i2050 with Windows 7

[SCs5thGen]

Is there a way to "run with previous versions of windows"? I was told there was but not sure how to... When I try to start the 3.0 version of 2050, the progress bar makes it almost to the end then i get an error. I am not able to getr that error now. This is on a BCM 400 w/ 4.0.
I think it is a setting in Windows 7 to allow it or not. I had something similar, if not the same, on my Vista laptop but that it over 2 years ago and I do not remember what i did to fix it.
Any help is much appreciated.
I am hoping not to purchase a license server for 2 or 3 softphones...

 

[gwebster]

Windows 7 is supported with 2050 3.4.003 or 4.0.014. The former is not supported on BCM at all. The latter is supported on BCM 50/450 but not on BCM 400.

 

[SCs5thGen]

You are saying that I2050 3.4.003 and higher is not supported on BCM 400? Only on 50/450? I am not sure what you meant by former/latter...

 

[gwebster]

2050 v3 is not supported on any version of BCM. 2050 v4 is supported on BCM 50/450 only.

 

[SCs5thGen]

Ok thx, Can you tell me what is supported on BCM 400? I have Version 1.4.0 bld 363 on my Vista laptop, working right now. That came from the BCM itself but now it seems that Nortel's website is only 3.0 and up.

 

[mnbookman]

You might consider creating a "Virtual PC" in Windows 7. Basically, you install and configure XP - each 7 Pro copy comes with a license of XP SP3.

When you install a program in SP3, it makes it available in the 7 environment. It looks like a part of 7, but it is really running in that virtual environment. You get USB, CD, etc available.

What it doesn't do a good job of is:
pulling domain policies
sharing printers
sharing mapped hard drives between environments

To get started in windows 7, you will have to install the appropriate software from microsoft, and there are some requirements on the CPU that won't allow it to work with some older systems. I'm unfamiliar with those requirements.