Running 16-bit Applications in Windows Vista and Windows 7: Tutorial Launches

March 5, 2010 - PRLog -- You bought a new computer loaded with Windows Vista or Windows 7. As you do every time you start on a new machine, you transferred your favorite applications to the hard drive and started setting up. You were in for a shock: some of your oldest, most favorite, most essential programs refused to install. Microsoft broke 16-bit. Only 32- and 64-bit applications run on recent systems.

This move must have caused millions of Windows users a great deal of anxiety, and probably anger. What if you have hundreds of hours invested in a one-of-a-kind app that simply cannot be replaced? What if you can replace an old version of a great app that worked perfectly, but only at great cost? Fortunately, there is a solution. It is free, and it is quite elegant.

A Site About Nothing is pleased to announce the launch of a free tutorial explaining how to run 16-bit applications on 64-bit systems such as Vista-64 and Windows 7. “I hope to have created the best tutorial about running 16-bit on new systems,” says Andy. “Or at least, one in the top fifty.” Joke aside, it’s a great resource. Please visit, comment, bookmark and share:
http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/c_16bit-virtualization.html
The tutorial first presents a quick workaround for Dos programs. It then shows the solution for 16-bit Windows applications, explaining how, using free software such as Virtual PC, VMWare or VirtualBox, you can set-up a “virtual machine” running Windows 2000 inside your machine. Visitors are invited to contribute.