Running Classic - depends on OS or on computer?

I'm a little unclear on this, so I hope you can help.
I have an iMac G5 (PowerPC, not Intel) purchased in 2004. My OS is 10.3.9. I can run Classic apps on it.
Soon I will be upgrading to Leopard.
It was my understanding that Classic support was gone for the more recent crop of Apple computers (MacBook, MacBook Pro, Intel-based iMacs, etc.) Since my computer is rather old (as far as computers go), I thought I would still be able to run Classic even after upgrading to Leopard. But someone told me that Leopard has no Classic environment. Is this true -- that ANY computer running Leopard is Classic-free?

Allan, you must have been reading my mind. I just posted my question about tweaks; and lo and behold, there was your answer.
Good advice. I'm perfectly happy to run everything in OS X, so Classic is not important to me. But it's good to be forewarned. I occasionally work with some files in a couple of pre-OS X versions of software. Now that I know about Classic's status in Leopard, I've exported these files to formats that will open in OS X or that can be imported into an OS X version of their original program.

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How did you upgrade to Tiger?
Simple Upgrade?
Archive & Install?
Erase & Install?
Which OS did you upgrade from?
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
pre-Gigabit ethernet Powerbook G4s came with 9.1 on their restore CDs, and could also take 9.2.1 retail. They can both boot Mac OS 9 and use Classic.
Their USB ports are behind a back flap between the hinges.
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DVI Powerbook G4s are like the Gigabit Powerbook G4s, except the fact they already came with 9.2.2. 867 Mhz and faster versions of these can both use 10.5 and boot into Mac OS 9. Once upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5, they can't use Classic except on a second Firewire hard drive or partition with 10.4.11 and earlier loaded.
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Hi Sonia,
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--> If you buy a new PowerBook, Classic system folders will be (most probably, I didn't buy a PB myself) situated in the "Additional Software & Apple Hardware Test" disc that came with it. They won't be preinstalled by default.
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please help me in few and clear words so i reach the stuff without reading a lot of webpages or help-articles....
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Your profile is a bit confusing, Can you list in your profile the computer(s) you have, including the one about which you are posting?
Dear Corneluis.... i have :
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3) My Current iMac 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (with the Original Mac OSX 10.5.x Tiger DVD coming with), and i am running now OSX 10.5.3
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   at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.DataProtectionLocal.UnprotectData(Byte[] data, Int32 dwFlags, Boolean transitoryData)
   at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.DataProtectionLocal.LocalUnprotectData(String data, Boolean transitoryData)
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   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

Hi Vivek,
In Reporting Services, values for LogonUser, LogonDomain, and LogonCred are created when the report server connection is configured to use a domain account. As to the error that “The encrypted value for the "LogonCred" configuration setting cannot be decrypted”,
we can know that it relates to the domain account for report server connection.
To fix this issue, we can refer to the following steps:
Log in to SQL Server Database Engine in SQL Server Management Studio.
Under Security folder, give sufficient permissions for your domain account.
Open your Reporting Services Configuration (go to Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -> Configuration Tools -> Reporting Services Configuration)
Navigate to the Database Setup tab, select ‘Service Credentials’ as the Credentials Type, then type your domain account and password in there. Press Apply.
Restart the Report Server services.
Reference:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/2d05b404-83aa-4fb2-bba6-52b587e890ec/sql-2005-rs-configuration-tool-encryption-key-error
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Katherine Xiong
Katherine Xiong
TechNet Community Support

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