Serial Comm App not running properly on Win XP Pro

[Guest]

Dear All,

I had Serial Comm. App (developed by using VB6) .. it runs properly on Win
98SE, when trying to run on Win XP Pro .. I got Windows error (it asks me to
send error email to Ms).. my question is: is there any special
treatment/trick for doing this on XP? .. I need advise

Regards
Teddy

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi,

Here is a very good article about running older programs on compatibility mode in Windows XP:

Application Compatibility in Windows XP [Charlie Russel-Microsoft MVP]
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02february18.mspx



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[Malke]

Dear All,

I had Serial Comm. App (developed by using VB6) .. it runs properly on
Win 98SE, when trying to run on Win XP Pro .. I got Windows error (it
asks me to send error email to Ms).. my question is: is there any
special treatment/trick for doing this on XP? .. I need advise

Regards
Teddy

NT-based operating systems such as Windows XP will not allow an
application to directly access the hardware. This may be your problem.
Check with the makers of the application. Since you didn't provide any
details about the application such as its name or what it does, that's
as specific an answer as I can give you.

Malke