Microsoft’s Windows 10 seems like a big change. The version number alone is a big leap from Windows 7, and most of the default apps are new-style “universal apps,” not traditional desktop apps.
But, if you depend on traditional Windows desktop applications, you shouldn’t worry. Don’t let Windows 10’s new look fool you — if an application ran on Windows 7, it should also run on Windows 10.
Under the Hood, It’s Similar to Windows 7 and 8
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Yes, Windows 10 can run traditional Windows desktop applications. Windows 10 is very similar to Windows 8 under the hood, and Windows 8 was very similar to Windows 7. There are no huge application security model or driver architecture changes, as there were when moving from Windows XP to Windows Vista, or Windows XP to Windows 7.
In other words, if it runs on Windows 7 or 8, it’s almost guaranteed to run on Windows 10.
Yes, Windows 10 includes a whole new application model, but traditional Windows desktop applications run side-by-side with those new applications.
Windows RT is Gone
Microsoft has even killed off Windows RT, so even Microsoft’s Surface 3 can now run traditional desktop applications, although the Surface 2 couldn’t.
All Windows laptops and tablets 8 inches or larger in size have access to the full Windows desktop. Windows 10 devices under 8 inches in size run “Windows Mobile,” and don’t have a desktop. This is a bit different from Windows 8, where there were 7-inch tablets with a full Windows desktop. But, if you’re looking at a 7.9-inch Windows tablet, you probably don’t want to run desktop apps on it anyway.
Compatibility Modes
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Like Windows 7, Windows 10 does have “compatibility mode” options that trick applications into thinking they’re running on older versions of Windows. Many older Windows desktop programs will run fine when using this mode, even if they wouldn’t otherwise.
Windows 10 will automatically enable compatibility options if it detects an application that needs them, but you can also enable these compatibility options by right-clicking an application’s .exe file or shortcut, selecting Properties, clicking the Compatibility tab, and selecting a version of Windows the program worked properly on. If you’re not sure what the problem is, the “compatibility troubleshooter” can walk you through choosing optimal settings.
What Won’t Run
A few things that did work in previous versions of Windows won’t work properly on Windows 10.
Any application or hardware that requires an old driver will be a problem. If you depend on an application that interfaces with a Windows XP-era hardware device and the manufacturer has never provided a driver that works on Windows 7, you’re likely in trouble. On the other hand, if there is a driver that does work on Windows 7, your hardware should continue working properly on Windows 10.
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Any application that only worked on Windows XP and broke in the upgrade to Windows 7 also won’t work on Windows 10 — don’t expect it to. The Professional versions of Windows 10 don’t offer the “XP Mode” feature Microsoft offered in Windows 7. If you absolutely do depend on Windows XP software that doesn’t run properly on Windows 7 or newer versions of Windows, you can set up your own Windows XP virtual machine.
16-bit applications — that is, any application left over from the Windows 3.1 era — also won’t work on 64-bit versions of Windows 10. If you had a 32-bit version of Windows 7, they would run on that. If you do depend on ancient 16-bit applications, be sure you install the 32-bit version of Windows 10. This is just like with Windows 7 — 16-bit applications wouldn’t run on 64-bit versions of Windows 7, either. Try to run a 16-bit application on the 64-bit version of Windows 10 and you’ll see a “This app can’t run on your PC” message.
How to Find Out if an Application is Compatible
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Microsoft offers an Upgrade Advisor that scans your system and informs you if it finds any applications or hardware devices that won’t work properly on Windows 10. This is built into the new “Get Windows 10” application that’s been rolled out to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users via Windows Update. Click the “Get Windows 10” icon in your system tray and go through the process.
If you have important applications that you use for business purposes or anything else irreplaceable, you should consider contacting the developer or company that produced them and asking if the applications will be compatible with Windows 10. These applications should be if they were compatible with Windows 7 and 8.
If you really depend on these applications, you might want to hold off upgrading for a few weeks and see if other people with the applications say they work properly on Windows 10. You don’t necessarily have to upgrade on the first day Windows 10 is available — the free upgrade offer lasts an entire year.
Windows 10 does remove compatibility with some features built into Windows. Windows Media Center, built into Windows 7 and a paid download for Windows 8 , is no longer available. Traditional desktop versions of the Hearts, Solitaire, and Minesweeper games are no longer included, but modern replacements for Solitaire and Minesweeper are. DVD playback is no longer built in, but you can just install VLC. Desktop gadgets are gone, but those were never properly secure anyway.
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With Windows 10, Microsoft aims to make it as easy as possible — perhaps too easy — for Windows 7 and 8 users to upgrade. But some users who attempt to upgrade their Windows 7 and 8 virtual machines in VMware Workstation and Fusion may encounter a problem when using the “Get Windows 10” app, with the app informing users that their virtual “PC” doesn’t meet the minimum technical specifications for Microsoft’s latest operating system.
