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64 bit CPU and Windows XP Pro 32 bit
Malke notrea...@invalid.invalid microsoft public windows vista general Michel Morel wrote: Thanks for your feedback Malke. You are supposed to be able to run 16 bit applications on a 32 bit version of Vista, just as with XP. You're right for the 64 bit version of Vista. It won't support 16 bit apps.

16-bit printing problem with Vista
Will the windows mm-api with TB mm-commands still be integrated and work with Vista? All of my applications do have heavy use of these mmcommands for video use, Do you mean, replacing all 16Bit dll with 32Bit dlls (I've done already), or is there more I can do? If you use any ToolBook properties that return

vista product key
Is there any emulation mode or any way to run applications with 16-bit code? I have an app that installs but will not run. Thanks. -(- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hi Rick: I do not have Vista yet. A friend has it and said he has a 16-bit app that loads but will not run. I was holding off and staying

Problem when installing applications made with InstallShield u
16-bit DOS emulators have become increasingly weaker as Microsoft attempts to phase them out. Due to being notoriously difficult to manage memory above the 1-MB range, it is widely rumored that 16-bit DOS emulation in the upcoming 32-bit Windows Vista release will be restricted to the 1-MB boundary,

OK to delete Win32S subdirectory, other old 3.1 files?
1992-1992: BIDC Inc., Bryan, Texas Fixed bugs and enhanced an accounting package that used db-Vista database library. As the chief designer and implementor, had the responsibility to ensure ease-of-use for the application developers and portability across 16 bit and 32 bit compilers for this product.

16 bit compatibility with Vista
Hector nos...@nospam.com microsoft public win32 programmer kernel I have an legacy (but still popular) Windows 3.1 16 bit application. Its a optional frontend to our Anyway, under VISTA, it seems the ExtractIcon() is no longer working. I'm not sure if this security related or its logic has changed under VISTA.

Gravity 2.50 install fails under Vista Beta 2 (x64)
From the MSDN Library: "The generic thunking mechanism provides functions that allow a 16-bit application to load a Win32-based DLL, get the addresses of its exported functions, call the functions (passing each one up to thirty-two 32-bit arguments), convert 16:16 (WOW) addresses to 0:32 addresses (useful if you

Vista and 16 bit application
Is your application a 16-bit application? If not, those files have absolutely no impact on it at all. They are only used to initialize the 16-bit WOW subsystem. 3. If your app is a 16-bit application it won't run at all on Vista 64-bit as that OS has no 16-bit subsystem. You may want to note that before people buy

NEWBIE needs assistance.
Where did I say, that it easier to write it as a 16 bit application? I said, it is more universal usable when written as a 16 bit application (from DOS till WinXP) so it would be worth the effort even if The int21 interface is an API for XP. (Does anybody know, whether it really isn't supported anymore in Vista).

MSDOS 16-bit programs?
The 16-bit Subsystem, in the form of NTVDM (NT Virtual DOS Machine) and 16-bit WoW (Windows on Windows) are present by default in 32-bit Vista, and are fully supported by Microsoft. In general terms, 16-bit applications run fine on 32-bit Vista. There may be specific compatibility issues, for particular

OS/2 4.0 vs Windows
Here are some questions : Can we still make DOS-applications (16-bit and/or 32-bit) with them ? We want to make commercial software, do we have to pay for Beta) Dann Corbit (alias Delta Romeo Charlie) btt & cul. epsilonb...@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/6617/index.html MICHELLE,

Can I install VB 3.0 on Vista?
D:\Setup.exe" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit version of Windows. Please contact the software vendor to ask if 64-bit Windows is Does anybody know how to install applications packaged with InstallShield which still have a 16-bit bootstrap loader under Windows Vista 64-bit (or at least

Why Can'tI Play old dos games in vista?
Sorry, but about which "16 bit registers" are you speaking? The 386+ architecture has 8 (7) 32 bit general purpose register. You can access the whole 32 bits or only the lower 16 bits And any applications uses segment registers. You can't switch off segmentation on the 386+ architecture (in opposite to paging).

One of my new programs wont work on Vista 64 bit Home Basic - Help
Windows 3.1 was fundamentally a 16-bit environment, running on top of DOS. It could run some 32-bit functions, but it was constantly "thunking" down to 16-bit to work with the underlying system. There was the "Win32s" (Windows 32-bit subset) that some applications took advantage of, but it wasn't terribly

VISTA and ExtractIcon API
Further, for 16-bit code CPU performance today is so high that soft emulation is a viable option. Applications running on Bochs may be dog-slow compared to running Many of those computers will be 32-bit laptops. So what? It seems to have escaped your notice that Vista not only runs 32-bit code but also runs on

Vista and 16-bit apps?
(No bets under Vista/64) ... I believe the problem with running any 16 bit application in a Windows 64bit environment (XP or Vista) isn't Windows, but in the CPU itself. Is there a such a things as Windows/XP-64? If so it's news to me. Yes, there's a 64-bit version of XP. Unless you are running that version,

Backward compatibility 32 bit
But when i tried to run on a windows XP and Vista i get a warning message "trying to write data to hard disk or running a 16 bit application" how do i avoid this. Please help me Regards, Kiran I used clipper program under XP. 1. XP no used autoexec.bat and config.sys file. Use CONFIG.NT file in WINDOWS\SYSTEM32

Why Can'tI Play old dos games in vista?
RC White r...@grandecom.net microsoft public windows vista general Hi, Andrew. However, many many 16-bit DOS and Windows 3.x applications run on Vista with no problems Right, one specific application did not want to install. Some applications (whether 16-bit or 32-bit) will have compatibility problems on Vista.

Why Can'tI Play old dos games in vista?
However, many many 16-bit DOS and Windows 3.x applications run on Vista with no problems at all. The vast majority, in fact, of 16-bit apps can run okay on Vista. On 32-BIT Vista. NOT on 64-bit Vista! (You said this in your earlier post, but not in this one, and some readers will not read the other post.

How to run clipper in windows XP and Vista.
He just received a new laptop with Vista (I think Home Premium) and the software will not run on it. It is a bit of a bugger because the actual application is actually on the "server" computer and is run from a mapped drive on the "client" computers. The application is Chiro 7000 and it is a 16 bit application (I