Running Windows 95 program on Vista

I am trying to run a program on Vista that is compatible with windows 95. I
have tried using the compatibility wizard, but keep coming up with an error
of "integer divide by 0". I have been unable to find a fix for this and am
hoping someone has some experience with this.

Thanks
Stephanie

"smurfybear" <> wrote in message
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>I am trying to run a program on Vista that is compatible with windows 95. I
> have tried using the compatibility wizard, but keep coming up with an
> error
> of "integer divide by 0". I have been unable to find a fix for this and am
> hoping someone has some experience with this.
>

You know something's are just not going to work on Vista.

You're problem up above there is "integer divide by 0", which is a computer
program message saying, me the computer program language, I cannot take a
number and divide it by 0. It's an illegal instruction.

You may be able to take a number yourself and divide by 0 and get away with
it, but me, the computer program language, I cannot do this. And while me
(the program language) cannot tell you how I arrived at this condition,
know that it exist within me, and know that I cannot execute the
instruction. I am broke running on Vista and I cannot be fixed by you.

The program needs to have something changed in it to make it work. It's a
program issue that only a programming coder can fix. You can't fix it. There
is nothing you can do about it.

The only thing is you can do is find a more recent version of the program or
another program that does the same thing that will run on Vista.

"smurfybear" <> wrote in message
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>I am trying to run a program on Vista that is compatible with windows 95. I
> have tried using the compatibility wizard, but keep coming up with an
> error
> of "integer divide by 0". I have been unable to find a fix for this and am
> hoping someone has some experience with this.
>
> Thanks
> Stephanie


Stephanie,

Are you moving from Win95 to Vista? Or has this Win95 era application worked
on other versions of Windows?

Lang

No, the computer i purchased came with Vista, and I'm trying to run a program
compatible with windows 95. i can only assume that it works with other
versions of windows, as i have no way to test that.

Thanks
Stephanie

"Lang Murphy" wrote:

> "smurfybear" <> wrote in message
> news:C5CDA9C0-C878-45B0-B9D4-...
> >I am trying to run a program on Vista that is compatible with windows 95. I
> > have tried using the compatibility wizard, but keep coming up with an
> > error
> > of "integer divide by 0". I have been unable to find a fix for this and am
> > hoping someone has some experience with this.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Stephanie
>
>
> Stephanie,
>
> Are you moving from Win95 to Vista? Or has this Win95 era application worked
> on other versions of Windows?
>
> Lang
>

smurfybear wrote:
> No, the computer i purchased came with Vista, and I'm trying to run a program
> compatible with windows 95. i can only assume that it works with other
> versions of windows, as i have no way to test that.

There's no reason for you to make that assumption. If you absolutely
must have that program, use virtualization software such as Virtual PC
2007 or VMWare and create a virtual machine running Win95. Then run your
program natively. Otherwise do as the others suggested and find a
similar program that meets your needs and will run natively on Vista.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"smurfybear" <> wrote in message
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> No, the computer i purchased came with Vista, and I'm trying to run a
> program
> compatible with windows 95. i can only assume that it works with other
> versions of windows, as i have no way to test that.
>
> Thanks
> Stephanie
>
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OK... uh... have you successfully run this program on -any- version of
Windows prior to attempting to run it on Vista? Or is this a "new" program
to you? What is it, exactly? How do you know it's compatible with Win95?

Lang