Even for those coming from a MS Windows environment, this is a good investment.

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"The Windows 2000 environment is a key part of our electronic business strategy, " Szygenda said.

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This problem was especially thorny for Microsoft because Virtual PC allows Windows 7 users to run applications designed for older Windows versions in a virtualized environment on their Windows 7 machines.

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