Microsoft .NET framework

[xoggoth]

Would this work? It's a sort of old windows simulator for new windows. There;s also a link to a program compatibility list.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

I doubt 64 bit would matter, windows 7 seems brill at properly installing and running 32 bit stuff.

 

[darmstadt]

Would this work? It's a sort of old windows simulator for new windows. There;s also a link to a program compatibility list.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

I doubt 64 bit would matter, windows 7 seems brill at properly installing and running 32 bit stuff.

Ooh, I thought to myself, lets have a look:

You are not eligible to download Windows XP Mode. You must have Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate to run Windows XP Mode.

In the past I've been pretty carefree about installing all types of stuff on systems and the amount of times I've had to rebuild the system because the uninstall doesn't clean up properly has got on the proverbial. With this new system I'm trying to keep it clean (I've already been bitten installing DB2-C as it requires certain priviledges in order to create databases plus the built in tools don't seem to recognise newer versions of browsers!) As the laptop has a 640gb drive I can build quick vBox images to try out stuff. I did this for the .NET in the end and its also running DB2 Enterprise along with the full Tivoli Monitoring stuff. Another one has Linux for tryinf out the Linux versions of software its just some products I want to use more often and it would be nice to just use them rather than booting un a virtual machine.