Installing Sage 200 on Windows 7

pepsilol · 22 Sep 2013 at 00:44

We have Sage 200, I think its V4 so it's definitely an XP jobbie.

Now I want to have Windows 7 64 bit on my desktop however I am clearly going to run into an issue with Sage.

Assuming the Sage 200 is a failure, which I am accepting it to be, what are my other options?

Sage will be installed from the server and spooled etc from the server. So my issue is how can I get it onto my PC which is on the domain.

Can I use a VM machine running XP? Can't really think of much else other than just installing XP

edscdk · 22 Sep 2013 at 06:06

install and see if it works will be step one... step 2 is post for ideas.. ive not found may programs that done work on w7 - reember you can set the compatibility optionsd

Nikumba · 22 Sep 2013 at 09:04

Should be compatible as we use Sage500 on Win7 but your sage supplier should be able to confirm which verstion of Sage will work

edscdk · 22 Sep 2013 at 09:23

ow the one thing that might not work is the sage pdf printer install, but i think you can fudge that with a newer version ov the pdf driver installer

pepsilol · 22 Sep 2013 at 12:10

I spoke to our sage supplier and he said only sage v7 is compatible, we're really far back on v4 which is for XP.

Will see what happens

Valo · 22 Sep 2013 at 12:36

Are you using Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise edition?

If so, you could download Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 and install your version of Sage on that and run it on Windows 7. If you don't want to pay for the upgrade to a native Windows 7 version.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/products/features/windows-xp-mode

pepsilol · 23 Sep 2013 at 19:40

Valo said:
Are you using Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise edition?

If so, you could download Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 and install your version of Sage on that and run it on Windows 7. If you don't want to pay for the upgrade to a native Windows 7 version.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/products/features/windows-xp-mode

High five.

Worked like a charm.

Wouldn't work on 7, kept getting errors.

Valo · 24 Sep 2013 at 12:10

pepsilol said:
High five.

Worked like a charm.

Wouldn't work on 7, kept getting errors.

No problem!

Glad it worked, it's what it's designed to do

The best part is you don't even need to run the app in a dedicated virtual machine window, you can have a shortcut to the app on the desktop and Windows 7 will run it almost like a native app.