Guest larry jordan Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Hello I have a xp home sp2 O/S , when i run across a program that says its for NT or higher am i good to go? thanks larry
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: NT "larry jordan" <someone@carolina.rr.com> wrote: > I have a xp home sp2 O/S , when i run across a program that says its for > NT or higher am i good to go? Yes. WinXP is a NT based OS in contrast to Win9x/Me. -- d-d
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: NT On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:12:36 -0400, "larry jordan" <someone@carolina.rr.com> wrote: > Hello > > > I have a xp home sp2 O/S , when i run across a program that says its for > NT or higher am i good to go? There's never a guarantee without knowing the particular program, but in general the answer is "yes." Windows XP is a version of Windows NT. Specifically it's NT5.1 under the hood. "Windows XP" is just a marketing name for it. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Re: NT larry jordan wrote: > Hello > > > I have a xp home sp2 O/S , when i run across a program that says its for > NT or higher am i good to go? > thanks > larry > > Not necessarily. It might work, but if an application is so old that it refers to WinNT, it might not work on WinXP. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
Guest Plato Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Re: NT larry jordan wrote: > > I have a xp home sp2 O/S , when i run across a program that says its for > NT or higher am i good to go? You never know unless you try it. May work, may not. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Roger Hunt Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Re: NT Bruce Chambers wrote >larry jordan wrote: >> Hello >> >> I have a xp home sp2 O/S , when i run across a program that says its for >> NT or higher am i good to go? >> thanks >> larry > > Not necessarily. It might work, but if an application is so old that >it refers to WinNT, it might not work on WinXP. > Win XP Compatibility Mode can be a favourite old software-saver. For instance, my Turnpike 5.01 does not run smoothly under Win XP. It was written for Win 9x and quite understandably does not like XP, pausing and snoozing and generally taking its time. However, Win95 Compatibility Mode lets TP 5.01 run as snappily as under Win95/98, is fine for my purposes and has been a boon. One cannot guarantee absolutely 100% full functionality under any of the offered modes but it is good here so far and well worth a try if the circumstances arise. -- Roger Hunt
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