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  1. I don't have User Account Control on Windows 7 or 8 because I have deleted it. And it was disabled anyway before I removed it. On windows Vista it is just disabled, turned off. But I am not using that Netbook with Windows Vistsa, it's only for testing software. I don't think it's anything to do with UAC why it does not work on Windows 7,Vista or XP. It could be the video or graphics or Direct XP in those OS's is not strong enough to run it. Windows 8 I think has a higher version of Direct X. Also the Program Compatibility Assistant in Windows 8 is better at detecting problems with programs, and fixing them to run in compatibility mode for older Window,s than that of Windows 7 and the older Windows. It is true that I have been able to run a lot of programs from older versions of Windows before XP on Windows 8 that did not work in Windows 7 or XP because of this. So maybe that's it. I am not surprised it did not work on Windows 10. Although I have not got it. I read some where that Microsoft have removed a lot of the older Windows source codes that made a lot of programs from previous versions of Windows work. Also it keeps updating with new builds every week or so. So you never know what build you are going to get next,since you cannot disable updates on there. This is one of the many reason I don't use Windows 10, everything I have heard about it I don't like. So I just stick with Windows 7 and 8 and will never upgrade to Windows 10. BTW I sent you a PM about this asking you how you managed it get it working on Windows 7.
  2. Thanks Mr Mateczko, but it was from you and this thread here that I learned how to do this. I saw the files that were needed in your screenshots. And I also looked in the folders of my Windows 98 that I have installed in Virtual Box on my Linux computer. But I could not copy them from there because Virtual Box and Linux does not let you do that. So I copied them from my Windows 98CD. One more thing is you also need to copy the Hhctrl.Ocx from the Windows 98CD and put that in the System folder in Windows.And also the Mstask.Exe and the Mstask.Dll must also be placed in the Windows folder as well as in the System folder. The other Exe files Tour98.Exe, Welcome.Exe, Tuneup.Exe, Defrag.Exe, Cleanmgr.Exe and Scandskw.Exe go in the Windows folder. I was able to get the Welcome Exe from Windows 98 working on my Windows 8 laptop. I have Windows 8.0 not 8.1, but it simply did not work at all on Windows XP,Windows Vista or Windows 7. I don't know why that is. The funny thing is that the Weldata Easter Egg works Windows XP,Vista and 7 but the welcome exe doesn't. The Easter egg also works on 8 as well. You also need to run the Welcome Exe on Windows 8 as administrator for it to work but it does but only on Windows 8 or 8.1. I have made an updated video on how to do this here and have also linked to this thread on here so people can get help here if they have any problems running it. But they should not have though it does not work on Windows 7 any of the other Windows. I don't know what the solution is for that. Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QiGXtExq4s
  3. I found this video on You Tube that shows you how to get Windows Media Player 9, WMP9, working on Windows 7. I tried it myself and it works on Windows 8. The OP of that video used Resource Hacker to edit the WMP9 installer file which I think could work for WMP10. To run it on Windows 7 or 8 that is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp7qmclz5fI
  4. I understood what you are trying to accomplish and told you how to do it too. I KNOW XP Internet Games run natively on Windows 7 but not on Windows 8, I wrote that Winaero article too. It's not my fault you aren't aware of App-V and I've no time to explain the whole App-V product to you here in a few words and how it easily accomplished this for me (running XP Internet Games on Windows 8/8.1). Google it and learn it please. The App-V solution works on either OS, Windows 7 or 8 or whatever the App-V client is supported on. It doesn't run natively but it isn't full Windows OS virtualization either - you don't need to install any copy of Windows inside an existing Windows. App-V is part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance. It is not a full machine/OS virtualization product like Hyper-V. It's about isolating applications by virtualizing the file system and Registry. The procedure is too long to explain - how you sequence, how to generate the MSI. It's easier to use it and learn it yourself. I've told you one