I have a problem I need help with, TIA

[madokie]

Can you install a program that was written for win98 that is a 32 bit program on a 64 bit computer running win7 home premium
AutoCad2000

[hobbit709]

1. I use a couple of programs that are that old on 7.

Try it and see if it works. It will either install or tell you it's not compatible.
My TRayPlay music player has worked from Win 95 all the way to Win7 Pro X64.

[Systematic Chaos]

2. If it doesn't seem to want to work normally or in any compatibility mode,

you could try to run it in DosBox, ( www.dosbox.com ) and use the DOSShell GUI ( http://www.loonies.narod.ru/dosshell.htm ).

It's not at all complicated to install those and set them up.

A lot of games from the late 90s and early 00s which won't install right in Vista or Windows 7 run great in it, which is why I make the suggestion.

[hunter]

4. Yep, a few old Win 98 programs, especially games, are DOS underneath.

The Win 98 "installer" simply sets up the icons and stuff that enable a DOS program to run seamlessly on Win 98.

DosBox will run most programs that were set up this way, but it will sometimes take some tweaking and searching around the original CD or floppy disk for the proper exe's to get them to work.

http://www.dosbox.com

[ohheckyeah]

3. I was bummed to find out my

QuarkXpress won't load on Windows 7. It would cost almost a $1,000 to replace it so I will be pulling out my old XP computer to use it once I get another monitor.

I really don't know about AutoCad2000....some older programs seem to work fine and some don't.

[hunter]

5. Thread at autodesk here:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2000-2000i-2002-Archive/Can-I-run-AutoCAD-2000-on-Windows-7/td-p/2577900

[Occulus]

6. Go to this Microsoft site in Internet Explorer (had trouble using Firefox)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

If you are running a genuine (aka: legal) copy of Win7 home premium, you can download something called "Windows XP Mode". This is will allow you run what's effectively a full WinXP install from within Windows 7. The website will install an Activation Update app that will then check to see if your Win7 is 'genuine', then you download XP mode and the virtual machine and install them per the instructions.

I've used it before to solve your exact problem on my machine.

edit: another thing you can do is create a persistent Ubuntu install on a USB stick, and use it at boot time. Get into Ubuntu, run and configure WINE, and try your XP program. The Ubuntu home page tells you all about doing this. It's a bit more technical, but unlike XP mode, it's "the free way".