[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by sounding

Anyone have a working Win-7 PC for sale?

Newegg.com

[bopat]

Originally Posted by sounding

Thanks - but that won't allow installation of VB6's 3rd-party legacy utilities.

Really? Just curious why that won’t work. You’re running a full copy of windows 7 in a virtual computer. Entire data centers are built on that technology running all kinds of software stacks.

[JoelJohnson]

Originally Posted by sounding

I'm retired and don't have the time to convert 125,000 lines of source code into Net. I have a working backup Win7 and just looking for another. Once compiled my program runs fine and the customers love it and could care less of the coding used. The problem is Microsoft -- stopping support for something they previously fully supported. Shame on them.

What are your customers going to do when you can no longer support the programs? Either from illness or death?

[TomSwango]

I have a microsoft surface pro 3 that I can put windows 7 on for $100

[TomSwango]

Originally Posted by sounding

Anyone have a working Win-7 PC for sale?

I have two different different options for youk I have both MicroSoft surface Pro 3 with windows 7 and I also have Fijitsu P7230 with windows 7. I will install windows 7 on either one and sell either one to you for $100 with windows 7 installed

[brewbob]

This is an interesting thread. I bought a new win11 computer several months ago and used a special program to move all programs from old win10 computer to new win11 computer. I assumed vb6 moved and would work. I tested it and saw the same error you mentioned. Some googling I found a lot of info on how to install vb6 on win11. Some of the web pages are very complicated or run v6 in vm. The following link looks pretty easy and MIGHT work. I have not tested the steps...but Im gonna give it a go at some point when Im bored.

Visual Basic 6.0 Download for Windows 7/8/10/11 (32/64-bit)

goggle this for more ideas...
"visual basic 6 on win11"

Good luck
Bob

[jayteadunn]

This company will make a brand new one with plenty of RAM etc. I had two of their computers until just recently. Very reliable. NEW Windows 7 Computers and Desktop for Sale

[sounding]

I have a backup plan.

[htsoftware]

I have a very nice reset Windows 10 computer that I think I can load VB6 on. I have a couple Windows 11 pCs that I have VB6 on. Send me your email address and I will let you know. harry@htsoftware.com

[MorTech]

Originally Posted by sounding

Thanks - but that won't allow installation of VB6's 3rd-party legacy utilities.

Really? I have never had a problem with Virtualbox with anything.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by MorTech

Really? I have never had a problem with Virtualbox with anything.

You can't compile VB6.0 on a win.11 OS. Win.11 is NOT backward compatible with VB, other than VB.net.

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by sounding

The problem is Microsoft -- stopping support for something they previously fully supported. Shame on them.

Is there anyone out there that's a big fan of Microsoft??

[jempat56]

I have one that you can have for free. Send me a pm and you can have it.

[htsoftware]

Originally Posted by sounding

Anyone have a working Win-7 PC for sale?

I have successfully loaded VB6 on the Windows 10 computer. Works fine. Let me know if you are still interested.

[bopat]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

You can't compile VB6.0 on a win.11 OS. Win.11 is NOT backward compatible with VB, other than VB.net.

Virtualbox lets you create an entire virtual machine running whatever operating system on it you want. So you'd load up virtualbox, load a real genuine copy of windows 7 inside of the virtual machine within virtualbox, then load vb or whatever else on top of that genuine real copy of windows 7 running in a virtual machine on top of your windows 10 or 11 machine. Problem solved,.