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Old 02-13-2021, 08:10 AM
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I appreciate all of the suggestions.

The program is NewViews - written for DOS in the 80's and, amazingly, it still runs in native form on Windows 10 32-bit. 64-bit, however, does not include DOS compatibility so it only works by running it within DOSBox or similar, which makes switching between it and other programs (browser or spreadsheet in my case) very clunky. I had no luck getting vDOS to work. I do not want to learn a new accounting program, and it would probably be impossible to import the 30-year history into it.

I travel a lot and bought this laptop to be the single replacement for a small travel laptop and two home desktops, so I really need it to do everything. Toting a second, 32-bit, laptop is not an option.

From what I have read, while it might be a nerve-racking weekend, it sounds as though the conversion and reinstallation of drivers should go relatively smoothly - famous last words!