I am running Windows XP, and won't be trying Vista for a while yet.

I was a fan of Norton commander during the days of DOS, and kept using it
until the advent of long file names.
Now I use Total Commander which is a (more powerful) look alike in Windows. It
has the facility to run DOS programs in a Window.

By chance I discovered that you can run Agenda full screen by
1. Firing up Total Commander.
2. Using Total Commander to launch Norton commander.
3. Using Norton Commander to launch Agenda.

Hopefully when I get round to installing Vista I shall still be able to do the
same thing.

Andrew


Steve Walton <swalton@...> wrote:
Just a heads up,

The new version of Windows (VISTA) has no support (none) for DOS or
16-bit Windows applications (the so called Virtual DOS Machine).

As a result, it will no longer be possible to run Lotus Agenda (or
any other legacy application) in a DOS Window, since the DOS Window
will no longer exist.

As an alternative, though, to scrapping all of those applications
like Lotus Agenda that still work well and serve the purpose,
Microsoft offers (for free) an application called VirtualPC.

Info is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

from which you are also able to download the application.

VirtualPC will allow you to install an unlimited number of operating
systems, limited only by the machine resources. So you could install
that old copy of Win95, or even DOS 6.22, and continue using Agenda,
etc.

For those who remember the days of DOS, installation is identical to
that. Once a Virtual PC is created, a virtual hard drive is also
created. This virtual hard drive must be FDISK'ed, then formatted,
then SYS'ed. Then copy the rest of the operating system and off you
go. For Win95, the above steps are necessary in order to run the
install disk. (Win2K and WinXP will boot from the CD, if that's your
choice).

Just wanted to give you all a heads up, and offer a solution.

Steve Walton






---------------------------------
Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get
things done faster.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]