I just got a new computer on Monday and I am trying to transfer a lot of older Windows XP compatible programs to Windows 7. Unfortunately, some of the programs I need don’t work well on the new computer. I wanted to compose a list here of the programs I have, will load/have loaded and tested on Windows 7.
Programs that I have worked with so far:
Mozilla Firefox – works well with no problems to speak of.
Mozilla Thunderbird – Mozilla’s equivalent of Microsoft Outlook. I think I like Thunderbird better. Outlook IS NOT on the new computer, but I haven’t set it up or used it. It came with the computer so I think I will assume it works.
<<SURPRISE>> SimTheme Park – A game that used to work okay on Windows 98 works beautifully on Windows 7! For those who still have those old OS games for Win 98, don’t throw them away yet!
DOS Box – Installed! It works on the basic level, I haven’t yet tested it with an application yet.
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 – Installed, but hasn’t been tested yet.
Sim City 4 – Installed, but hasn’t been tested yet.
Pinnacle Studio 9 and 10 – DO NOT work well with Windows 7. Windows 7 would not let me install it using my profile. I had to activate the Administrator profile to install it. The program works, but there’s no communication with the Pinnacle Break Out Box. I can’t record any video to the disk. I should have assumed this since Windows 7 gives me errors when I attempted to install Studio 10. Doing research online, I think I’ll have to bite the bullet and buy Studio 14.
WinZip – Works ok
Civilization 3 – Installed, not tested.
Bejeweled 2 – Installed, not tested.
Adobe Reader 9 – Works ok
more to come…
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