Ed Bott: For any sort of upgrade, software or hardware, compatibility issues can be true deal-breakers. If a mission-critical program originally written for Windows XP wont run under Windows 7, youre stuck. And the economics can get ugly if an expensive or hard-to-replace peripheral doesnt have Windows 7 drivers. In this weeks screencast, I demonstrate a new feature called Windows XP Mode, which is Microsofts way of handling compatibility problems.
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