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Another solution which will work is to do a search for 'XP on Windows 7', choose the microsoft link and download the XP virtualisation software for Windows 7. (It's called XP Mode)
What it will do, is run a virtual copy of XP in windows 7 with full 100% XP compatability - because it is XP, just running in a window on the Windows 7 platform. It's a standard feature of windows 7 - dont' get this confused with the properties/compatability option if you right click on an item to try and backward compat it.
I've used this numerous times on special XP only software at work and for situations like you have experienced above.
This way you can enjoy the benefits of new architecture of windows 7 for the newer processors, memory maps, directX etc, but also have the benefit of a fully working XP machine on demand.
Cheers
Mark
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