Specifically, users are informed that their VMware SVGA 3D virtual graphics hardware isn’t compatible with Windows 10. Thankfully, this isn’t actually the case, as Windows 10 runs just fine in a VMware-based virtual machine, but in order to successfully update your Windows 7 or 8 VM to Windows 10, you’ll need to take a different route from the much-maligned Get Windows 10 app in order to bypass this arbitrary compatibility check. Here’s how to do it. First, from within your Windows 7 or 8 virtual machine, head over to the Windows 10 download page. Look under the section labeled “Need to create a USB, DVD or ISO?” and click Download Tool Now. This will download the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool, which is a utility that allows you to download the complete set of Windows 10 installation files and then choose to either initiate and upgrade directly on the same system, or create a bootable USB or DVD to install Windows 10 on another system. If you want to upgrade other PCs to Windows 10 in addition to your VMware virtual machine, or if you want to have a Windows 10 USB installer on hand for performing clean installs on new hardware, run the Media Creation Tool and select “Create installation media for another PC.” If, however, you’re just interested in getting your current VM to upgrade, click “Upgrade this PC now” and click Next. The Media Creation Tool will begin to download the required files to upgrade your current version of Windows 7 or 8 to the corresponding version of Windows 10. The tool must download installation files which are about 3GB in size, so this process may take some time depending on the speed of your Internet connection and the current load on Microsoft’s servers. Once the download is complete, choose what you would like to keep after the upgrade — your files and apps, just your files, or nothing (i.e., a fresh install) — and complete the process. Windows 10 should install without issuing a compatibility warning about your VMware SVGA 3D virtual display hardware. After the installation is complete, be sure to re-install VMware Tools to ensure the best performance and stability of your virtual machine.
I have an
Windows 8.1 vm, running under fusion. The Windows 10 upgrade tool says that the SVGA 3D driver is not supported. I check all settings for the display and don't nothing i can change or a way to replace the display hardware. VM tools are installed.
ByteArtisanByteArtisan
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adammendozaadammendoza
The report is invalid, it is simple a bug on the tool, so the solution is to download the iso and install it from cd-rom.All steps here.
ByteArtisanByteArtisan
This worked for me: Device Manager/Display Adapters/VMware SVGA 3D - right click and choose Update Driver SoftwareChoose 'Browse my computer' and Let me pick from a list of device drivers.Choose Microsoft Basic Display Adapter.
run in admin command prompt: schtasks.exe /Run /TN 'MicrosoftWindowsApplication ExperienceMicrosoft Compatibility Appraiser'
Bvmwaresvga Not Compatible Windows 10 64
wait a little while for the windows 10 update to refresh (and restart probably)
user3840882user3840882
actually had this problem on an upgrade from 2012 server core to 2016 server core. When you go into the panther directory (c:windows~BT/soruces/Panther) you will find an HTML file where it displays this. I guess server core does not have the ability to display html files.
Anyways it was fixed by re running setup.exe as 'setup.exe /compat ignorewarning', after mounting the datastore ISO of server 2016. This allows the install to complete in my case and bypass the vmware error.
Zoobra McFlyZoobra McFly
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Hello,
Thank you for showing interest in Windows 10.
As per the issue description you are facing issue while running the app Star Stable Online after upgrading to Windows 10. The issue could be if the upgrade was not done properly or some updates need to be updated.
As you are facing issue while using app then I would suggest you to run the troubleshooter and see if it helps you to fix the issue.
If issue persists, I would suggest you to refer the thread mentioned below and see if it brings any difference.
The issue could also be related to the Display drivers and other updates. I want to inform you that updates will be released by Microsoft. So, I would suggest you to keep checking your Windows updates not only important one but optional too. If any available try to install them and see if it helps you to fix the issue.
First try to install all of the Windows updates available and if issue persists, try to update the Display drivers by following the steps provided in the article mentioned below.
If issue still persists, then install the drivers for Windows 8/8.1 from the manufacturer's website in compatibility mode and check if that works.
Make older programs compatible with this version of Windows http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/older-programs-compatible-version-windows
Reference:
Bvmwaresvga Not Compatible Windows 10 Video Cards
Hope this would help. If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of the proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.
(Now as a clickable link): https://communities.vmware.com/message/2522459#2522459
According to said thread this is seemingly affecting the running of the ALWAYS (in my opinion) unreliable compatibility checker when people are trying to see if they can reserve (an unnecessary part of the whole process) a free Windows 10 upgrade. I'd ignore it and move on and get the upgrade when it comes out and has been out long enough for the issues (that will arise) to have been sorted out about the whole process.
It's not just VMware, as stated by the VMware employee, 'dariusd': 'I should also mention that Parallels Desktop has the exact same issue, and VirtualBox does too, and -- for all of these hypervisor vendors -- there seems to be a handful of users who report success in reserving Windows 10, while the majority are told that their video driver is incompatible.' (I agree that it is interesting, but not unexpected, that Hyper-V VMs have not had any reports of the same issue..)
In the same reply, 'dariusd' re-states (and states it is a re-state) the same thing everyone should keep in mind: 'Even if you cannot reserve a copy of Windows 10, it should still be possible to download a standalone installer (i.e. an .iso file) for Windows 10 once it is released.'
After all - if you are running a VM and you are thinking about upgrading to the latest Windows OS ASAP after release (I guess someone has to be the early adopters that shake out the little annoyances for the rest of us, eh?) - you are ahead of the curve in technological prowess anyway (even today.) How you update every one (some may do it one way, others another) of your multiple (likely) machines to the next FREE version (365 days to do it) probably doesn't matter and likely will be repeated or followed by a clean install in the near future anyway. Also - if it really is all about the reservation system: just because you cannot reserve NOW does not mean you cannot upgrade in the same way as if you had later.
*shrug* Or you can let it bug you (and take it out on strangers) if it gives you something to do. ;-) Everyone has to have a passion.
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