working solution. Using it I even managed to run Windows Media Player 10 from XP on Windows 8 and 7. I don't know what App-V is and I have never heard of it before you told us here. But I Google it and from what it says on the Microsoft Website, it seems that it is another alternative to Virtual PC the same as Hyper V is on Windows 8. In which you can run virtual OS's such as earlier versions of Windows. I have tried the Internet games from Windows 7 on Windows 8, but since Monday they have stopped working for me. I keep on getting an error message saying "Cannot Connect ,network Error" I have had this since Monday when I new updates from Windows Update on 8. So I think it could be that one of my updates may have now disable W7 Internet Games. I know sometimes Microsoft make certain updates that disable certain features on Windows 7 and 8 that we have imported from Windows XP and older versions of Windows. Though that may not be the problem. As for MSN Gaming Zone from XP(Windows XP Internet Games) Yes they do work on Windows 7, Windows Vista as well as on Windows Server 2008 which is based on Windows Vista. As long as you first add that registry key from Windows XP before you run the games for the first time. But they don't work at all on Windows 8 despite the fact that I ran that Reg. Key several times, I could not get them to run. So it must be that the registry keys for that are different on 8 to what they are on Windows 7. The MSN XP Games work on every later version OS I have tried except for Windows 8. It's only a shame that website is not in English since we cannot tel the author to find a registry key for Windows 8 to get the games to work. As I don't speak or understand Romanian. And you can get WMp 9 running on Windows 7 and 8 using Resourse Hacker to edit the WMP installer files. So I am sure you can do the same for WMP 10.
  5. I tried this on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 and the XP Internet Games work on the same as they do on 7 but not on Windows 8. I don't know why that is. If you read that blog post which is in Romanian (but can be translated using Google Translate) what he has done is copied the registry entry's from Windows XP. But for some reason this does not work on Windows 8. You can however run the Windows 7 Internet Games on Windows 8 which works for me. I found out how to do it from this post: http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-bring-back-windows-7-classic-internet-games-on-windows-8
  6. Thanks Submix. I know this thread is a bit old but just to let you know this did work for me. I now have the Windows XP Internet Games on both my Windows 7 and Vista. That blog post is in Romanian so I had to use Google translate to read it but yes it worked. But did not work on Windows 8.
  7. Yes Andrea Borman is here. I remember you from two months ago. You are the man who invented that silly software that does not work. I suppose this one does not have the files in it either. Andrea Borman.
  8. Well JorgeA,I have taken a look at that link you showed me. And the start 8 you were talking about is NOT the same as the start 8 from Stardock.It is called Start Button 8. Vista Start Menu has been discontinued. And has been replaced with Start Menu 7,Which is also called Start Menu X. And this Start Button 8 you told me about is the same as Start Menu 7. And it is for all versions of Windows not just Windows 8. I have just tried it on my Windows XP and it gives you the windows 7 start button.And a Windows 7 start menu just like Start Menu 7 does. Well they are in fact the same product.Maybe with just a few differences. But as for Stardocks Start 8,forget it. It is a waste of space. Andrea Borman.
  9. Well Classic Shell has now been updated last Saturday. The new version now also has the option to disable the charms bar in Windows 8. So now,not only can you boot to the desktop but you can also disable the charms bar. I still have not installed Windows 8 RTM. But I am told that Classic Shell works in Windows 8 RTM. Start 8 is a waste of time because as I said before it does nothing. All it does is provide a link to the Metro start menu. Start 8 will not give you a Windows start menu. And that's not what I and most people want. And you can bring up the Metro start menu by clicking on the charms bar. Or by turning off Classic Shell and clicking the left hand corner. You don't need Start 8 for that. And Start 8 is NOT made by the same people who make Start Menu 7. I have used Start Menu 7. And that also gives you the start button and a customized Windows 7 start menu. Andrea Borman.
