AnyOne tried Windows7

[Jun aka Pekto]

I'm not sure if this is a compatibility issue, a dirty optical drive, or possible bad ram.

But, a few older games had issues installing:

IL2/Forgotten Battles - wouldn't install at all regardless of compatibility settings (Pacific Fighters installed fine)

Homeworld 2* - reading a corrupt install file, forcing an abort.

C&C: Generals* - I/O error near the end of the install, also forcing an abort.

So far, these games have installed fine:

Flight Simulator X
X-Plane 9
Pacific Fighters using XP compatibility mode
Command and Conquer 3 with DirectX runtime install and patching
Doom 3
Battlefield 2
Half Life 2/Orange Box

I can't seem to find my COD4, LOMAC, Falcon 4: Allied Force, NFS: Underground games. They probably got snagged by relatives since we had a lot of visits this year.

I'll go ahead and temporary disconnect the hard drive with 64-bit Win 7 in it and put in an EIDE drive with XP Home in it. I'll attempt to install the problematic games on it.

As for my non-game applications, they all installed straight forward except for Power Director 3 which came with my old X800XL video card. I had to use XP compatibility mode before it installed. It's pretty old (The latest version is 8). But, it saves fine to Divx avi plus I like its trimming tool for video clips. So I continue to use it.

* They worked fine in 32-bit Win 7 RC