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Most of your older Windows apps should just work on Windows 10. If they worked on Windows 7, they’ll almost certainly work on Windows 10. Some older PC applications won’t just work, but there are many ways to get them working again.

These tricks cover a variety of applications, from Windows XP-era apps and old PC games that require outdated DRM to DOS and Windows 3.1 applications.

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Run as Administrator

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Many applications developed for Windows XP will work properly on a modern version of Windows, except for one little issue. During the Windows XP era, average Windows users typically used their PC with an Administrator account all the time. Applications were coded to just assume they had administrative access and would fail if they didn’t. The new User Account Control (UAC) feature mostly fixed this issue, but there were some teething problems at first.

If an older application isn’t working properly, try right-clicking its shortcut or .exe file, and then selecting “Run as Administrator” to launch it with administrative permissions.

If you find that an app does require administrative access, you can set the app to always run as administrator using the compatibility settings we discuss in the next section.

Adjust Compatibility Settings

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Windows includes compatibility settings that can make old applications functional. In Windows 10’s Start menu, right-click a shortcut, select “Open file location” from the context menu

Once you have the file’s location, right-click the app’s shortcut or .exe file, and then select “Properties” from the context menu.

On the “Compatibility” tab of the app’s properties window, you can click the “Use the compatibility troubleshooter” button for a wizard interface or just adjust the options yourself.

For example, if an application doesn’t run properly on Windows 10 but did run properly on Windows XP, select the “Run this program in compatibility mode for” option, and then select “Windows XP (Service Pack 3)” from the dropdown menu.

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Don’t be shy about trying the other settings on the “Compatibility” tab, too. For example, very old games may benefit from “Reduced color mode”. On high DPI displays, you may have to check the “Disable display scaling on high DPI settings” to make a program look normal. No options on this tab can hurt your app or PC—you can always just turn them back off if they don’t help.

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Install Unsigned Drivers or 32-bit Drivers

The 64-bit version of Windows 10 uses driver signature enforcement and requires all drivers have a valid signature before they can be installed. 32-bit versions of Windows 10 normally don’t require signed drivers. The exception to this is that 32-bit versions of Windows 10 running on a newer PC with UEFI (instead of regular BIOS) often do require signed drivers. Enforcing signed drivers helps improve security and stability, protecting your system from drivers that are malicious or simply unstable. You should only install unsigned drivers if you know they’re safe and have a good reason to do so.

If old software you want to install does need unsigned drivers, you’ll have to use a special boot option to install them. If only 32-bit drivers are available, you’ll have to use the 32-bit version of Windows 10 instead—the 64-bit version of Windows 10 requires 64-bit drivers. Use this process if you need to switch to the 32-bit version, downloading the 32-bit version of Windows 10 instead of the 64-bit version.

Run Games That Require SafeDisc and SecuROM DRM

Windows 10 won’t run older games that use SafeDisc or SecuROM DRM. These digital rights management schemes can cause quite a few problems. Overall, it’s a good thing that Windows 10 doesn’t allow this junk to install and pollute your system. Unfortunately, it does mean that some older games that came on physical CDs or DVDs won’t install and run normally.

You have a variety of other options for playing these games, including searching for a “no CD” crack (which are potentially very unsafe, as they’re often found on shady piracy sites), repurchasing the game from a digital distribution service like GOG or Steam, or checking the developer’s website to see if it offers a patch that removes the DRM.

More advanced tricks include installing and dual-booting into an older version of Windows without this restriction, or attempting to run the game in a virtual machine with an older version of Windows. A virtual machine may even work well for you, since games using these DRM schemes old enough now that even a virtual machine can likely handle their graphics demands.

Use Virtual Machines for Older Software

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Windows 7 included a special “Windows XP Mode” feature. This was actually just an included virtual machine program with a free Windows XP license. Windows 10 does not include a Windows XP mode, but you can still use a virtual machine to do it yourself.

All you really need is a virtual machine program like VirtualBox and a spare Windows XP license. Install that copy of Windows in the VM and you can run software on that older version of Windows in a window on your Windows 10 desktop.

