AVID pinnacle Sold product that was being discontinued that will not work with Operating System Windows 7 New York, New York

Robert sarcasm noted. I wasnt the one complaining. I've put a black mark against your name. Anyways, let me continue to give advice to those who need it and want to hear.

If your version of Microsoft Office doesnt work in Windows7, try OpenOffice3.3. Only download it from the official Oracle website. It was a perfect replacement for my Office 2000 that did not work very well in Win7. Also, documents written in OpenOffice can be saved as a Word document.
 
For security and virus protection try Microsoft Security Essentials, AVG or Avira. These are all tested programs that do very well and are free. Once again, only download these programs from their official websites. There are a lot of bogus sites out there purporting to be the program you are looking for.
 
See, by following my advice Ive been able to save somebody a few hundred bucks! 

I have the same problem.  I have a collection of programs that no longer work on Windows 7.  The companies always give me such a flimsy excuse that they no longer support Windows 3.1.  I bought the program and they should upgrade it forever for free.  I think we should start a Class Action Lawsuit.

It's just not fair.

If you don't do HD then you could always try Windows Movie Maker 2.6 which is a free download from the Microsoft site and is fully compatible with Windows7. For burning DVDs use Windows DVD maker which is also fully compatible with Windows7.

I've edited and burnt to DVD many movies using these programs and they are very smooth in their operation with many features and effects. Only download them from the official Microsoft site. Search within the site for these programs.