|[...]there must be a work around to make it run.
| ahuman

Your naivety is showing.
Your lack of knowledge WRT the ways of The 
Borg is quite obvious.

Micros~1 is miserable at chosing names for their products ("Word", "Office", etc).[1]
Just because a product has "Windows" in its name
DOESN'T mean it is compatible with others with "Windows" in their names.
There are 3 distinct bloodlines--each with its own codebase:
cache 
of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:History_of_Windows
++DOS-based+NT-based+CE-based [2]


[1] MSFT missed the whole *Internet* thing
and ended up playing catch-up with those who did "get" it.
That and their (resulting) generic, not-easily-Googled product names
is clear evidence that M$ is NOT "visionary"
as so many clueless people claim them to be.
cache 
of http://www.dwheeler.com/innovation/microsoft.html

[2] ...not to mention variations WITHIN a bloodline.

In short: READ THE *MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS* FOR THE ITEM YOU WANT TO PURCHASE
--AND BELIEVE IT.

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