CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide by Mike Meyers

Author:Mike Meyers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2012-10-15T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 19-50 Compatibility mode options in Windows 7

The newer Compatibility tab also adds some new options (see Figure 19-51) to help older programs run:

Figure 19-51 Windows 7 Compatibility tab

• Disable desktop composition Disables all display features such as Aero. More advanced Windows display features often bog down older programs.

• Disable display scaling on high DPI settings Turns off automatic resizing of a program’s windows if you’re using any high DPI (dots per inch) font. This was added because many programs with large fonts would look bizarre if resized.

• Run this program as an administrator As stated, enables you to run the program as an administrator. If this option isn’t available, log on as an administrator to see it.

• Change settings for all users Clicking this button applies compatibility changes made to a program to every user account on the machine. Otherwise, the settings are only for the current user.

If you need to make things 100 percent compatible with Windows XP and you have Windows 7 (Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise only) installed on your system, you can download Windows XP Mode. Windows XP Mode is nothing more than a premade Windows XP SP3 virtual machine that runs under Microsoft’s popular (and free) virtualization program, Windows Virtual PC (see Figure 19-52).

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