I had no trouble whatsoever with regard to instaling FTM 2011 or 2012 on my PC with a Vista Home Premium operating system. Although the internet has been full of rumors about problems with Vista, I have hadabsolutely no problem wtih regard to any software since installing Vista Home Premium. Tom Herson Ithaca, NY On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:50 AM, <SherryeW@aol.com> wrote: > Yes, I also had this problem.  I tried for an entire year to get my  2011 > to work on my Vista computer with no luck.  I tried reinstalling many  times > and tried everyone's suggestions.  The disc ran fine on my XP laptop  and > another XP desktop.  I just got 2012 a few weeks ago and it works fine  on my > Vista.  I was never able to solve the 2011 problem, but it seemed to  be the > VISTA that was the problem. > > Sherrye > > > In a message dated 11/18/2011 3:03:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > ftm-tech-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > I tried  to help a friend solve a FTM installation problem and failed. She > has a laptop  with VISTA operating system. She has FTM 2005 installed on the > laptop.When the  installation finished we got a message ?FTM did not close > correctly last time  and you should compact.....? Since there was never a > file loaded (this was  during installation) this message was strange. This > message goes away and the  FTM Splash screen comes up like a normal FTM > loading, but then a Windows  message comes up ?FTM had stopped working and must > close, Windows is searching  for a solution.? I uninstalled FTM and tried > again, same result. To check out  the installation disk I tried to install on a > desktop and another laptop. They  both installed OK, so it is not the disk. > Has anyone had this problem? > Len  in California > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message