Professional users need Win7 to talk about Windows7 compatibility

. It has been 2 years since Windows 7 was completed. With the deepening of users' understanding of Windows 7, the number of users has also increased. By the end of last month, the proportion of users has exceeded 27. %.

past 10 months Caozuoxitong user trends, data from Net Applications

But today, there are still a lot of people to upgrade to Windows 7 system misgivings, one of the reasons is their own The usual software does not work properly on Windows 7, especially many professional tools. The same high probability of occurrence also includes a number of software and browser-based web applications developed by many companies, and users who are new to Windows 7 will feel overwhelmed. Once again, some people who blindly follow the trend, they regard Win7 as a beast. In fact, Windows 7 has a variety of ways to solve the compatibility problem of the application software. This fear is completely unnecessary.

Compatibility issues during operation/installation

Some software installations in Windows 7 will report an error, but it does not necessarily mean that it is completely useless. Microsoft has provided a very early preventive solution. First we right click on the software installation package and select "Properties" and then switch to the "Compatibility" tab. Check "Compatibility Mode", then select Windows XP from the drop-down list (SP2 or SP3 has little effect, if there is a problem, try again). Finally, check "Run this program as an administrator" under "Privilege Levels".

After completing the above operations, and then install, you will find that the previous error prompts are gone, very smooth all the way.

If the problem occurs when running the software, you can also refer to the above steps, the software installation directory startup file (not a desktop shortcut) to be set.

Note: Some software developers will provide additional Windows 7 compatibility patches for their products, such as VC2005, etc. These patches can be found and downloaded from the product website.

Network Application Compatibility Issues

Windows 7 has made a lot of enhancements to browser protection. Even with IE8, there will be differences between XP and Win7. The typical problem is that the normal use of web applications under XP will be abnormal in Win7. For example, if the control is installed, you can see the control installation prompts, but even if you choose to install it will not help.

This is because Windows 7 defaults to the advanced protection of IE to automatically prevent the control from running and installing. The solution is to turn it off.

First right click IE shortcut, select "Run as administrator", then click "Tools" menu (if you can't see the interface, press alt key to display) Enter "Internet Options", switch Go to the "Advanced" tab, find "Enable memory protection to help reduce online attacks" to remove the checkmark in front of it, and finally confirm the exit.

Also note that if these controls are developed by the company and there has been no security authentication, then require additional conduct a set. Under "Internet Options - Security", click "Custom Level" to find "Download Unsigned ActiveX Control", adjust the option to "Prompt" and confirm exit.

Note: For security reasons, when the control installation is complete, the best will be set back to the default "disabled" and would not affect the already installed A good control runs.

Finally, Microsoft also offers the ultimate big trick to solve a compatibility problem, some friends should have thought, yes, that is unique to Windows 7 XP mode, which is equivalent to running virtual machines on Win7 An XP system, so it can run on XP, and it can be run as it is in XP mode.

by the means described above, Windows 7 can handle the vast majority of applications, concerns about Win7 compatibility is totally unnecessary. As the most modern Windows operating system, Win7 can completely let us forget XP.