Pat has asked me to let the list know that she is grateful for the replies to her email below, however, she is having trouble receiving list mail and I have forwarded your replies to her. She is going to digest your comments and reply in person when the list servers let her send & receive again. Please accept her apology for not answering herself. Jim On 07/01/2014 2:24 PM, PJK :o) wrote: > Hello list, > > I have been using Family Tree Maker 2005 on both my laptop (OS = XP) & my > desk top pc since it came out. Because the desk top has Vista, I had to > download a patch to enable FTM 2005 to work. > > However, I've recently upgraded my lap top & as it has Windows 8, I know > that FTM 2005 isn't compatible & there isn't a patch to make it so. > > Because of this, I'm looking into upgrading from FTM 2005 to FTM 2014, which > I know I can use with Vista & Windows 8. However, I'm concerned about the > transfer of data from FTM 2005 to FTM 2014. > > Will any of it be lost ? Will all the notes, pictures etc. still be there ? > I'd rather keep it all on my Vista desk top pc than lose some of it because, > like most of you, I've spent years on my tree. > > However - again !! - I know that I'll eventually have to upgrade my desk top > pc from Vista to Windows 8 or the OS that's brought out when it needs > replacing - so I'd like to have a genealogy programme that's going to be > compatible for quite a few years. If you know what I mean :o) > > I'd be grateful for any advice before I go ahead & buy FTM 2014 - or another > version if that's what you'd recommend. > > Thank you :o) > > Pat.xxx :o)) > A Maid of Kent > http://peajaykayspatch.blogspot.com/ > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Version 2008 - 2012 > http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >