On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:59:46 -0700, Dennis Lee Bieber <[email protected]> wrote: >On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:49:10 +0100, "Roger Donne" ><[email protected]> declaimed the following in >soc.genealogy.computing: > >> 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 > > 1997 is still possibly in the time frame of 16-bit applications. >Such applications could be run on 32-bit Windows 9x/XP... I do not >believe any 64-bit processor can support 16-bit applications. My laptop came with Windows 7 64-bit installed, but with a DVD with the 32-bit version. When it wouldn't run most of my most frequently-used programs, I installed the 32-bit version PDQ. But it bodes ill for the preservation of information collected on computers in the last 60 years or so. So much of it will become inaccessible. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk