Windows Interactive CD ROM on Macs?

I have an medical-themed interactive CD ROM written for Windows 98, Me, NT, XP etc.
I have a new Intel iMac running 10.4.11.
Without buying and installing a full Windows OS does anyone here know of a way I can view and print off this Windows written CD ROM?
Thanks
Panther

Insert the CD and see if Finder shows any useful files.

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I've pretty much confirmed that the interactivity between Word/Acrobat Mac vs. Word/Acrobat PC is completely hosed in certain situations...Please tell me I am wrong!
Situation: two workgroups need to work with each other sharing and editing word and pdf files for complex documents containing a TOC, list of figures, etc.
Problems reproducible on many machine types and configs:
1. WORD FILES: TOCs do not retain hot links within a doc that has been touched by a mac, and then re-saved as a PDF with the intent to have a linked TOC with chapter heads.
2. PDF FILES: that have been touched by a mac, for example to edit the document properties, will loose all TOC function as in problem #1 above.
In short, this rots for mac users who have to share/edit these files with PC brethren.
The only solution that I found for mac users is this:
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I had a meeting with the Mac users to explain this work around and they looked at me like I was crazy, and they pretty much said go pound sand, we don't care if the TOCs are linked or not.
Well, I may be exaggerating there a bit, but NO ONE was happy with this solution, including myself. Our BIG question is "Is anyone going to fix this problem in the shortterm?!?" And it's Microsoft and Adobe both that seem to have some responsibility here...with an emphasis on Adobe, as it's clearly not just an MS isssue, as you can totally destroy a working TOC in a PDF file by just editing the file properties on a mac. Arg...
I also find it frustrating that Adobe does not have a forum for cross-platform specific issues, which to me seems consipiritory. Ha!
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~graffiti wrote:
PjonesCET wrote:I have word from people that know from Microsoft support, Say Adobe is talking hot air.
Sure you do Phil.
I follow the Microsoft office Mac. Word forum and excel Forum as much or, more so even than the Forums here.
And All the experts say its a smoke screen.
You can go and look at bio of all the people by MS to answer questions and what their field of Expertise. Most have impressive credentials in their field. Many write professionally Documents, books and other such.

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Windows 8.1 Installation On Mac - Got a Problem
Hi everyone,
I'v researched a lot about installing Win on Mac but I still got a problem when everything seems to be fine.
I got a Macbook Pro Retina, Late 2013 with OSX Mavericks and Bootcamp 5 installed on. And for installing windows, I already got an empty 8GB USB Drive formatted as MS-DOS (FAT32). And I've prepared Windows 8.1 ISO in my Downloads folder.
During my last effort, I opened Bootcamp Assist and then Chose the options: "Create Windows 7 or later version installation disk" and "Download the latest windows support software from Apple". Then I chose my Windows 8.1 ISO location and my destination. When it finished ,I was expecting it to run windows setup. But it closed and nothing happened
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Hi Alcatrax,
I would recommend following the steps in this link in order to help you complete your installation of Boot Camp:
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https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/mac/5.0/help/#apdecf0e4b6-b472-438d-881e-57c230b 1c250
Prepare your Mac for Windows
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Insert an external drive into the USB port on your Mac and keep it inserted while you install Windows and Windows support software.
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Select the option to install Windows, select other options you need, then click Continue.
Here are the other options you can choose:
If you want to install Windows from an external USB drive and you have a Windows ISO image, select the option to copy the image to an external USB drive. If this option isn’t available, your Mac doesn’t support installing Windows from an external USB drive.
If you haven’t already downloaded the Windows support software for your Mac, select the option to download it. In a later step, you’ll install the Windows support software on your Windows partition.
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Note: You can’t resize the partition later.
If you need help determining the best size for your Windows partition, refer to your Windows installer documentation. For Windows 8, create a partition that is at least 30 GB.
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Click Install.
Boot Camp Assistant creates the Windows partition, restarts your Mac, then opens the Windows installer.
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

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After three weeks, you deserve a reply. Windoze does
not natively support NFS.Also deserves a decent answer...
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Java Lava wrote:
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