Programs won't install

[RJ]

Many programs that install perfectly on Win98 don't install on XP - such as
ATT Connection, NetZero, AVG, PM8, etc. These are downloads that I had on
the Win98 HD, and I used a flash drive to copy it to the XP hard drive. The
ATT works when I install from the CD, and NetZero works when I copy from the
floppies to the HD on XP and install. Some programs install from the flash
drive (such as Winzip95). Is this a normal thing with XP?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You probably need XP-compatible versions of those programs. The ones you are
trying to use are likely older versions designed for Win98.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

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[RJ]

The Att8.0 that I downloaded is XP compatible. When I tried to install it
said it's "encountered a problem and needs to close". When I downloaded it
to CD (at my computer at work) and loaded the CD, it installed just fine.
But when I download it to the hard drive of my Win98 and then copy it to a
flash drive, it doesn't install. Why is that?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

At a guess, corruption of the file during one copy process or the other. Or
possibly there are disk errors on the Win98 system that aren't critical at
the copy/paste level, but alter enough bits for the program itself to fail.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[RJ]

the same programs and files download/install/unzip/extract flawlessly in Win
98. It's just WinXP I have a problem with. I thought WinXP was supposed to
be better than Win98, and backwards compatible.

 

[Malke]

the same programs and files download/install/unzip/extract flawlessly
in Win 98. It's just WinXP I have a problem with. I thought WinXP was
supposed to be better than Win98, and backwards compatible.

XP is a better operating system than Win9x/ME. But it is a *different*
operating system. Not all programs run on all operating systems.
Contact the makers of your programs to see if they have updates of
their programs that are natively compatible with the XP operating
system.

Malke

 

[RJ]

Forgot to mention the programs do install on WinXP if I burn them to a CD
(on another XP machine) and then load it to my XP hard drive but if I
download it to my Win98 computer and use a flash drive to move it to the XP
computer, it doesn't install. Well some do, most don't.