Windows 7 Ques. & Notice

[Peter Walsh]

Microsoft is throwing a big upgrade pre-sale at about 50% off which is significant. Since I keep all my software up-to-date, I have taken immediate advantage of this sale and ordered the Windows 7 Professional upgrade. I notice that the Professional version of Windows 7 allows programs to run in XP mode. Does this neatly sidestep any problems that eCabinet has with the Vista genre software? The Windows 7 Professional upgrade will sell for $199.00 retail when released in October. The pre-sale offers it now with $100 off at $99.00.
regards,

[Rick Palechuk]

Peter, I've been running Windows 7 RC for a few weeks now on one of my rigs. I haven't installed E-cabs on it yet, but I am running Autocad 2006 in XP mode and it works fine.

[Peter Walsh]

Rick can I assume you are running the Professional version or didn't the RC specify?
thanks,

[Rick Palechuk]

It was just a single download Peter.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... nload.aspx

[Joe Dusel]

I normally like to keep up with the latest software, but I have gotten badly burned a few times with the Windows "upgrades". Maybe this one is different, but for past upgrades I lost access to both hardware (like printers and scanners) and software. This was costly for me since I needed to buy replacements for these. I would be very concerned about compatibility issues.

Joe

[Peter Walsh]

Joe,
It's important to run Micrsoft's compatibility software program to flag hardware items that are not compatible or need new drivers. You can download this free program from Microsoft's site. I ran this, and I am good to go.
regards,