programs installed xp vista

As most of you, I have a dual boot system. XP on one partition and Vista on another. I had several applications installed on XP of course, but I naturally assumed that an installation in one OS would not work in another.
So I load up Vista and just for kicks I go into my XP parition and try to start a program I had installed on XP.
And low and behold, it worked. Is that normal? Are programs installed in one OS supposed to work in the other when you dual boot? It seems like a security issue.
Anyways, did anyone else experience this too? Is it normal?

What was the program?
"Reza Ghoorhanian" wrote in message

As most of you, I have a dual boot system. XP on one partition and Vista on another. I had several applications installed on XP of course, but I naturally assumed that an installation in one OS would not work in another.
So I load up Vista and just for kicks I go into my XP parition and try to start a program I had installed on XP.
And low and behold, it worked. Is that normal? Are programs installed in one OS supposed to work in the other when you dual boot? It seems like a security issue.
Anyways, did anyone else experience this too? Is it normal?

pretty much most of the programs I had on XP "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

What was the program?
"Reza Ghoorhanian" wrote in message As most of you, I have a dual boot system. XP on one partition and Vista on another. I had several applications installed on XP of course, but I naturally assumed that an installation in one OS would not work in another.
So I load up Vista and just for kicks I go into my XP parition and try to start a program I had installed on XP.
And low and behold, it worked. Is that normal? Are programs installed in one OS supposed to work in the other when you dual boot? It seems like a security issue.
Anyways, did anyone else experience this too? Is it normal?

Reza, you have discovered the Dual Boot Phenomenon ;) It's trial and error finding out which programs can be run that way. Saves a lot of time installing them again too ;) I did it from XP x64 just as an experiment, and it worked. Yet to try it from Vista though.
-- Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;) "Reza Ghoorhanian" wrote in message

pretty much most of the programs I had on XP "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message What was the program?
"Reza Ghoorhanian" wrote in message As most of you, I have a dual boot system. XP on one partition and Vista on another. I had several applications installed on XP of course, but I naturally assumed that an installation in one OS would not work in another.
So I load up Vista and just for kicks I go into my XP parition and try to start a program I had installed on XP.
And low and behold, it worked. Is that normal? Are programs installed in one OS supposed to work in the other when you dual boot? It seems like a security issue.
Anyways, did anyone else experience this too? Is it normal?

Not all programs do this, but yes, I could run most programs installed on my XP partition from within Vista. Example: Yahoo messenger didn't even launch, Swishmax did launch very good.
I am not sure exactly, but I think this is depending on what the specific program is related to the registry values it writes when being installed, and also what files it adds to the windows folder (mostly system32). Yahoo messenger relays very mush on these values, so it will not launch from another operating system.
"Reza Ghoorhanian" wrote:

As most of you, I have a dual boot system. XP on one partition and Vista on another. I had several applications installed on XP of course, but I naturally assumed that an installation in one OS would not work in another.
So I load up Vista and just for kicks I go into my XP parition and try to start a program I had installed on XP.
And low and behold, it worked. Is that normal? Are programs installed in one OS supposed to work in the other when you dual boot? It seems like a security issue.
Anyways, did anyone else experience this too? Is it normal? Not all programs do this, but yes, I could run most programs installed on my XP partition from within Vista. Example: Yahoo messanger didn't even launch, Swishmax did launch very good.

I am not sure exactly, but I think this is depending on what the specific program is related to the registery values it writes when beening installed, and also what files it adds to the windows folder (mostly system32). Yahoo messenger relays very mush on these values, so it will not launch from another operating system.
"Reza Ghoorhanian" wrote:

As most of you, I have a dual boot system. XP on one partition and Vista on another. I had several applications installed on XP of course, but I naturally assumed that an installation in one OS would not work in another.
So I load up Vista and just for kicks I go into my XP parition and try to start a program I had installed on XP.
And low and behold, it worked. Is that normal? Are programs installed in one OS supposed to work in the other when you dual boot? It seems like a security issue.
Anyways, did anyone else experience this too? Is it normal?