I just read about "compatibility mode" which seems to be something different than "XP Mode". I was about to figure out how to install "XP Mode", when I thought I better check with somebody here first. When I need more, I can use Photoshop Elements if I have to, but JASC Paint Shop has been my go-to photo editor for quick/simple jobs since 2004. JASC Paint Shop Pro is very simple, and does exactly what I need. I'm not a graphics artist, and I don't need a program with a quadrillion functions, I just need to be able to do a few things and do them well. Trying to accomplish even the most simple of things, like cropping a picture or resizing a picture so I can upload it onto a Forum, is an exercise in frustration. I realize there are lots of newer and better programs, but I've tried a couple already (GIMP and Picasa 3), and "intuitive" they are not, at least not for me. I'm sure even JASC Paint Shop 5 would be fine, since that was the last "upgrade" before the software was bought by another company and wholesale changes began (or so I've read). I know it's old, but I'm used to it and it works for my purposes. The other program I could REALLY use is JASC Paint Shop Pro 4.3 (or something like that). I would really like to be able to use this program, but Win7 won't even let me install it. Micrografx Windows Draw 6.0 'Print Studio Premier Edition' I wanted to use a few of my old programs, so I bought Win7 Pro (64-bit) because thought I needed it for "XP Mode" to run any programs that would not run in Win7. I recently finished my first PC build, and I've never messed around inside the case, so hitting the power button and actually having the machine flicker to life was sort of a '2001: A Space Odyssey' monkey-throwing-bones-in-the-air moment, with Also Sprach Zarathustra playing in the background.
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