The numbers have nothing to do with the software but your computer system. If you have a 32bit computer any software set up for 64 bit will not work on your computer. My desk top is 32 bit and my laptop is 64 bit both have W10 installed and are working fine but the laptop being 64 bit has a few extra features on W10 -----Original Message----- From: "mhhr via" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: ‎04/‎02/‎2016 19:22 To: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington.one@gmail.com>; "yorksgen@rootsweb.com" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] FTM and Windows10 Nivard, I have Windows XP and following your advice neither of the numbers 32 or 64 appears. Murray NZ PS How was my snipping? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington via" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> To: <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 11:42 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] FTM and Windows10 > > Click start button bottom left > > In the menu you will see Computer, *right* click over it and select > Properties > > That should show a page with all the information on it and the version > of Windows you are using including if its 32 or 64 bit > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com 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 YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It is helpful, I have ftm 2014, but I have windows 7 on my laptop. Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Brian via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> To: YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com; Subject: [YORKSGEN] FTM & Windows 10 Not sure how helpful this will be. I have FTM 2014 running with no problems at all on a Windows 10 - 64bit Laptop. Laptop upgraded to windows 10 from windows 8.1 Brian -- >From a Dog Walker and Birdwatcher. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Murray I don't have XP any longer to be able to check, but from Microsoft Computers running Windows XP. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. If "x64 Edition" is listed under System, you're running the 64-bit version of Windows XP. If you don't see "x64 Edition" listed under System, you're running the 32-bit version of Windows XP Snipping not so bad but you don't need to repeat the footer note as thats on every post anyway but otherwise it looked fine Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 04/02/2016 19:22, mhhr wrote: > Nivard, I have Windows XP and following your advice neither of the > numbers 32 or 64 appears. > > Murray > NZ > > PS How was my snipping? --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Again not sure how useful this is. I have Office 2003 running on Windows 10 64 bit without any problems. The only thing about this version is it is no longer supported by Microsoft. Windows 10 update for me caused no problems at all. I am sure you can get a small program from Microsoft to check if you have any programs which are not compatible with Windows 10. It will become necessary to upgrade as Microsoft stop the support for older versions and leave them vulnerable to hackers. My advice would be go for the upgrade whilst it is free (till July i think). If you have any concerns and to be honest even if you don't, create a Clone of your system (Plenty of software available) so you have a backup. If you do upgrade you can (for a month I think) role back to the previous system from within Windows 10 very easily. Brian -- From a Dog Walker and Birdwatcher.

Hi Linda I had several answers on the theme of Windows 10 and FTM versions The latest said she had tested FTM16 and no problem, and even tested FTM version 6 predating yours and that worked (both needed a pdf printer but thats a known problem and free to get round) So the omens are good if you have a 64 bit machine Personally I would still try and get a later version of FTM and upgrade, keeping full back ups of all versions of database That way you would be covered for most eventualities Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 04/02/2016 02:06, Linda via wrote: > Nivard, It is VERSION 8. It says August 05, 2000, Version 8.0 for Windows > 95, 98. > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Peter wrote: "Why bother changing to Windows 10. If everything is working ok stay with it until you have to change your PC. Peter Sent from my iPhone" Lancelot replied: "Why? Because Microsoft is stopping updates for older versions of Windows so your computer could be vulnerable, even though you have Anti-virus installed. Lancelot, Middlesbrough" Linda says: MS is still supporting WIN 7 and probably will continue to for a long time. It was only recently that they stopped supporting Vista (released in 2007) and that was a miserable version. Most people I know still use WIN 7. When I bought my current machine, I went into Best Buy and 'test drove' WIN8 and didn't like it at all. I am not a tech neophyte. I worked for Hewlett-Packard for 24 years, and several of those years were in tech support. I get auto updates and use Microsoft Security Essentials. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Linda Hamid Roseville, CA email: sweeth2o1@gmail.com Web: www.sweeth2o.us <http://www.sweeth2o.us/>

