To Gary and all others thank you for the information on vista.? Yes, to me OPS in operating system. Bob Trapp Fairfield, CA From: "Gary Templeman" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PAF-5] vista?? ops To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original It is unlikely you would need to re-purchase ALL your software. For specific programs you should go to the company and read their information about Vista compatibility. Many programs such as PAF will run fine, others may have a free patch or update (depending on how old the program is), and others will need to be upgraded to a new version. I would also suggest running the Vista Upgrade Advisor http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx It will give you a report on the compatibility of your current software (even though you are not planning on installing vista on the current laptop). Finally, if you do have particular programs that would be expensive to update and will not run on Vista, consider getting a new computer that still has XP (Dell is selling them), or dual boot XP and Vista. You have an XP license with your current laptop, and IF you have a real XP installation disk (not a restore disk) it is perfectly legal to take XP off your current computer and install it on the new. We need to stop letting Microsoft create these ripple effects of forced upgrades to otherwise perfectly good software that we have purchased. If more people just say no to Vista, it will be a short term OS like Windows ME. Gary Templeman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:01 am Subject: PAF-5-USERS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 28 Today's Topics: 1. vista?? ops ([email protected]) 2. Re: vista?? ops (Ross G.H. Cotton) 3. Re: vista?? ops (Gary Templeman) 4. Re: vista?? ops (Gary Templeman) 5. Re: vista?? ops (Leta Christiansen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 10:21:06 EST From: [email protected] Subject: [PAF-5] vista?? ops To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I use a laptop with an XP ops and need to buy a new one. After talking to the sales people at the computer store is seems I have to repurchase all of the programs I use again to run in the vista ops. Does this hold true for PAF 5.2? or will it run OK with the Vista ops? Bob **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 10:36:36 -0500 From: "Ross G.H. Cotton" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PAF-5] vista?? ops To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Bob I don't know what you mean by OPS, but I have Windows Vista, Home Premium, on my laptop and after many problems, over 6 months, that turned out to be mine, my inability to recognise a change in thinking, I have no problems with PAF5. The only program that I had to buy was an update for WordPerfect to version X3, for $30.00. The only problem I have is with my other genealogy program RootsMagic, as I can't create a large Wall Chart in a format that I can have my local Graphics Print shop, make a copy. The beauty of Window Vista is that they have included a Compatibilityb Mode Wizard that helps you "Run Older Programs on Vista". Best of luck. Ross GH Cotton, Burlington, ON, CAN 905)639-2929 Genealogy of the Cotton surname is my Enigma I haven't sent an attachment if the details are not mentioned above GOONS member responsible for tracking the family name, COTTON, #1437 Coordinator for Cotton DNA testing Project, Worldwide see http://home.comcast.net/~cottondna/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:21 AM Subject: [PAF-5] vista?? ops >I use a laptop with an XP ops and need to buy a new one. After talking to > the sales people at the computer store is seems I have to repurchase all > of > the programs I use again to run in the vista ops. Does this hold true > for PAF > 5.2? or will it run OK with the Vista ops? > > Bob > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:49:05 -0800 From: "Gary Templeman" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PAF-5] vista?? ops To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I believe he means OPerating System. Gary Templeman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross G.H. Cotton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] vista?? ops > Bob > I don't know what you mean by OPS, but I have Windows Vista, Home Premium, > on my laptop and after many problems, over 6 months, that turned out to be > mine, my inability to recognise a change in thinking, I have no problems > with PAF5. The only program that I had to buy was an update for > WordPerfect > to version X3, for $30.00. > > The only problem I have is with my other genealogy program RootsMagic, as > I > can't create a large Wall Chart in a format that I can have my local > Graphics Print shop, make a copy. > > The beauty of Window Vista is that they have included a Compatibilityb > Mode > Wizard that helps you "Run Older Programs on Vista". > > Best of luck. > > > Ross GH Cotton, Burlington, ON, CAN 905)639-2929 > Genealogy of the Cotton surname is my Enigma > I haven't sent an attachment if the details are not mentioned above > > GOONS member responsible for tracking the family name, COTTON, #1437 > Coordinator for Cotton DNA testing Project, Worldwide > see http://home.comcast.net/~cottondna/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:21 AM > Subject: [PAF-5] vista?? ops > > >>I use a laptop with an XP ops and need to buy a new one. After talking >>to >> the sales people at the computer store is seems I have to repurchase all >> of >> the programs I use again to run in the vista ops. Does this hold true >> for PAF >> 5.2? or will it run OK with the Vista ops? >> >> Bob >> >> >> >> **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. >> (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ >> 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:02:24 -0800 From: "Gary Templeman" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PAF-5] vista?? ops To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original It is unlikely you would need to re-purchase ALL your software. For specific programs you should go to the company and read their information about Vista compatibility. Many programs such as PAF will run fine, others may have a free patch or update (depending on how old the program is), and others will need to be upgraded to a new version. I would also suggest running the Vista Upgrade Advisor http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx It will give you a report on the compatibility of your current software (even though you are not planning on installing vista on the current laptop). Finally, if you do have particular programs that would be expensive to update and will not run on Vista, consider getting a new computer that still has XP (Dell is selling them), or dual boot XP and Vista. You have an XP license with your current laptop, and IF you have a real XP installation disk (not a restore disk) it is perfectly legal to take XP off your current computer and install it on the new. We need to stop letting Microsoft create these ripple effects of forced upgrades to otherwise perfectly good software that we have purchased. If more people just say no to Vista, it will be a short term OS like Windows ME. Gary Templeman ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:21 AM Subject: [PAF-5] vista?? ops >I use a laptop with an XP ops and need to buy a new one. After talking to > the sales people at the computer store is seems I have to repurchase all > of > the programs I use again to run in the vista ops. Does this hold true > for PAF > 5.2? or will it run OK with the Vista ops? > > Bob > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 15:31:25 -0800 From: "Leta Christiansen" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PAF-5] vista?? ops To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original PAF5 works just great in Vista. Been there, Done That. Leta in SF ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:21 AM Subject: [PAF-5] vista?? ops >I use a laptop with an XP ops and need to buy a new one. After talking to > the sales people at the computer store is seems I have to repurchase all > of > the programs I use again to run in the vista ops. Does this hold true > for PAF > 5.2? or will it run OK with the Vista ops? > > Bob > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------ To contact the PAF-5-USERS list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the PAF-5-USERS mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of PAF-5-USERS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 28 ******************************************