  10. Yes,there is a Windows 7 Enterprise but it is only for offices and you can buy it if you have a Microsoft Technet paid subscription. It's not on sale in the shops. And I think that Windows 8 Enterprise is like that. From what I read,there will be a Windows 8 which is like Windows 7 Home Premium. And there will be a Windows 8 Professional which is like Windows 7 Professional and has more features. When I looked on the Technet website there is a Windows 8 pro,both 32 bit and 64 bit. But it is only for paid subscribers. There is also a permanent version of Windows 8 Enterprise that does not expire after 90 days. But that too, is only for paid subscribers. And to get those versions, and other versions of Windows, it said on the website that you must have a full paid subscription. And that costs around £499 which most people,including me, cannot afford. So ordinary people like us will have to make do with the Windows 8 RTM 90 day evaluation build.Or Windows 8 RP until October comes. When we will be able to buy a full copy of Windows 8 in the shops. And that will be the permanent version. But I just hope when Windows 8 goes on sale in October,that we can buy a full installation DVD. Not an upgrade DVD as I want to do a clean install.Not an upgrade install. Andrea Borman.
  11. Oh,I did not know this. I thought that the 90 day evaluation version was Windows 8 Enterprise RTM version.But an evaluation version that lasts only for 90 days. And that it was the same as the final version,that goes out on sale in October. Can you explain more about this? And does that mean that the final version of Windows 8 that goes out on sale in October,will be different,yet again, from the versions we are using now? Andrea Borman.
  12. I have just read on the Microsoft website that there is a Windows 8 RTM 90 day trial version. Which anyone can download and use for 90 days. And then it deactivates. See here on the Microsoft website-http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj554510.aspx You must have a Microsoft account. And you have to log into the Microsoft Technet website to download Windows 8 RTM 90 day trial version.You can log in with your Hotmail or Windows Live Account to download the ISO file. I have downloaded and burned the Windows 8 RTM 32 bit ISO to a DVD. And maybe I will install it in a few days. But the good news is that from what I have read on the web and saw in some videos.Classic Shell and the other start menu software DOES work on Windows 8 RTM. RTM is the final version of Windows 8 that will go out on sale. So if Classic Shell and the other start menu software works in Windows 8 RTM.Then it works in the final version. So it looks like those posts on the web that said that the start menu software would not work on Windows 8 RTM were wrong again. So we've won. And we will have our start button and Windows 7 start menu on Windows 8 after all. Which is very good news.Andrea Borman.
  13. Well according to what XPclient told us,that Classic Shell does work in Windows 8 RTM. And the You Tube video he posted a link to that confirms this.That we will be able to have the start button and Windows 7 start menu in the final version of Windows 8. And not being able to boot straight to the desktop,is not so bad. As long as we can still have the Windows 7 start menu. At first we could not boot straight to the desktop in Windows 8. But now in the updated version of Classic Shell you can do. So you should still be able to in Windows 8 RTM. Unless you are not using Classic Shell. Andrea Borman.
  14. No WLE 2012 does not support Windows Vista. It does not even support Windows 8 Consumer Preview.WLE 2012 is only for Windows 7 and Windows 8 Release Preview. But Microsoft have tried to force a mandatory upgrade to WLE 2011 version this month. Which most people, including me have avoided. Now they make an even worse version than WLE 2011 version,WLE 2012. This has got to be a joke surely. Andrea Borman.
  15. I just read on the web that Microsoft have just brought out a Windows Live Essentials 2012. And it is on the Microsoft website now. And from what I saw from the screenshots it is even worse than WLE 2011 version. And they say it is only for Windows 7 and Windows 8. But if you hate WLE 2011 version,you will hate WLE 2012 more. From the screenshots,WLE 2012 looks more confusing than WLE 2011. And there is more Ribbon in WLE 2012 WL Photo Gallery and WL Mail. And Microsoft have just brought out WLE 2012 now. At a time when everyone is angry about the forced update from WLE 2009 version to WLE 2011 version. And now Microsoft have brought out an even worse version than WLE 2011,WLE 2012. But as for me I am not going to install WLE 2011. So I am certainly not going to install WLE 2012. NO WAY. I am staying with WLE 2009 version.Andrea Borman.
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