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Clitheroe KidJun 20, 2010
 

 
You'll just have to try the solutions and see how you get on.

I'm running Windows 98, so I've no information about Windows 7. And the page
I mentioned to you contains solutions that are optimised for Windows 98.


Because Windows XP has a method for emulating Windows 98 (or so I'm told,
I've never used XP) the solutions outlined on the page in question should
be capable of working under XP, if they're run in its "Windows 98 mode" (I'm
sure that's not the correct term, but hopefully you get the idea).

Alternatively, I'm told by a knowledgeable friend that Windows XP/Vista/7
are capable of running Windows 98 in a "box" (a virtual machine), just like
we Win98 users run DOS in a DOS box, thanks to a free download available
from Microsoft called "Microsoft Virtual PC 2007".

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&displaylang=en

If you're running Windows 7, provided you don't install the Windows XP Mode
and Windows Virtual PC updates on it, you can install and run Microsoft
Virtual PC 2007 instead (Windows Virtual PC is not meant to be run as an
application like Microsoft Virtual PC 2007).

Apparantly, by installing Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 you can create multiple
virtual hard drives and run multiple legacy operating systems on XP, Vista
or 7. (I saw a demo of 32-bit Windows XP running within Microsoft Virtual PC
2007, on an HP Pavilion x64 system that was running something called
'Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit' - whatever that is.)


Alternatively (here's yet another alternative), I gather that other
operating systems (such as Win98) can be run on a Windows Virtual PC on
Windows 7, in theory. But I couldn't follow the explanation - sorry.

Hey! I only use Windows 98. You're lucky I understood even this much! :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Kenrick" <steve.kenrick@...>
To: <just-a-minute@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:47 PM
Subject: RE: [just-a-minute] Downloading programmes


> Thanks to you and kJ for the two suggestions so far.
>
> Can I ask you two if both of your suggestions will work with Windows 7?
>
> Steve
>
>
> From: just-a-minute@... [mailto:just-a-minute@...]
> On Behalf Of Clitheroe Kid
> Sent: 20 June 2010 13:55
> To: just-a-minute@...
> Subject: [just-a-minute] Downloading programmes
>
> Look at this page - http://www.jimmyclitheroe.co.uk/iplayer.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Kenrick" <steve.kenrick@...
> <mailto:steve.kenrick%40virgin.net> >
> To: <just-a-minute@...
<mailto:just-a-minute%40yahoogroups.com>
> >
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:02 PM
> Subject: [just-a-minute] Downloading programmes
>
> > Now that the BBC have done away with Real files, how are people
> downloading
> > the Listen Again WMA files?
> >
>

 
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