Etka On Windows 7

[JPC]

Hi guys, anyone have any info on running etka on Windows 7?

Ive got it on my lappy with XP, but since i installed windows 7 on my desktop nearly a year ago, i havent had Etka.

Now, installing Etka is bad enough on XP, but i wondered if anyone has it working on 7?

theres so many friggin hoops to jump thru if you want to run it on 7! hardlock etc...argh!!

PM if you prefer 

[keith]

Its meant to work with the 32bit Windows 7, I just loaded mine on my old XP as didn't know which i had. took me just short of 4hours to load it.

[Neimad]

Hi guys, anyone have any info on running etka on Windows 7?

Ive got it on my lappy with XP, but since i installed windows 7 on my desktop nearly a year ago, i havent had Etka.

Now, installing Etka is bad enough on XP, but i wondered if anyone has it working on 7?

theres so many friggin hoops to jump thru if you want to run it on 7! hardlock etc...argh!!

PM if you prefer 

If it's a 64-bit version of Windows 7 you have then you're plum out of luck as the driver model doesn't allow 32-bit drivers (such as the Hardlock driver) to be installed.  If it's 32-bit it might install (the driver model from Window XP is very different to the one from Vista/7 but sometimes XP drivers still install) but it might be quirky...

The easiest thing to do is use XP Mode, but sadly that's only an option if you have a Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate edition of Windows 7.  If on the other hand you only have Home Premium you can Download this from Microsoft which (I believe) will allow you to create and run virtual machines (but not XP Mode since that is in effect a free copy of XP) -- then all you will need is a valid license for Windows XP (note that if you upgraded from XP to Windows 7 you no longer have a "valid" XP license) and you can install it on a virtual machine and run whatever legacy software you want on it... easy 

[JPC]

i have windows 7 ultimate.

Will i need to run all the emulator and hardlock stuff as XP compatable?

thing is, the install opens some of these up for you

[Neimad]

i have windows 7 ultimate.

Will i need to run all the emulator and hardlock stuff as XP compatable?

thing is, the install opens some of these up for you

In your start menu, if you type "XP" in to the search box at the bottom it should show an item called "Windows XP Mode" -- you need to run that, which will probably ask to download some data -- if you let it do it's thing (it may take some time as it's downloading a Windows XP image) it should basically start a copy of XP in a window.  From there you can install pretty much anything you want as it's a full-featured copy of Windows XP, it's just running inside your Windows 7.

[JPC]

ahhhhhhhhh ill have a try! ;0

[SteveP]

Working fine on new Windows 7 lappy 

[JPC]

is it 32 bit steve?

[SteveP]

Nope 64bit running in XP comp mode 

[JPC]

thank f00k for that! there is some hope then!

Im just installing XP mode now.

I would have done it sooner, but involved me going into the BIOS and changing a setting.

I hardly ever shut my machine down, so ive put off going into the bios! lazy i know! 

[SteveP]

Only point to note is one of the EPC (The Skoka one on mine) will no longer update and throws an error since moving it to Windows 7, but I am not 100% sure it's related.

[vRS Carl]

I have it running on Windows 7 64 Bit on my MacBook Pro through VMWare and it all works fine



Edit - to add picture

[JPC]

Got it installed and working now!

it auto updates and its etka 7.2

cheers for the input guys, much appreciated! wanted to nail this months ago! 

[MJR]

Ok I have ordered ETKA 7.2 but am running a 64bit Win7 Home Edition Laptop now.

Did the XP mode thingy but says my system doesn't support it which I already knew, worth a try anyways lol

So now have the Windows Virtual PC installed and wondered where I go from here ie what do I do next? so I can run ETKA.

Cheers MJR

[Gti_Mad]

were can u download etka from lads ?????