Using PS CS3 on XP Mode on Windows 7 professional?

I'm using Photoshop CS3 on an old Windows XP computer, which needs to be replaced soon.
Would like to run CS3 on a new Dell with Windows 7 Professional operating system.
Dell says that Windows 7 prof. is "Windows XP Software compatible" if I download and use software called Windows XP Mode.
Adobe says no, it won't work, but I'm not sure the chat representative understood my question.
Dell says it yes, it will.
Anybody have any experience trying this?
Thanks

Not sure about the Windows XP mode software. However, you can try running Photoshop CS3 in Windows XP compatibility mode by right clicking the executable file from C:\Program Files\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Photoshop.exe. If Photoshop is launching, then update Photoshop to 10.0.1 version from Help > Updates.

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import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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 for(int i = 0; i<devices.length; i++) {
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device = devices[i];
break;
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Edit: Decided to make the font size bigger. Eyestrain is killing me.

Darryl Burke wrote:
neptune692 wrote:

Edit: Decided to make the font size bigger. Eyestrain is killing me.Hopefully that will carry over to my response and I won't have to edit to add it ;)
I don't see the lag you describe. There's some flicker when moving the internal frame around rapidly (it looks as if the borders follow the content a split second later, but can't be caught in a screen capture) but that's no different when I show the internal frame in a normal (not full screen) window.
<tt>Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Darryl>java -version
java version "1.6.0_17"
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Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 14.3-b01, mixed mode, sharing)</tt>
dbThanks for your reply and thanks for testing out my code. Could this lag be something wrong with my VM on Windows 7, cause the lag is extremely bad as in it takes a couple seconds for the internal frame to catch up with the mouse. I also just noticed that any other components in full screen exclusive mode on Windows 7 lag as well. Such as scrolling though a large amount of text, the scroll bar will lag far behind the mouse location and take a couple of seconds to catch up even when the mouse is moving fairly slow. I was hoping it was something in the code I was doing wrong but I guess not? Any suggestions on how I could fix this problem? It really makes my applications appear sluggish. For example when you click on a normal window such as in Windows Explorer and drag it to a new location the mouse stays in a fixed position on the window while you are dragging it. However with this lag the mouse appears to be "detatched" from the window and does not stay in the same location on the window while dragging. Does anyone else experience this or is this normal? I'm using Windows 7 64bit but I don't think that would make any difference. I'd also like to point out that I'm using Java 6 update 21 I don't know if that would make a difference opposed to update 17.
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I have PLENTY of Windows XP pro licences that are not in use any more and I have the media. I would prefer not to install a whole VM package and have to run it in a VM as I want to use it on a 8.1 tablet I have.
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Me,
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Even if there were a way to build a Windows XP mode within Windows 8.1, it wouldn’t be supported past April 8th, which is the end of support date for Windows XP.
This includes Windows XP mode in Windows 7.
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Rule).
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Hardware Manufacturer support:
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Some basics.
VMs are virtual machines. They run inside or under or side by side (same thing, just what people call it) and your Mac will run Windows and this application just peachy - perfect for anything except games.
Running Windows as Windows is also called running Windows natively (directly on the hardware, versus running in one of those VMs), is also called a dual boot: boot Mac OS -- or you boot Windows.
VMware Fusion: Install Windows via Boot CAmp (native, on its own hardware), but / and, you can also then use Fusion (which is a VM) inside Mac OS when you want; or, you can boot and run Windows natively.
XP Mode requires hardware virtualization to be enabled in the system board bios (that is EFI or actually UEFI, that Macs use). On a PC you have to enable it in BIOS as it is off by default usually.
It 'should' be enabled. Separate from 64-bit hardware. And separate from your UEFI firmware which is also 64-bit. But the Mac Pro found itself with VT-d off after an Apple Security Update. Go figure.
XP Mode is really just hardware VM. And using Sun (now Oracle) VirtualBox VM (free) is easy.
A VM just does not benefit from 64-bit, unless you need to allocate say 4-6GB RAM in your VM, and your app definitely does not.
Pro version is what MS sells or offers to education institutions.
Is needed for more backup options, XP Mode, dual processor (Mac Pro).
Download and play with VirtualBox and Windows 7 Pro 32-bit.
I have Pro and Ultimate on two systems.

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