MS Dynamics SL won't run under Vista 64

[Guest Steve170]

Dynamics SL client ("Solomon"), according to MS, will not work w/ Vista 64 &

they don't plan on rolling out a 64 bit compatible version. Ironically, all

other 32 bit (even non MS) programs run fine. I *have* to run 64 for memory

purposes (Adobe CS3) and my company is running the latest (7.0) version of

Solomon for accounting. Any suggestions? I'm not very excited about have to

use two separate PCs for obvious reasons. Any ideas would be deeply

appreciated.

Thanks!

[Guest Paul Shapiro]

Re: MS Dynamics SL won't run under Vista 64

 

Still not a great solution, but if you have enough memory in your computer

you could use Virtual PC with a Vista x32 guest. At least it's just one

computer.

Paul

 

"Steve170" <Steve170@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Dynamics SL client ("Solomon"), according to MS, will not work w/ Vista 64

> &

> they don't plan on rolling out a 64 bit compatible version. Ironically,

> all

> other 32 bit (even non MS) programs run fine. I *have* to run 64 for

> memory

> purposes (Adobe CS3) and my company is running the latest (7.0) version of

> Solomon for accounting. Any suggestions? I'm not very excited about have

> to

> use two separate PCs for obvious reasons. Any ideas would be deeply

> appreciated.

> Thanks!

[Guest Steve170]

Re: MS Dynamics SL won't run under Vista 64

 

Paul - I've never tried Virtual PC. Would it allow the installation of a

program directly into the 32 bit OS? I'm assuming this would prevent having

to re-boot like a dual boot system? Thanks for the tip.

Steve

 

"Paul Shapiro" wrote:

> Still not a great solution, but if you have enough memory in your computer

> you could use Virtual PC with a Vista x32 guest. At least it's just one

> computer.

> Paul

>

> "Steve170" <Steve170@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:00138B53-FF2A-4507-B402-3D092DD2BE4D@microsoft.com...

> > Dynamics SL client ("Solomon"), according to MS, will not work w/ Vista 64

> > &

> > they don't plan on rolling out a 64 bit compatible version. Ironically,

> > all

> > other 32 bit (even non MS) programs run fine. I *have* to run 64 for

> > memory

> > purposes (Adobe CS3) and my company is running the latest (7.0) version of

> > Solomon for accounting. Any suggestions? I'm not very excited about have

> > to

> > use two separate PCs for obvious reasons. Any ideas would be deeply

> > appreciated.

> > Thanks!

>

>

>

[Guest Paul Shapiro]

Re: MS Dynamics SL won't run under Vista 64

 

Yes, the virtual machine acts like a completely separate computer, except

that it's using all the resources of the real computer. No rebooting

required. Virtual PC is free and can be downloaded on MS's website. You

would want to install the x64 version. Once it's installed, you create a new

virtual machine, and install the x32 OS into that virtual machine. Make sure

you allocate enough disk space and ram for the virtual machine. If you're

not using the VM most of the time, you can leave it turned off and only turn

it on when you want to use it. You need an additional OS license for the

virtual machine, and additional licenses for any software you install there

if the same software is already installed on the real computer.

 

"Steve170" <Steve170@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:30C485F8-482F-49AD-8355-3BCB1DBCF8AE@microsoft.com...

> Paul - I've never tried Virtual PC. Would it allow the installation of a

> program directly into the 32 bit OS? I'm assuming this would prevent

> having

> to re-boot like a dual boot system? Thanks for the tip.

> Steve

>

> "Paul Shapiro" wrote:

>

>> Still not a great solution, but if you have enough memory in your

>> computer

>> you could use Virtual PC with a Vista x32 guest. At least it's just one

>> computer.

>> Paul

>>

>> "Steve170" <Steve170@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:00138B53-FF2A-4507-B402-3D092DD2BE4D@microsoft.com...

>> > Dynamics SL client ("Solomon"), according to MS, will not work w/ Vista

>> > 64

>> > &

>> > they don't plan on rolling out a 64 bit compatible version. Ironically,

>> > all

>> > other 32 bit (even non MS) programs run fine. I *have* to run 64 for

>> > memory

>> > purposes (Adobe CS3) and my company is running the latest (7.0) version

>> > of

>> > Solomon for accounting. Any suggestions? I'm not very excited about

>> > have

>> > to

>> > use two separate PCs for obvious reasons. Any ideas would be deeply

>> > appreciated.