While technological advancements can help you work more efficiently, new technologies can sometimes cause problems that decrease productivity. Older versions of Microsoft Excel, for example, may not ...

Several Windows users have reported being unable to run the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter on their PC. You can run the compatibility troubleshooter by going to Settings > Troubleshoot > Other ...

If your company is using Office 2007 and you open a file from a previous version, such as Word 2003, the file will open in Compatibility Mode. This is because Microsoft added enhanced features, like ...

Some of the programs don’t respond well to the latest version of Windows. It crashes, and the only way out is to run it in compatibility mode. Related to this, there is another option— Register this ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

Back in December I told you about Windows 7’s little-known application-compatibility troubleshooter, which I’d used to try to resolve a problem with https://www ...

Older programs might not always work with Windows XP. You might have a favorite application that worked great under Windows 95, but the software vendor has since gone ...