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14 May 2010   #1

Windows 98 and Windows 7
 
 
calculator question

Is it possible to use the Windows 98 calculator on Windows 7?

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14 May 2010   #2

Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert !
 
 

You don't want to use the Windows 7 Calculator ?
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14 May 2010   #3

Dual boot XP Pro SP3x86 and Win7 Pro x64
New Mexico
 
 
Freeware

Don't remember what the Win98 calculator was about but there are many freeware apps readily available. Are you somehow limited in your choices?

Monk
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14 May 2010   #4

Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1
Doncaster, UK
 
 

Sure you can. It's located in WIN98_44.CAB (or at least it is on my W98SE CD). Extract it and save to a suitable location. You can run it directly from the executable.

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This shows the Windows 7 version (on the left) with the W98 version on the right.

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16 May 2010   #5

Windows 98 and Windows 7
 
 

Thank you very much, Dwarf, for taking the time to help me, but so far when I look there, all I can find is a calculator help file. Maybe I can get my son on the job here soon. He will probably see what I am missing seeing.

The Windows 7 calculator is a beautiful thing, but I only use scientific notation and such once every 10-to-the-third years or so. To me the Windows 98 calculator makes a simpler visual statement for adding columns of figures and such.
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16 May 2010   #6

Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
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Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown View Post
You don't want to use the Windows 7 Calculator ?

I just went Start typed in Calculator & then clicked on Calculator at the top of the list to get the standard Calculator ?
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16 May 2010   #7

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Singapore & Australia
 
 

Hi LorettaW,

On the View menu, you can change the windows 7 calculator to standard. This looks like the win 98 version.

Just type CALC in run to open it quickly.

Good luck

Tim

PS: Please note that the attached pictures are as an example only.. I took them on my 2008 Server as i'm not near my Windows 7 box at the moment.
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Last edited by TimStitt; 16 May 2010 at 01:59 AM.. Reason: Add pics
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16 May 2010   #8

Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1
Doncaster, UK
 
 

Which version of the W98 disk do you have? The executable might be in different locations according to the version. On mine, which is a W98SE, it is located in the above mentioned location. Yours might be different, especially if it is the original and not SE. You will need to browse the disk. The file you are looking for is calc.exe.
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16 May 2010   #9

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
 
 

I dont get this. Whats wrong with the included calculator?
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16 May 2010   #10

Win 8 Release candidate 8400
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by LorettaW View Post
Thank you very much, Dwarf, for taking the time to help me, but so far when I look there, all I can find is a calculator help file. Maybe I can get my son on the job here soon. He will probably see what I am missing seeing.

The Windows 7 calculator is a beautiful thing, but I only use scientific notation and such once every 10-to-the-third years or so. To me the Windows 98 calculator makes a simpler visual statement for adding columns of figures and such.

Um, click on view std in calculator and you get this.


Seems I was beaten to the draw by a tick. sorry

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