If Newport works, I'll post a note. The guy who sold me the machine told me it probably won't run older 32 bit software, so I'm not optimistic.
Tom,
The VMware has a free utility that will take a "snapshot" of your running old computer XP system, make an image file of it, then you can create the old machine, software and all into the virtual machine on the new W7 box. You'll have to re-activate it with Microsoft, but aside from that, you'll have the old xp box working just fine as it was on the original box. Plus you can soup it up if you wish. Under the vmware virtual version I gave my xp box two processors and 3GB of RAM. So it now runs much snappier than it did then when on the original box! Of course, do note that a good sized external hard drive will be useful to swap the system image between the two machines. So, in this case, Newport will still think it's running on the same XP box and be quite happy. That's how I'm running Automatic Investor. Works like a charm.
Best,
AIMster
