How do I get Photo Deluxe 3.1 to work with Windows XP?

I have recently upgraded my PC (used to have 98SE).
Since then, I cannot get Photo Deluxe 3.1 to work
I *DO NOT* want Photoshop - it's WAY WAY WAY too complicated for me.
Photo Deluxe 3.1 was great, did everything I wanted it to do, and was so simple that even George W. Bush could work it.
The features that I used are :
* Allowing a print screen image to be pasted with CTRL+C
* EASY cropping of photos
* Wash out of photos (for back inlays of CD mixes - the back inlay was a washed out version of the front inlay, with text over the top)
* BASIC, easy to do brightness & contrast controls
* EXPORT - so I can export any image to almost any format, particularly JPG
Ideally, I'd like to continue to use Photo Deluxe 3.1
If I REALLY must, I want a SIMPLE Photo Editor (IE, NOT Photoshop) that will do the things I did with Photo Deluxe.

For the tasks Jangly Mark describes, GIMP is certainly easy. It would take less than 10 minutes to discover/learn how to do these tasks in GIMP.
The only reason why GIMP may appear to be difficult to us is because we are accustomed to Photoshop's different controls and methods.
Here are some GIMP quick tips:
Cropping:
Press 'Shift-C' to start the crop tool. Draw box. Adjust Corners. Hit 'Enter'.
Creating a washed imaged:
Tools Menu->Color Tools->Levels
Adjusting Brightness and Contrast:
Tools Menu->Color Tools->Brightness-Contrast
Jangly Mark wrote:
How do I run Photo DEluxe 3.1 in compatability mode?
Find the EXE file (the program itself) in Windows Explorer, right click on it, find the 'Properties' contextual menu item, adjust there.

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