Using a virtual machine is a somewhat more involved solution, but it will work well unless the app needs to interface with hardware directly. Virtual machines tend to have limited support for hardware peripherals.

Use Emulators for DOS and Windows 3.1 Applications

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DOSBox allows you to run old DOS applications—primarily DOS games—in an emulator window on your desktop. Use DOSBox to run old DOS applications rather than relying on the Command Prompt. DOSBox will work much, much better.

And, since Windows 3.1 itself was basically a DOS application, you can install Windows 3.1 in DOSBox and run old 16-bit Windows 3.1 applications, too.

Use 32-Bit Windows for 16-bit Software

16-bit programs no longer function on 64-bit versions of Windows. The 64-bit version of Windows just doesn’t contain the WOW16 compatibility layer that allows 16-bit apps to run. Try to run a 16-bit application on a 64-bit version of Windows and you’ll just see a “This app can’t run on your PC” message.

If you do need to run 16-bit apps, you’ll need to install the 32-bit version of Windows 10 instead of the 64-bit version. The good news is that you don’t really have to reinstall your entire operating system. Instead, you can just install a 32-bit version of Windows inside a virtual machine and run the application there. You could even install Windows 3.1 in DOSBox.

Use Specific Browsers for Websites Requiring Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, or Internet Explorer

Windows 10 uses the new Microsoft Edge as its default browser. Edge doesn’t include support for Java, ActiveX, Silverlight, and other technologies. Chrome has also dropped support for NPAPI plug-ins like Java and Silverlight.

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To use older web applications requiring these technologies, fire up the Internet Explorer web browser included with Windows 10 for compatibility reasons. IE still supports ActiveX content. Mozilla Firefox still supports Java and Silverlight.

You can launch Internet Explorer from the Start menu. If you’re already Microsoft Edge, just open the settings menu and select “Open with Internet Explorer” to open the current web page directly in Internet Explorer.

In general, if an older application doesn’t function on Windows 10, it’s a good idea to try to find a modern replacement that will work properly. But, there are some apps—especially old PC games and business apps—that you just may not be able to replace. Hopefully, some of the compatibility tricks we’ve shared will get those apps up and running again.

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Is it possible to emulate a 64 bit os on a 32 bit one?
i searched a bit but some sources say that they can, some said that there are chances if you use virtualization however in my pc it cant (i have checked it)
i heard of QEMU can do it

am glad someone finally replied :)
i believe it can,its been weeks now since i did that test ,i read somewhere that theres a little possibility to do it with virtualization but it failed to do it for 64 bit version however i think it should work good enough for 32 bits one and virtualbox didn't said that it hate my cpu

virtual box does support 64-bit, so it shouldnt be a problem, providing your PC can handle 64-bit and virtualization.

use this program to determine whether it can or cant

no mine doesnt support 64bit thats why i want to try
meanwhile i will try the program you mentioned but m sure of result, but what you think of what i mentioned 'QEMU'

I went to their forum (QEMU) and couldn't find anything about running different bit systems on the same machine.

they can run and subject to the conditions and if
[blockquote]One can run a 64-bit guest on a 32-bit host OS if the underlying processor runs in 64-bit mode and supports the necessary virtualization extensions. Not all platforms support this.[/blockquote] (wiki)
as also confirmed by mickeyblue

in my understanding (hence can also be wrong lol) QEMU emulates the CPU instructions and one is unable to use a 64 bit os on likes x86 architecture because its not able to understand the instructions , mine is also a x86

one source says
[blockquote]QEMU supports the emulation of various architectures, including IA-32 (x86) PCs, AMD64 PCs, MIPS R4000, Sun's SPARC sun4m, Sun's SPARC sun4u, ARM development boards (Integrator/CP and Versatile/PB), SH4 SHIX board, PowerPC (PReP and Power Macintosh), ETRAX CRIS and MicroBlaze architectures[/blockquote]
so it means its emulating my CPU instructions aswell

