While we are on incompatibility Microsoft emasculated winhlp files by sending them to a STU website.
I have found a way to get them working.
1. past a copy of winhlp32.exe onto desktop or in the...

My experience over the years was that many XP apps drivers carried forward during upgrades to new OS but a clean install lost the compatibility and if that app was no longer supported then old...

Hi
I am a retired electronic designer who does schematic designs, pcb design and prototyping, however I have only ever used a windows as apps tool and have never really got to the tech end of it, so...

Over the years my desktop has migrated to new widows, eventually to W10 with new HD Drives.
I would like to bootup these drives XP, Vista, W7, to run old programs,
My Question is, am I likely to...

If you have a copy of winhlp32.exe simply put it in the same directory as the .hlp file you want to read or even on the desktop. Do not use Windows open commands but simply drag the .hlp file to...

Success
I booted from my older XP disk with win10 disk also mounted and was able to get into windows/system32/config and copy the backup registry files to replace the current ones. After repower...

I have done the same accidentally restart with all services disabled, but shift restart only restarts the same lockout screen. My whole trouble started with audio drivers not loading and all efforts...