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It may be that no reassurances or instructions relating to your software of choice are visible, and there are no suitable updates.
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Yamaha have a similar patch DLL file for their XGworks 2.0 application, to let it run under Windows XP. An example is the patch supplied by Gary Gregson for his popular XGedit utility, which cures minor graphic corruption when running under Windows 2000 and XP.
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You may even be able to download a small 'fix' or 'patch' file that, once run, will render the original application completely XP-compatible.
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When it comes to software released before Summer 2001 and not subsequently updated, many helpful developers have posted a simple assurance on their web site that all will be well if their software is run under XP, or offer specific instructions on the best way to proceed, even if an update isn't likely. What about applications not covered by Microsoft's list? Well, all Windows software released in the last couple of years will almost certainly be XP-compatible. It can also be run on demand: just click the 'Check System Compatibility' option on the 'Welcome to Microsoft Windows' page that appears after you insert the XP CD-ROM into your drive or run its Setup.exe file.
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The Upgrade Advisor is also supplied on the Windows XP CD-ROM, and runs automatically as part of the Setup routine if you decide to upgrade an existing version of Windows. This tool will scan your hardware and software for possible conflicts, but it isn't infallible - particularly, it seems, with scanners and software-based modems, often declaring them incompatible when in reality they're working well. If you have a program that causes you problems running under Windows XP, the Program Compatibility Wizard provides a selection of modes that emulate various previous versions of Windows.Microsoft do also provide the Upgrade Advisor (a free 32Mb download). The soundcard section is almost exclusively devoted to Creative products, for instance, while the Digital Video, Audio, and Animation section contains none of the most popular music software. So how can you find out whether any of your software might cause problems with XP? Firstly, Microsoft have a database of hardware and software that has been declared compatible ( although it's by no means exhaustive, particularly in the case of music products.
Others may have older music software that's still vital to their studio, but whose developers have gone out of business, leaving no prospect of an XP update. However, some musicians, while attracted to the new features of Windows XP, are still perfectly happy with the feature set and performance of their existing software, and don't want to fork out for updated versions, especially if they include a lot of new and (for them) largely unwanted features.
Two years on, the vast majority of soundcards now have stable and efficient XP drivers, and most of the major music applications have been updated to new versions that incorporate XP compatibility, while other more recent releases, such as Steinberg's Cubase SX have been written from the ground up to suit Windows XP. This mode allows older applications to think that they were running on a previous Windows version, which can solve a lot of problems. However, Windows XP had another trick up its sleeve, in the shape of its Program Compatibility Mode, a function first seen in the Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, but rather more versatile in its latest incarnation. Older applications stood a rather better chance of running under Windows XP than hardware, but it was still a bit of a lottery - some were found to work perfectly well, while others crashed, or even refused to run at all. Many people upgraded their PCs to Windows XP immediately it was released and discovered the hard way that some peripherals (particularly soundcards, scanners, and printers) simply didn't work at all, and either returned to their previous version of Windows, or rushed out to buy replacement hardware that did work. To be supported under any new operating system, hardware nearly always needs new drivers, so it's extremely important to wait until these have been written before installing Windows XP. However, this compatibility mainly applied to the most popular third-party products, including (naturally) Microsoft's own range, leaving a huge number of other software applications and hardware peripherals in limbo. When Windows XP was first released, it was already compatible with a wide range of hardware and software applications, largely because Microsoft and various third-party developers had been working together to ensure the widest possible customer uptake of the OS. Do you have elderly Windows or MS-DOS software that refuses to run under Windows XP? If so, there may still be a way to get it working.
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