 bit Windows 7…
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-windows7-vista64-support-32bit-applications.htm
You may also install a 32-bit XP on VMware/Virtual Box…
Windows is so trouble…
Thanks for the heads up; unfortunately, I think my friend has given up and gave his new notebook to his 12 year old daughter already.