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Topic "Compatibility mode" was discussed 11,644 times on 1,151 sites in last 3 months
#vectorworks sucks.one of it's dongle drivers can't... #vectorworks sucks.one of it's dongle drivers can't install on a 4gb windows 7 machine even though I use compatibility mode and run as admin 2:07 AM Oct 24th from web
Started 4 days, 14 hours ago (2009-12-03 06:42:00)
by HardWeaR
Hi I have an dell inspiron 1520 laptop, and I have install windows 7 with an xp compatible mode and vista, so my laptop contains a dual boot. I tried to play a game under windows 7 but was not successful and after that I tried to run the game on xp compatible mode, i was surprised to see that the game started and said that no graphics grad was found. then i immediately check the ...
Started 6 days, 7 hours ago (2009-12-01 13:47:00)
by NetMage
I haven't seen any posts to this group about this issue, and only one other post mentioned elsewhere. My problem is with Windows 7 offline files, but the other poster had the problem with Vista and I believe it is the same issue. Have an Excel 2003 workbook on a network share the is available offline. The network share is ...
Started 6 days, 14 hours ago (2009-12-01 07:12:00)
by abbase
I had installed Windows Vista on my machine. I'm using Windows Live Messenger 2009 in a compatibility mode on Windows Vista. Now the problem is that whenever i try to use Windows Live Messenger on my system, my contacts gets sign in automatically at the bottom right of the screen. In order to resolve the issue, i had reinstalled my Windows Live Messenger, but it didn't resolve my issue. ...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-29 22:24:00)
by Tippo_89
I am running windows 7 professional. It is not the upgrade version. Moved by Lisa- Support Engineer MSFT , Moderator 18 hours 30 minutes ago games (From:Files, folders and search) 1 person needs an answer I do too
Started 1 week, 3 days ago (2009-11-27 01:22:00)
by StooMonster
Turned on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit PC this morning, and Steam is set to autorun. Steam brings up an information dialog box (with the ! exclamation mark) and the following message: Running Steam in Windows compatibility mode is not recommended. Please remove any Windows compatibility settings for all users under file properties for Steam.exe and restart Steam. Press 'Cance' to ...
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-11-26 18:18:00)
by yortroyort
Can't Load CSS- Compatibility mode Can't load CSS (Game Prepares to Launch then the window just disappears and nothing happens) because of this: Running Steam in Windows compatibility mode is not recommended. Please remove any Windows compatibility settings for all users under file properties for Steam.exe and restart Steam. Please...
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-11-26 09:01:00)
by Newman
I have a fresh install of Win7 Pro x64, and I have installed the Microsoft Virtaul PC and the XP compatibility image. I have a DVD drive on the x64 platform, and the XP image says it has a DVD drive. The DVD dive in the XP image is not accessable. When I check the vmcx settings file in MS VPC, it shows that no drive is assigned to the DVD of the XP image. I made sure that the XP ...
Started 1 week, 5 days ago (2009-11-25 20:56:00)
by rjones67
Is this only availble if an upgrade from 07 to 2010 is performed? I see it is greyed out from a fresh install of PS 2010. Thought others might like to know from MS folks what the functionality will be [BCM] for upgrading and fresh installs.
Started 1 week, 5 days ago (2009-11-25 16:09:00)
by NeoRequiem
The game crashes relatively often compared to other games (but, and again, this is Bethesda game...), so I was wondering if I should perhaps run this in some compatibility mode (vista, xp, etc etc). Any thoughts?
Started 6 days, 14 hours ago (2009-12-01 07:12:00)
by Sam.D
In order to resolve the above issue, you just need to go in to your Windows Live Messenger properties, where you need to go to Compatibility tab. Windows Live Messenger and an earlier version of Adobe Flash are known to have some conflicting issues when Data Execution Prevention is enabled in Windows Vista. There you just need to put a tick against the check box for Run this program in ...
Started 4 days, 14 hours ago (2009-12-03 06:42:00)
by Lillebror
Hi I have not really understood your problem, just for clarification, Is there a problem with windows xp mode because your said your are running xp virtualized with vpc. Or is this a compatible mode problem. Please post the problme in detail so that we can understand what you are asking for.
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-30 13:05:00)
by Varun J
Hi Tippo_89, Welcome to Microsoft Answers!!! 1) Were you able to use the Compatibility feature earlier? Try the steps below and see if you can run the program. To run the Program Compatibility troubleshooter 1) Open the Program Compatibility troubleshooter by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type troubleshooter, and then click ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-29 10:01:00)
by SabaTheHobo
Quote: Originally Posted by ZeroHour UPDATE: Take a look in the registry at: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers You may notice steam.exe listed there. Removing that may help. Also check under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE as well in case its admin set. ] ...
