Thread: Windows 10 - free upgrade to those with PC using Windows 7 or 8
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Old 05-16-2015, 04:22 AM   #567
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Originally Posted by shalym View Post
Hmmm...I didn't realize that was an actual issue. I know that I was able to install some games that were made for Windows 95 onto my Windows 8 PC (one of them works better on Windows 8 than it did on XP, actually) Can you give me an example of some programs that won't work on Windows 8 but did work on XP?

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The specific issue is that 64-bit Windows has removed support for 16-bit software. A lot of older software used 16-bit installation programs, and hence will not install on 64-bit Windows.
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