Re: What does compatability mode actually do?

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Richard G. Harper [MVP] <rgharper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Start here, links to other articles with more info.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/
bf416877-c83f-4476-a3da-8ec98dcf5f101033.mspx

As I wrote before, that is where I got my first quote
from. If I need to diagnose a problem, the information
on that page is far too shallow and vague to be of any
use whatsoever.

For example, with reference to this:

"Runs the program using settings from a previous version
of Windows."

Which settings are those, then?
.

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