windows vista compatability

Discussion in 'Software' started by Atticus James, Jun 30, 2008.

  1. Atticus James

    Atticus James Private E-2

    hello,
    i am trying to get some specialized software to run on my friend's computer.
    it is a program that was written specifically as a practice run for a graphics heavy test. it has not been updated and since he is running windows vista, i cannot figure out how to force it to run. the compatibility wizard did not allow it to start. is there anything i can do to try and fix this? vista is fully updated
    thanks for any assistance..
     
    Atticus James, Jun 30, 2008
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Try running the software as admin, right click the apps exe and choose run as administrator
     
    DavidGP, Jun 30, 2008
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  3. Atticus James

    Atticus James Private E-2

    thank you, i already tried that, it didn't make a difference. i appreciate the response though
     
    Atticus James, Jul 1, 2008
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  4. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Sadly I think you maybe out of luck as those two routes are best bets to get software working in Vista, more likely you will need that application to be updates to take into account Vistas different APIs.

    Possible workaround if you dont necessarily need the app to work in Vista is to dual boot Vista with XP.
     
    DavidGP, Jul 1, 2008
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