Microsoft Picture It incompatability with Windows 7 and alternatives for .mix files.

Anonymous
2009-12-18T06:22:35+00:00

I have been using Microsoft Picture It for years to design tons of graphics for my business and now I have purchased a new pc loaded with Windows 7 and find that my true love Picture It! is not compatable.  I never dreamed this would be the case for a software that isn't even a decade old or that new pc I just spent thousands on would be sitting right back at the store it came from.  I really feel that Microsoft has cheated me out of something I paid for and invested so much work in by making it unusable and it has brought my small business to a standstill.  What other program is available that is compatable with Windows 7 that will allow me to edit and view existing .mix and other Picture It! format files and contain all the capabilities of Picture It?  I would be willing to purchase additional software from Microsoft to make Picture It compatable to Windows 7 if necessary.

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Anonymous
2011-03-14T18:21:06+00:00

Hello all,

I know that you are all disappointed that Microsoft Picture It is not compatible with Windows 7. 

Your feedback would be better heard if you send it to the Windows 7 Feedback site.

http://mymfe.microsoft.com/Windows%207/Feedback.aspx?formID=195

These are your options when software is not compatible:

If the program is not compatible, then you may try to install and run the program in compatibility mode.

Use the following steps:

1)      Right click on the Program

2)      Click on Properties

3)      Click on Compatibility tab

4)      Select Run this program in compatibility mode and select Windows XP, Windows Vista or whatever operating system the program was running successfully.

Refer to the link here: Make older programs run in this version of Windows

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows

If you run Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate version, install Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx) and execute your software in Windows XP.

If you run Windows 7 Home Premium, try VirtualBox (www.virtualbox.org) or VMware Player

(www.vmware.com) or any other 3party virtualization software and install a separate copy of Windows XP (either Home Edition or Professional) for that purpose. You can find virtualization software free of charge that will run on Windows 7 Home Premium. 

Sincerely,

Marilyn

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-08-08T16:44:25+00:00

    Thank you Elle 66.    I am going to try that.     

    Shirley

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-08-07T02:22:07+00:00

    No, here is the web address I downloaded my upgrade from:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/anytime-upgrade/home-premium.aspx

    Before I bought the upgrade I had to go into my bios and make sure that my computer hardware virtual support was enabled (actually, the person helping me walked me through it on the phone.)  Mine was disabled, but all I had to do was click on enable.  Then I did the upgrade, and once that was in place then I went to this website:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

    and downloaded a virtual copy of windows XP

    This one was free.  Once installed, I just installed Picture It as you would any program. 

    As I said earlier, I needed help, but with the right person, it went like clockwork.  Hope this helps you.  I have been busy on my Picture It for the past 2 days, and am lovin' it!

    Am VERY disappointed with MICROSOFT though, for this whole mess!

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-08-07T01:46:13+00:00

    Did you buy the upgrade from Dell?

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-08-07T01:44:55+00:00

    Count me as one of the many unhappy campers about Windows 7 and Picture It.   I downloaded Microsoft Digital Image 2006 in Jan. 2010 when I got my new computer.  I finally got it to do some of the things I did in Picture It.   Two problems:  I never figured out how to do labels.  Also since it was a trial it seems to me that some of the main functions no longer work.    Anyone else have this problem?

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