[Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

[Frank Stearns]

On Tue, 1 Mar 2016, Robert Lauriston wrote:

> Windows Virtual PC is a VM, Microsoft's answer to Oracle's VirtualBox.
> XP Mode is a Virtual PC system image that includes XP and uses the
> license from the Windows 7 host. It integrates with Windows 7 better
> than VirtualBox does.
>
> This has nothing to do with the various Windows 7 "compatibility
> modes." You have to download and install Virtual PC and the XP Mode
> add-on. You can also use Virtual PC to test legacy versions of MSIE.
>
> VirtualBox is more work to achieve the same end and it requires an XP license.

It's true; there is a separate emulator from MS. Part of the 
frustration (and fuel for continued mistrust of MS) was that one would 
think MS's own compatibility modes for hosting its very own legacy 
products would be enough, particularly after it examined the app and 
chose the mode!

But you had better luck than we did. We started down the road of the
separate emulator from MS but then as the MS solution was examined in 
detail, there appeared to be a number of "gotchas" and potential 
"breakages" we weren't willing to risk. And, after 25+ years of 
windows, we've learned the hard way to expect, uh, bumps in the road 
with many of the solutions offered by MS.  :)

For us, at the same detailed level of product examination, the Oracle 
solution seemed cleaner and less likely to cause collateral damage or 
problems. (Can't remember the specifics now, but there was one 
particular show-stopper with the MS emulator that pushed us away.)

Indeed, VirtualBox does require an XP license but that was easy for 
us; all of our XP install disks from all of our systems are stored in 
our applications library. We just grabbed one at random and about 10 
minutes later the Virtualbox was up and running, no fuss, no muss, no 
weird problems, and the underlying Win7 install was unaffected.

As they say, your mileage may vary.

Frank

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