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Thread ID: 137281 2014-06-17 03:18:00 Old Programme - Help Required Roscoe (6288) PC World Chat
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1377301 2014-06-17 07:27:00 Could you not upgrade your OS to XP ? :D R2x1 (4628)
1377302 2014-06-17 09:18:00 It's not the OS that needs upgrading, it's the programme.

I thought that there was a facility in Windows whereby you could make an old programme compatible with a modern OS. Is that correct? If so, what is it and how do I access it in Windows 8?
Roscoe (6288)
1377303 2014-06-17 09:21:00 Dosbox? Renegade (16270)
1377304 2014-06-17 09:35:00 If your Windows 8 is 64 bit, then it will not run a 16 bit program.... AFAIK Terry Porritt (14)
1377305 2014-06-17 23:35:00 How do you tell if Windows 8 is 64 bit and how do you tell if the programme is 16 bit? The programme says that it is copyright 1990 - 1993 so I assume that's about the time it was written. Does that date give you a clue? Roscoe (6288)
1377306 2014-06-17 23:41:00 Press windows key + pause, that'll tell you, if its 32 or 64 bit. Or go to control panel / system Speedy Gonzales (78)
1377307 2014-06-17 23:51:00 www.danielsays.com
Chances are it will either work 1st try or it just wont.
Time to move one to a newer program, or buy an old laptop with XP/win3 on it to run that program.

There MIGHT be an option to export the database .
1101 (13337)
1377308 2014-06-18 00:01:00 I just use the contacts app on my smartphone personally. dugimodo (138)
1377309 2014-06-18 01:42:00 How do you tell if Windows 8 is 64 bit and how do you tell if the programme is 16 bit? The programme says that it is copyright 1990 - 1993 so I assume that's about the time it was written. Does that date give you a clue?
Windows 3.? and DOS 5.0 give the clue to the program being 16 bit. I don't know where the Windows version 3.95 came from as as Windows 3.x only went up to 3.11, and Windows 95 hadn't then been released.
Terry Porritt (14)
1377310 2014-06-19 08:20:00 If your Windows 8 is 64 bit, then it will not run a 16 bit program.... AFAIK
Unless you cheat and use a virtual machine with something else installed on it!
Agent_24 (57)
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