Bill asked :-

Mike, I don't understand your terminology. The term
'compatibility mode' is (surprisingly, I guess) new to me.

How to use Windows Program Compatibility mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292533/en-us

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301911/en-us

And, if you've got an hour or so to spare, you might find this WebCast
helpful and beneficial.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330604/en-us

Good luck

Mart


"William B. Lurie" wrote in message
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Mike M wrote:
William B. Lurie wrote:

Okay, then I'll use the basic system until some time
when I might go online with it. The intended use which
triggered this exercise is in a self-contained application
package.

What problems do you have when running the package in Win98/Me
compatibility mode on XP?
Mike, I don't understand your terminology. The term
'compatibility mode' is (surprisingly, I guess) new to me.

Up to 18 months ago I had a 2.1GHz PC in which I formatted
an HDD and installed Win98 and upgraded to Win ME. I believe
that it had 768MB Ram. PC died 18 months ago but I kept the
HDD which, as you know I can pull all the files off but cannot
make its OS operate. That's where I started bugging you most
valuable people.

My old Dos programs ran fine from command prompt on that Win ME.
I made graphs on screen, and captured them to IrfanView and file.
If I try to run the same programs by copying them over to
XP and running them from either Windows Explorer or CMD,
the programs run, but I have not found a way to get the graphs that
they produce onscreen, to print, or to a file, I can't Screen Capture
by 'normal' methods, or by any of half a dozen 'third party' capture
programs that I've tried.

This has been a long story, and maybe most of what I'm telling
you is extraneous.....but I'm trying to be complete.