Support for Windows XP is ending soon

I'm so angry about this - I dont see why I should have to a) purchase an overpriced version of microsoft because its all a bloody rip by a greedy corporation and b) buy a new computer and throw out one that works perfectly fine in fact better than the buggy one thats on Windows 7 what the bloody heck is wrong with ppl that everything should be chucked out and upgraded just cos its not the latest technology? is this the materialistic ways of living that we are going to teach our children? I dont have the money for either of these so Microsoft bite me if you want me to upgrade cos you dont want to support xp anymore then give me a free upgrade im not paying for it! :(

FYI 32-bit Windows 7 supports running MS-DOS programs, but has less capabilities than the Windows XP native ntvdm.

That was what I was concluding. Its good to know somehone with prior experience on this has concluded the same. Thanks.

I do not boot from DOS. At time of installing Windows XP, hard disk was partitioned to allow DOS to run in a separate partition. I am not familiar with the technical mechanics, but I just switch to DOS partition from option on main menu.

I do need direct hardware access.

Thanks for interest.

My 2 cents - hope it helps!

Worth more than 2 cents (and two cents is a whole lot more than someof the other posts in this thread are worth and doubtless this will be my opinion of some future posts too).

Tricky