If they were installed under XP, but accessible to Win 7 using the XP executables / binaries,
- yes, as per post 1? I thought that was clear - "my XP
installed programmes which I
run under Win7". Yes it is dual-boot but will not be post 6/4.
wouldn't expect many such applications to function properly.
- all so far do. I have yet to have a 'failure'. All sorts of useful little utilities culled even from W2000 days and probably earlier.
Any application whose installation process is simply to place an executable file (and ancillary files) elsewhere on the disk (without modifying the registry or the Windows directory) will be accessible to any Windows OS with access to that disk (16 / 32 / 64-bit compatibility allowing).
- I cannot see I have a snowball's chance in hell of finding that out over all the years. So, I would appreciate answers from someone to
and are there any risks involved in retaining the XP OS on my drive in order to do so if I do not connect to the internet with it?
Is the answer a VM?
(without frightening mixture, of course.