[blockquote]Qemu is very different compared with VMWare and VirtualBox.
Qemu emulates the CPUs. It is able to emulate CPUs from the x86, ARM, PowerPC and SPARC architecture. So it can emulate a 64 bit CPU on a 32 bit CPU host system.
QEMU is a dynamic translator. When it first encounters a piece of code, it converts it to the host instruction set. Usually dynamic translators are very complicated and highly CPU dependent. QEMU uses some tricks which make it relatively easily portable and simple while achieving good performances.
The basic idea is to split every x86 instruction into fewer simpler instructions. Each simple instruction is implemented by a piece of C code (see target-i386/op.c'). Then a compile time tool (dyngen') takes the corresponding object file (op.o') to generate a dynamic code generator which concatenates the simple instructions to build a function (seeop.h:dyngen_code()').

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Because of this approach, qemu is a lot slower than VMware and VirtualBox[/blockquote]

Aguro,
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If you have Intel CPU, go here for details.
http://ark.intel.com/sspecqdf.aspx
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I got into trouble on another topic with another member concerning being too technical so use link only if helpful and not confusing.
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Regards,
Rick P.

thnks Rick , as such am not in trouble its just a curiosity ,but i need a lil help with OCR

Its seems to be
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E7400 (3M Cache, 2.80 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)
Instruction Set 64-bit

Processor x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~2787 Mhz

It does support Virtualization and 64 bit applications, according to Intel's specs for the E7400.

yes thats whats the site said and i was in impression that x86 cant do that thanks for update
but since it can handle it i might not be able to know if theres a way to emulate 64 bit os on 32 bit os w/ cpu which cant handle 64 bit

From E7000 Series Data sheet PDF
http://www.intel.com/design/co...tation.htm
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Appears the CPU supports 64 Bit instruction set with VT extensions so should be able to run Virtual Machines with no problems.
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http://www.intel.com/products/.../index.htm
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Intel adopted AMD-64 (Intel 64) for use with (86) 32 bit for processors and there has been a bit of confusion since then.
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All said and done, your CPU should be able to run an O/S like Win7-64 and be able to run vitalizations.
I think I'm right here?? The O/S environment is the key.
If you run a 32 bit O/S, then you would need to a real time interpreter or translator program in order to emulate 64 bit vitalizations and would be slow.
If you run a 64 bit O/S, then no translation would be needed for 64 bit vitalizations.
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This is a bit new to me also so I have to study the manuals and documentation along with everyone else. :) :)
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Best Regards,
Rick P.

Intel's spec sheet says that it handles 64bit instruction sets. Acl software company. that's what you need, as well as the Virtualization that is included

Maybe I didn't make myself clear again in my posting above. :( :(

VMWare will allow 64bit guest machines to run on a 32bit Host OS, but the Host HARDWARE *must* be 64bit enabled. I imagine other virtualization technologies would be able to do the same. Emulating 64bit under 32bit is grasping at thin air. Some software may claim to be able to do this, but it is not practical, and would slow the Guest O/S down by half, if not more. It *might* be possible, but I've not seen it done, and would not care to even bother with it. It would be far more practical to start with 64bit Host Hardware, 64bit Host O/S, then load 64bit Guest O/S under virtualization.

You will achieve nothing running 64bit emulated under a 32bit process. Nothing will be faster, in fact probably many many times slower and unreliable.

Cheers,
Mike

your CPU can handle virtualization and 64-bit, if you ran the program i told you about in the beginning then you would have known.

Yes but it also said that its not guaranteed that you will be able to run ON 32 bit even if CPU can handle it but if works i read slowdowns everywhere
i always believed that 86s can't handle 64 bit
i wanted to know if those cpus which don't support 64 bit can run 64 bit with emulation/virtualization

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@ mickeyblue i did tried that one and before that 1 or 2 such program but results were CONFLICTING (some said it can and some refused it) and it was confusing me even more America ammayi serial heroine.

Thanks for sharing the knowledge



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