How does Windows do with legacy software? I have some programs from 2000 that I'm still running (Quickbooks and Quicken).
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Windows 7 should be fine running older stuff. My complaint was how slow the machine is. VERY SLOW unusable slow gotta return it slow.
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I'm sorry to report most of them are rebuilt therefore instead of XP Pro, they have Windows 7. I can highly recommend a word processor that is on the same standard of Word and can export import (almost seamlessly from word). They are "Libre Office and Apache Open Office". Libre Office loads quicker and has quicker response time w/o the hang up that plagues office 2007. the best qualification is they're free and no nagware. My personal choice is Private Firewall, take out windows defender from start up and go with AVAST or AVG. they are on par with paid version. I would buy a rebuilt or reconditioned as the original production run is plague with problems that a rebuilt system has rectified. BY A COOLING PAD FOR IT. Part of the problem is overheat. It is older, very reliable as a reconditioned/rebuilt, rugged, fast. It is duel core. Again Cooling pad and the 2 word processors I mentioned are free. they are so good you can desk top publish with them. The adequate word processing is usually word pad, Jarte, Q Jot, etc. Buy it if it's under 200.00 Go with 4 stars or better.
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I am a Macintosh user. But I thought this Windows, Only use it for Microsoft Money 2002 and I've had no problems so far. Bob
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If your computer is working fine other than the OS and if your current computer has the minimum requirements for the newer OS software than consider Windows 8.1. You might want to consider adding free software called ClassicShell to make windows 8.1 look and run similar to XP, Vista, 7, and 8.
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You can work with win 32bits software as well as 64 bits software, also I use old software and have no problem at all.
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No, I use it with Windows 7. Does Windows 8 have a feature to simulates prior versions so you can use old software?
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I don't know, but concluded that Microsoft wanted me to pay a fee every year. I refuse to do that, and found that my old Office, which I purchased on disk, would load under Windows 8 and works fine.
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Not that I know of. However, I did find that my old one for Windows 2000 works on Windows 7.
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I can't answer your questions. I installed on a couple of Windows 2000 systems, however, for some reason it slowed my machines down to a crawl and I had to remove them.
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windows 8, plus a bunch of usual bloatware that can be pretty easily removed. Nothing like Office or Quickbooks or something substantially useful. That said, it is a great computer that has been working reliably and has a really nice touch interface that works.
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I have used my version with every program except Vista. I still love this program. I have used mine exclusively for old photos. This program probably would not suit someone who does professional photography.
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Worked great on XP. I had limited success with Windows 7. When I had one (about 2 years ago) there was a driver available for W7, you'd have to check if it's still available.
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I'm glad J. Redding was able to answer it! I am still on 64-bit Windows 7 Professional (it works well with that, if anyone is interested).
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I have Money 2004 Financial Suite and it works fabulously on a Win7 Ultimate edition 64 bit pc. I have been using it for years and just do not understand why Microsoft dropped it. There is just nothing out there to touch it, I wish it would run on my iPad2 though.
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We are successfully using the latest version of Quicken Rental Property Manager with Windows 8. Beware, older versions of the program are still being sold and may, or may not, be compatible--I don't know.
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I just purchased this new version but I have publisher 98 and I still installs over and over again and runs fine on windows 8. Office I upgrade software every 4-5 years and , I upgrade computers around every 2 years and all my Microsoft software reinstalls.
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I have a computer running windows seven. It worked well for me for a few months, then it stopped. Not very happy with it.