On Thu 02 Jun 2011, Dunno <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/06/2011 11:49 AM, Roger Donne wrote: >> I've just got a new computer running Windows 7 64 bit and I am >> migrating all my genealogy data and programs from my old Windows XP >> machine. All is going well except for the LDS 1851 census CD - I >> can't even get SETUP to run. The CD was produced some time ago >> (1997) but I still find this to be a very useful resource for my >> Devon families research. Can anyone help? Roger > > I assume you are using the Family History Resource File Viewer v4 to > try view the disc contents? it will not work on 64bit Windows 7 & > there is no workaround, Sorry but there is a workaround. Win 7 can run a "Virtual Machine" within the operating system so a Windows XP virtual computer can run within it (and obviously the 1851 census). I am doing this myself and also running an older version of FTM plus lots of other non 64 bit compatible programs. Check out http://www.virtualbox.org/ that statement comes direct from the LDS, I > emailed them regarding this very problem & that was there answer, > they also said they are not looking to make the viewer compatible > with 64bit Windows 7. I tried compatibility mode on my pc without > success, its worth a try though as it may work for you It won't work. Try the virtual box! Cheers John -- John Bennett johndotbennettatsmartemaildotcodotuk

On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:44:16 +0100, John Bennett <[email protected]> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing: >Sorry but there is a workaround. Win 7 can run a "Virtual Machine" >within the operating system so a Windows XP virtual computer can run >within it (and obviously the 1851 census). I am doing this myself and >also running an older version of FTM plus lots of other non 64 bit >compatible programs. > >Check out http://www.virtualbox.org/ First of all, the professional version of Windows 7 has its own virtual machine. Second, I tried to install a virtual box and failed. I found a site with iso copy of DOS 6 (failed) and Linux (was working but had to be installed each time). I read that the Win 98 I tried to install was not working because VB doesn't support foreign characters. I would like to run VB on my computer (I need DOS to compile my database into a web-style format) but failed until now. Also, I was told that the virtual disk is somewhat difficult to build (you will have to exchange the data in your virtual box and the data on the disk). Denis -- Denis Beauregard - généalogiste émérite (FQSG) Les Français d'Amérique du Nord - www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/ French in North America before 1722 - www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/ Sur cédérom à 1780 - On CD-ROM to 1780

On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:44:16 +0100, John Bennett <[email protected]> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing: >Check out http://www.virtualbox.org/ VM Ware is an alternative but I don't know if it already can be run on a Win 7 computer. I failed to install too but perhaps I was too lazy to read all the documentation (it is more complicated than the virtual box in my opinion). Denis -- Denis Beauregard - généalogiste émérite (FQSG) Les Français d'Amérique du Nord - www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/ French in North America before 1722 - www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/ Sur cédérom à 1780 - On CD-ROM to 1780