Run Chief 9.5 on Windows 7 Pro

[marcojimj]

I have loaded up Chief 9.5 on my new PC with Win7 XP PRO. (which has a virtual Windows XP mode)
The hasp key did not work.
I updated the hasp driver thru Microsoft - did not work.
Went to the Chief site and followed their directions and link to Aladin (now Safenet) site & downloaded and tried their drivers - they did not work.
Contacted Safenet - the software designer in charge of the hasp keys says that the Chief program files are locked to NOT ALLOW operation on a virtual machine (this is the default, but changable setting on their file, which is incorperated into the Aladin interface when Chief installed it on their program), and that a simple and minor file update by Chief would make it possible for Chief to recognize the hasp key on a virtual XP machine. He said for the Chief Guys to call him and he would tell them how to do this.
Please Help.

[David J. Potter]

I tried to do the same thing earlier this year with similar results.
Lew Buttery mentioned someone actually succeeded doing what you want to do but personally the only way I can stably run something as old as 9.5 is directly within Windows XP (no emulators and no other vias).

I have a separate hard drive to which I can dual boot when I need to use 9.5, 10 and X1 which all run smoothly within XP x32.

All it cost me was a few bucks for the hard drive and a few minutes to study on how to set it up.
That is what I recommend because that is the only thing I got to reliably work.

DJP

The "Chief Guys" are paid to support current versions of Chief (not older ones). As unfair as that may seem it is the way it is.

My solution does work without regard to "Chief Guys" offering help which they cannot give you.

DJP