In Windows 7 there is a built in program called Program Compatibility Assistant. It is designed to detect known compatibility issues in older programs. However, when you are an administrator on a computer and you are trying to get work done quickly the pop-up can get annoying. In order to disable to pop-up please perform the following steps:
- Click on Start and type in services.msc, hit enter
- Scroll down the list in the window that appears until you see program compatibility assistant service
- Highlight the service
- Right click on it and select properties
- Next to startup type, select disable
- For service status, select stop
- Hit apply
- Hit OK
You are all done.