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Buying new laptop / compatibility with older software
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sausage_time said:Last time I used Windows I seem to recall it had various compatibility modes for older software if needed. Is that not still the case?Yes it is.If you just try installing the old software on Win10 or Win11 then it may be recognised as old software and flagged to always run in 'Compatibility Mode' as an older Windows version.Or you could do that manually, install the software, right-click it and select Properties and then on the 'Compitibiliy' tab tick the box and choose the old Windows compatibility version you want to run it in.
(Sorry about the poor quality screenshot)Note that the compatibility versions offered will/do change depending on just what old software you have right-clicked.
Some will only go back as far as Win8, others will go back as far as Win95:
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