"Jon" <> wrote in message
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>> Old Pgms - I have expensive application software that works on Win 3.1,
>> Win 98, Win ME (all 16bit I think) on a 2000-era Gateway desktop
>> computer. I have the MS ME OS on a FAT32 hard drive there. XP Business
>> Office suite works fine on this MS ME. This desktop is beginning to
>> crater; one of the 2 hard drives already has bad sectors. The monitor
>> which was already originally a refurb is about 8-9 years old.
>>
>> New Vista - I also have a 32bit Vista Ultimate on a new 17" 1.4Ghz
>> notebook. My MS Vista Bios says I can boot from either a CDROM/DVD, or a
>> main hard drive, or a USB harddrive, or boot to a LAN. I've put some
>> Office 97 programs on this Vista and a few other old programs.: all work.
>>
>> USB boot - What I'm thinking of is to take out my still-working C
>> harddrive Fat32 drive from the 16bit MS ME desktop and attach a USB
>> connection to it, then boot from it at my 32bit Vista machine.
>>
>> This old C drive is bulging with 40-60 Gb's of good software that is
>> probably not transferable directly to Vista, and most don't have new
>> drivers for Vista. (Several programs use advanced graduate school
>> mathematics to decompose a long data stream into multiple wave
>> components, etc.) Ideally I would gain a nice new wide monitor screen
>> and a much faster speed without the years of trauma trying to install
>> zillions of old specialized programs on Vista who would balk at each one.
>> If this MS ME boot idea would work, naturally it would need drivers to
>> find the notebook monitor and keyboard and mouse, USB's, etc, but I
>> assume that could be done easily. Offhand I'd think this drive and
>> programs wouldn't know anything has changed except it now just runs
>> faster.
>>
>> In re-reading the MS Vista help file on dual boots, they suggest a MS
>> 2000 could work as a duel boot on the same harddrive as MS Vista. And MS
>> 2000 is a son of MS ME I think: they must be closely alike, and to their
>> grandson XP. What I don' t know is how would the 16bit MS ME OS 2000-era
>> and application software on a Fat32 drive react to a roaring 32bit 1.4Ghz
>> Vista CPU, 2007-era designed for 32bit NTFS format. I'd think the effect
>> would be the same as if I just put a fast 1.4Ghz CPU in my old MS ME
>> desktop. Any experience, horror stories , warnings, successe stories or
>> suggestions ,anyone?
>> Thanks, Jon.
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> As clarification, 2 old programs on my MS ME desktop computer had required
> that I make changes in the system.ini file while they are being installed
> years ago. Once this is done they work great on MS ME. That's why I can't
> just use the desktop as an appendege to my Vista computer because the
> Vista booting doesn't do the right tricks to make these programs work. I
> dimly recall that someone told me this system.ini trick would not work on
> a NT OS, especially MS Win 3.1 NS. On my Vista notebook, changing the
> system.ini file has been a problem, but also some of the registry entries
> don't get written during the program installation process- and apparently
> the reuired lines are copied into my my personal "documents" folder. To
> get these old programs to work I have to boot from a MS ME OS.
>
> * One option is to fix up my 6 year old MS ME and use it when I want to
> run either of these two programs. To that end, I ordered a new WD
> harddrive to replace my C & D drives. However, I would now have to upkeep
> two different computers all the time.
>
> * Another possibility is to obtain a MS XP v2002 OS to upgrade the MS ME
> to XP OS on my desktop FAT32 C drive, (assuming it won't mess with my
> programs or with the system.ini file) then somehow get this same XP OS (on
> the old desktop) over to my Vista notebook as some sort of a multiboot.(I
> assume XP 2002 would have drivers for the notebook monitor and keyboard.)
> Apparently the XP 2003 OS will not work or upgrade at all on a MS ME
> computer. When I see written that XP and Vista can be used in multiboots,
> I can't tell which XP version (2002, 2003, 2007?) they are talking about.
> Another issue is if I install XP 2002 on my desktop, Microsoft might want
> me to pay money to reinstall it on my Vista notebook, which would be a 2nd
> machine.
>
> * Another possibility is to try out the Vistual PC 2007 which supposedly
> allows Win 98, Win ME, Win XP, etc. to be run along with Vista. I've
> downloaded the free program and will work on the courage to tenative try
> it maybe.
>
> I have health problems and don't have spans of time to do a lot of
> computer testing work. If anyone sees me heading for a disaster here,
> please advise.
> Jon.
>
Maybe I have a simple problem. I installed on my Vista notebook my big
program (which works great on my MS ME desktop.) During the install process
Vista gave this error:
"Warning - files failed to self register"
"c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\DAO\Dao350.dll"
I looked in the referenced DAO folder and found the Dao350.dll file is in
there. My installed program has 6 differerent Master index files who relate
named procedures with number files like F0062, F0063, etc. The installed
program apparently won't run because it can't find the 6 Master files to run
the procedures. The Master files installed and are there as they should be
and have the location of the F0062, etc. files in them. The install program
only showed the one error above. I suspect the unregistered "Dao350.dll"
file is supposed to tell the big program the location or the names of the
Master files, but a link is missing. Probably the address location above was
supposed to be inserted in the system registry during the installation
process. I don't know enough about Registry to mess around with it but maybe
somebody else does. If so maybe my problem is easily solveable. The retail
price of my big program is $4800, so I don't want to lose it to Vista. Any
thoughts? Jon.
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