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Running old programs that worked in XP or Vista, in windows 7

Many of us who used to run some programs in windows xp which worked fine but didn?t work on the latest version of windows. I am involved in designing and have the need to run the old programs like pagemaker. Windows 7  can be troublesome when you have that old software bundled with your device and its program does not work and you don?t have the newer release of the program or other old but helpful programs. Well this can be solved at some extent.

In windows 7 you can use the compatibility mode to run your old games or software that is giving you trouble and wont open. There are two ways, either you can use troubleshoot compatibility let windows decide to make the program run or you can do it manually. Here?s how you do it.

Using Troubleshoot compatibility wizard

  1. Right click the program
  2. Click troubleshoot compatibility

Follow the instructions and try running the programs in different compatibility modes.

Configure manually

  1. Right click the program
  2. Click properties
  3. Click the compatibility tab
  4. Click run this program compatibility mode for and select the version of windows on which the program worked fine.
  5. Apply the settings

You may want to change the configuration in settings section also, if the above does not work.

You can also apply the compatibility mode for the setup files as well to install the old programs.

This helped me run some old programs like pagemaker, fontgrapher, the font thing run fine.Smile

Hope this was helpful.

Best programs for Creating mounting or burning iso files in windows 7

In windows 7 the older version of nero does not work. I was very fond of nero cause it was all in one package when I had XP installed. But since I switched to windows 7 I had problem. I didn?t have the newer release of nero so that when I realized that I should get another program that was free and helped.

I would like to share some of the programs that I use in windows 7 .

1. For Data burning

Nero

Nero is the best tool for data burning on cd and dvd. Nero has been generous enough to provide the free version of it since the version 9. It has very less features to that of the full paid version but should be handy burning or copying cd. It is also able to create the image file but it only gives the freedom of creating the .nrg extension image.

2. Creating ISO images

Free DVD ISO Maker 1.2

This is simple easy to easy software from minidvdsoft that I used to create iso images and best of all it is free. There are other cool software’s that are provided which are handy. I haven?t got to use all of them because I didn?t needed it. Here are the list of other free software from minidvdsoft.

  • 3. Mounting Image files

    Virtual Clone Drive

    The last thing I needed was a program to mount the image files. I came of with virtual clone drive when the alcohol didn?t work in windows 7. This to is a small simple program that allows you to create multiple virtual cd/dvd drive. I also found that it was able to mount the other format image files like .nrg. Though its doesn?t show at the mount options you can select show all files and can even mount the .nrg files.

    And there you have it all the necessary software to mount, burn, rip or create images files. And all are free Smile.

    • Nepali Fonts

    Here are some of the popular Nepali fonts that I had. I wanted to share it to you all.
    Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?iezeptyxyg1m08z
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    INSTALLING FONTS

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    One of the easy way to install the font is

    1. First select and copy the fonts

    2. Hold down windows and press r.

    2. Type fonts

    3. Fonts window will open

    4. Paste the fonts in that window and you are done.

    * In windows 7 you can directly install the font by right clicking the font file and clicking install.

    I you are looking for Nepali Unicode, you can get it from Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya site.

    Keyboard Layout for Nepali

     




     

    Here is a keyboard layout for Nepali typing. Hope this will be helpful for those who are willing to type Nepali. I have also included the alt combination keystrokes. Feel free to download and use it as a reference.

    Click the image for larger view. But I recommend you download the PDF for quality printing or viewing.


    Download the PDF: Nepali layout kb

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    Hidden theme in Windows 7

    While surfing the internet i came upon this cool new hidden themes in windows, apart from the default themes in the personalization window.

    This is how you do it.

    Type the address C:\windows\Globalization\MCT in the address bar as in the figure.

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    Then it shows five folders and inside each folder there are theme folder. Double click the theme file to apply it. And there you have the hidden themes.