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[–] hissingmeerkat@sh.itjust.works 224 points 2 months ago (27 children)

Windows 11 won't install those 25 year old programs anymore. Wine will.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 129 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (14 children)

I’m really sorry to do this, but 25 years ago was 2001.

Now that the painful part is out of the way, 32-bit software from 2001 should work in Windows 11.

[–] Magnum 3 points 1 month ago

Even XP software is in part not working correctly on current gen systems. Support since Win7 didn't get better.

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