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  • 1.  Capturing Applications on Windows XP to run on Windows 7

    Posted Dec 12, 2011 11:05 AM

    Is it possible to capture an application that runs on Windows XP that won't run on Windows 7 and than run that sreamed application on a Windows 7 machine?

    Anu feedback would be greatly appreciated.

     

    John



  • 2.  RE: Capturing Applications on Windows XP to run on Windows 7

    Posted Dec 12, 2011 12:02 PM

    For most 32 bit applications this works very well.

    Just look through the forums for people who use SWV to run IE6 on Windows 7.

    Give it a try and see how it works.

     



  • 3.  RE: Capturing Applications on Windows XP to run on Windows 7

    Posted Jan 23, 2012 07:38 AM

    As a general rule, regardless of technology/product, if the application does not work when locally installed, virtualization is not likely to help you.  Virutalization allows for application-to-application compatibilty by isolating applications (e.g. be able to run a product with two different versions side-by-side).  There may be tricks to certain applications that you can employ such as shims and various isolation options but virtualization is not targeted as an application-to-OS compatibility solution