[Virtualacorn-list] W7 gotchas?

[Mik Towse]

In article <98F7B4830535424FBA4A88753C50E801 at philipsdesktop> T.O.M.S. wrote:
> On Sat Jan 11 10:00:51 GMT 2014 lists Stuartlists at 
> orpheusinternet.co.uk sayeth:
> > With Mickysoft ending support for WXP, I have reluctantly ordered a
> > copy of Windows 7 64bit Pro.
> 
> > Are there any issues or points I need to be aware of
> Another point which may or may not affect you: Any aged perpiherals 
> you have may not work post-upgrade. This is a (lack of) compatible 
> drivers problem, so maybe worth checking with the manufacturer(s)' 
> Support pages before the upgrade.
I've hit this problem with old software, primarily Sage Line 50. I'm using
v11 & Sage wants £500 to upgrade; the v11 ODBC driver doesn't work on 8. But
as a long term VRPC user, I'm not averse to using a virtual m/c :D, so I
installed VMLite XP Mode & all the old XP stuff gets installed in there.

Both that & VRPC work very well on 8.1, so I'm happy except using VMlite
highlights a huge VRPC annoyance, the double pointer. VMLite shares the same
pointer as W8, so clearly this is possible. Because I have Windows bar on the
left, I'm forever closing VRPC windows because of the double cursor.

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