can Visual Basic for applications 6.0 run in Vista?

This old version was developed back in the days of Win 95 and NT. I know it worked in Windoze 98 and 2000, but I am curious if it fails in later Windows. I am referring to the software developement kit, as well as executing the code.

Message posted on the April 06th, 2013 - 09:37 pm ET

Can't get my Acer X223W (DVI+HDMI with Apple's adapter) widescreen monitor to show anything.

Hello. I have a 3.5 years old Acer AM3800 desktop PC with 4 GB of RAM, an onboard Intel G45/G43 Express chipset, etc. I have two big 20"+ LCD monitors connected to this PC: Philip Brilliance 200P's VGA and widescreen Acer X223W's Apple ...

Message posted on the April 03rd, 2013 - 01:16 pm ET

Bill Gates entering "hardware" arena

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/03/25/bill-gates-offers-grant-for-next-generation-condom/ Bill Gates’ latest project gives a whole new meaning to the old Microsoft slogan, “Your potential. Our Passion.” The Microsoft ...

Message posted on the March 26th, 2013 - 05:36 am ET

FSX fatal error

Further to my previous post about my FSX fatal error, I still can't resolve the problem. It occurs 15 - 20 seconds after I start the program and the splash screen appears. I get a 'fatal error' message and the program crashes to the desktop. So ...

Message posted on the March 25th, 2013 - 05:54 pm ET

"Hide extensions of known file types" won't stay unchecked

"Hide extensions of known file types" won't stay unchecked on a fresh OEM install of Windows 7. It did stay unchecked with previous versions of Windoze (XP, Vista). Is there some trick, registry hack, or something that's needed to prevent ...

Message posted on the March 22nd, 2013 - 10:06 am ET

Windows Explorer problem.

In Windows Explorer If I right click on anything in the left hand pane then the screen just goes white and the program stops working, although left hand clicking is okay, this was one of the reasons why I abandoned Vista and now it's happening in ...

Message posted on the March 21st, 2013 - 11:47 am ET

old program no more supported

Hello: I used an old freeware program which run well under xp and vista, but no more with w7-x64, saying to contact the software publisher if there is any x86 or x64 version. how that technically? I know that always newer OS are backward ...

Message posted on the March 21st, 2013 - 10:24 am ET

Windows Live Mail (2011) FROM and TO column hell

Hi, we're using WLM 2011 (Vista). I have had to add both FROM and TO columns for Sent and Inbox folders because if I set them up properly (FROM under Inbox and TO under Sent) then one of the folders reverts to the asme columns as the other which ...

Message posted on the March 12th, 2013 - 11:52 am ET

Windows 8 crash in EmumFontFamiliesEx

Did anyone notice a crash or non-standard beahvior when calling EnumFontFamiliesEx()? My code works fine on Windows 7, Vista and before, but crashes on Windows 8 or just calls the callback-function just once. The debugger tells me it's a corrupt ...

Message posted on the March 11th, 2013 - 09:45 am ET

Windows 8 adoption ... at a standstill

Another article on Windows 8's abysmal sales. ~~ Four months in: Windows 8 adoption is almost at a standstill It has now been four months since Windows 8 was released, and the latest figures show that its growth — in terms of market share, ...

Message posted on the March 05th, 2013 - 10:58 pm ET

Windows 8 Sales Grind to a Halt

Gee, what a surprise. "No one" predicted this ... well, actually, everyone except WinTrolls. Even avid Windows users and developers (like my younger brother) thought Microsoft was committing suicide with Windows 8. ~~ Windows 8 Sales ...

Message posted on the March 05th, 2013 - 10:39 pm ET

[Samba] smb2 vs. NT1

hi All, We have a glusterfs cluster with 5 nodes on Ubuntu 12.04 amd64. We use this smb.conf: [global] socket options = IPTOS_THROUGHPUT TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF1072 SO_RCVBUF1072 read raw = yes server string = %h write raw = yes ...

Message posted on the February 25th, 2013 - 03:50 am ET

windows firewall blocks windows update

HI all, Windows Firewall Blocks Windows update with error Code 8024402C Microsoft provide help on this error: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Windows-Update-error-8024402C Where it says: "This error might be caused by a ...

Message posted on the February 22nd, 2013 - 05:09 am ET

Windows Vista Administrator login

Does anybody know how to login as Administrator in windows Vista? In XP we could do this by typing at the welcome screen: CTRL+ALT+Del CTRL+ALT+Del It was necessary to do it twice but not sure if it is the same in Vista? When I say Administrator, ...

Message posted on the February 21st, 2013 - 08:47 pm ET

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