Visual Basic For Win7 64bit Printer

Learning Visual Basic. Running a VB5.exe on Windows 7 64 bit. Apphp Medical Appointment on this page. Because Win XP is having its support pulled out from under it he is migrating to Win 7 64-bit. Microsoft → [WIN7] windows 7 64bit printer driver needed for HP LaserJet 6L. Uniqs 1150: Share « [Excel] Visual Basic help - stopping a change event macro from running • Off Topic.
On my system I am using the following: Windows XP Professional SP3, Visual Basic 6 Enterprise Edition, and Crystal Reports XI Developers Edition. Driver Hp Color Laserjet 1600 Per Xp. I also have quite a bit of other software. In previous reports I remember reading that VB6 will work with Windows 7 if 'AERO' is NOT turned on. By the way, I never went to Vista and I DO NOT know the purpose or use of 'AERO'. Now that Windows 7 has 'Windows XP Mode', is that statement still true? I do some development and maintenance of PC applications in VB6 and do not want to give it up. Can someone please advise.