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Old 29th Aug 2017, 9:09 pm   #21
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Default Re: Old Software on a new computer

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Originally Posted by Grubhead View Post
From Windows 8 onwards Microsoft did away with some types of software needed to run certain programs.
.NET Framework 1.1 was one. Software should happily run with 2 (which is included in 3.5 sp1) but I struck one program - an old version of Quickbooks - which tested for a specific version and wouldn't install. It worked ok if a comptuer had been upgraded. Horrible software anyway.
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