Thanks for the info. Santa brought me a new HP computer with Vista on it and it has worked fairly well until this. I guess I'll keep it and try to navigate through the maze of strange happenings of which I am not accustomed! Best regards, Ann --- "Dale E. Reddick" <dereddi@hargray.com> wrote: > Hi Carole, > Hey Ann, > > Microsoft Vista has proven to be incompatible with many programs that > > work just fine on earlier versions of Windows such as WIN 2000 Pro > and > the several variations upon the WIN XP theme. Generally speaking, to > > run Vista you -often- need a new computer and new applications > software. That explains why Family Tree Maker requires patches or > replacement to function on Vista. > > There is actually a corporate IT effort being led by InfoWorld to > coerce > Microsoft into extending their support and sales of Windows XP beyond > > the deadline they've set for this Summer. Many corporate customers > of > Microsoft Windows are avoiding Vista since it creates a need to > purchase > other software 'upgrades' beyond just what is provided with the Vista > OS. > > I plan on continuing to use my 2002 era HP workstation running WIN > 2000 > Pro. I've got one Compaq XP system available, but I don't use it > because it is relatively code-bloated and really slow (even though > it's > newer than the HP). I'll likely never purchase any version of Vista. > > Instead, I'll migrate over to Mac OS-X or a version of LINUX rather > than > ever again trip up on the never-ending MicroSquish upgrade treadmill. > > Dale > ____________________________________ > > Carole Drexel wrote: > > Oh my, yes, Vista won't let you do it unless you got through all > kinds of > > tricks to download a patch. I just ordered the latest version > because I > > never could get it take the patch. > > I was able to generate a genealogy report, copy all of it, and save > it to > > word, and then send it out that way. > > If you figure it out, would you send it to me, too? I would really > > appreciate it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: gascreve-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:gascreve-bounces@rootsweb.com] > > On Behalf Of Ann Parkinson > > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 1:46 PM > > To: gascreve@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Young line BLITCH > > > > Yes, I do and will send as soon as FTM will allow me to make an > Outline > > Descendant Tree. For some reason, when I try to make one, it shuts > down > > the program. I guess Vista has some issues with FTM. I will see if > I > > can fix it and if not, will type all the info for you. > > > > Are you related? And if so, how, may I ask? > > > > Ann Parkinson > > Houston, TX > > --- JOANH954@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GASCREVE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs