Does (Most) Programs work with WINDOWS 7?

I'm about to install Windows 7 on my laptop, but I am a little hesitant considering I use a lot of programs and am worried that many won't work anymore.

Does most/all the applications that work with Vista work with Windows 7 as well?

LMK... Thanks,
JJ

 

Yes. Unless you're using something from the 16-bit era.

 

Yes, Most of the programs worked for me.
Windows 7 has good backward compatibility

 

Windows 7 seems to be miles ahead of Vista and has good backward compatiblity also

 

Yeah! Microsoft assured this feature of backward compatibility! in W:7 because Vista disappointed alot

 

vista is way better as far as i think

 

most programs work with win7 i can say its best microsoft work i see.

 

They have said windows 7 is actually what windows vista SHOULD have been. Its just a shame microsoft is so money hungry to charge for a whole new os instead of just upgrading vista.

 

I would expect that Windows 7 be able to run all programs tthat would run on traditional windows. If you want you can set up dual boot using some tool like bootkey (search for open source or freeware equivalent).

 

i got problem with windows 7 when i use xampp some error msj not apear. and adobe photoshop cs 4 sometimes when i try to open youtube all the tool at photoshop cs 4 cannot be use.

 

When vista first came out compatibility was horrible until SP2 came out, I recken its the same with 7.

 

I hope Microsoft will not repeat the same mistake which they did in Vista. You can run almost all the programs in Windows 7. For XP compatible programs you can run it in 7 using XP mode. More details here

 

Yeah, most of the programs will work on windows 7, If you need to run programs like c,c++ then consider installing VirtualBox in windows7 and install xp as a guest OS.

 

Hi There

Why don't you create a virtual machine (VM) and test your required programs?

This way you get to test Windows 7 WITHOUT any negative impact on your current IT setup.

I have a VM setup guide here:

http://lanarkshireitservices.co.uk/setup-a-virtual-machine.html

If you need help then just ask.

Regards

 

AllproJJ,

Most programs that are compatible with Windows Vista should indeed be compatible with Windows 7. If you find that you encounter issues with certain software after you have installed Win 7, Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here http://tinyurl.com/9fhdl5 . It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams.

Jessica

 

They will, if they dont you can allways use a vm

 

i use windows 7... okay.. a correction here... i love windows 7 !
Windows 7 covers up all the mistakes microsoft made with vista, and it does so beautifully.

Go ahead and install in mate... and dont worry.. it has excellent backward compatibility

 

Yes the most new versions of the programs are working fine for me windows 7 has very good compatibility with older programs. But the most programs are working fine at all

 

It's clearly better than when Vista came out. There are a few programs that doesn't work that well, but they work.

 

Most of the softwares works with Windows 7.Much better than vista