Hello; Bill here from Ontario, Canada. I have a 64 bit system which was running Windows 7. I have two genealogy programs running one of which is FTM version 7.5 as well as other software including the Microsoft products. I downloaded Windows 10 last July and since then have received a number of updates. I have not experienced any problems with Windows 10 and all of my software runs without any difficulty including my FTM. The only issue I experienced was one of exceeding my bandwidth on the initial download. That is difficult to avoid if your bandwidth is less than 30 gigs. Since the initial download I have not experienced any problems which is something I can't say about earlier versions of Windows. The interface with Windows 10 is different than that of XP or 7 but it doesn't take any time to get the hang of it. Go for it and in time I think you will like it. Regards, Bill -----Original Message----- From: eamca via Sent: Thursday, 4 February, 2016 4:50 AM To: brianscott@talktalk.net ; YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] FTM & Windows 10 It is helpful, I have ftm 2014, but I have windows 7 on my laptop. Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Brian via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> To: YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com; Subject: [YORKSGEN] FTM & Windows 10 Not sure how helpful this will be. I have FTM 2014 running with no problems at all on a Windows 10 - 64bit Laptop. Laptop upgraded to windows 10 from windows 8.1 Brian -- >From a Dog Walker and Birdwatcher. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com 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 YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Office 365 gives you 1.0Tb (or is it 1.5Tb?) of storage on One Drive. You will be paying an annual subscription for Office 365 so make the most of One Drive storage. Just remember to move your files to the One Drive part of your computer. This will then allow you to access things from whatever computer, laptop, Tablet or mobile phone you use. It will also give you more space on the hard drive of your desktop or laptop. I too use Drop box but that is for when other people post to dropbox I get the message or files from them. When I moved my photos to the One Drive part I got a surprise. Before doing that I had them all stored in separate folders. These include every photo. I moved all the folders to the One Drive part of my computer and it started loading them on to there. The surprise was that I had over 40,000 photos! These are all on One Drive and when I visit relatives I am able to call up any photo on my mobile and show them. My mobile is a windows version so I am not sure if One Drive works with the other versions but they should Victor On 04/02/2016 9:39 AM, Jeanne Renshaw wrote: > My old Windows machine died so I bought a new computer and installed Windows 10, Family Tree Maker 2014 works just fine. I am also have just subscribed to Office 365 for documents. > My question is which cloud storage do people use for their FH research? I use Dropbox's free allowance for all my document and used to use Google+ for photos. But now with Google Drive, including Google photos, the old Google+ has gone, my photos seem to be everywhere and sometimes nowhere! Very confusing! > I would like to be able to access them from an Android phone, iPad and Windows machine. The other major prerequisite is I would like it to be simple to use! > > Jeanne > >> On 3 Feb 2016, at 10:35 pm, Victor via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> The early versions of FTM had just a single figure then they changed it to year version I too have Office 2010 but took out office 365 last year I hesitated about this because it involved annual subscription but then learned that it also included 1Tb of One Drive which meant I could move many of my files to on line storage and access them via either my desk top, laptop or mobile which made the annual subscription worthwhile >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Linda via" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: ‎03/‎02/‎2016 21:57 >> To: "YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com" <YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: [YORKSGEN] FTM and windows 10 >> >> I have older version of FTM. My Family Tree Maker is August 05, 2000, >> Version 8.0 for Windows 95, 98. Should I buy a newer version or wait? >> >> >> >> Yes, Windows 10 upgrade is free, I just haven't accepted it yet because I am >> worried about FTM not working. I also have Office 2010, I assume that will >> work with Windows 10? >> >> >> >> >> >> Linda Hamid >> >> Roseville, CA >> email: sweeth2o1@gmail.com >> >> Web: www.sweeth2o.us <http://www.sweeth2o.us/> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com 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 YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Linda Yes I got that from your earlier reply But do you know what version of Windows 7 you are using? 32 or 64 bit? If Windows 7 Click start button bottom left In the menu you will see Computer, *right* click over it and select Properties That should show a page with all the information on it and the version of Windows you are using including if its 32 or 64 bit As to W10 crashing, that is not my experience or anyone else who I have spoken to, perhaps your IT man is being a little over negative on that score, I wonder if he has tried it ? So far the overwhelming response I have seen to W10 has been positive on the whole, it does have some privacy issues which need addressing but they are user selectable I see no need for a program to disable the W10 popups which don't interfere with anything Its your choice at whether you upgrade or not but at some point Windows 7 & 8 will not be supported leaving your computer vulnerable Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 04/02/2016 02:06, Linda via wrote: > Nivard, It is VERSION 8. It says August 05, 2000, Version 8.0 for Windows > 95, 98. > > > > My IT guy says Windows 10 crashes a lot. He advised me to not update. He > wrote a program that I can put on my desktop that he says disables the pop > ups and download attempts. He's going to send it to me. > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Yes it is 64 bit. My IT guy has WIN 10 on a couple of his machines, he also supports several mid to large sized companies so he has experience with WIN 10 on a number of machines. If and when MS stops supporting Win7 I will deal with it. It isn't necessary to stop the prompts to upgrade, just slightly annoying, so I have stopped them. If I want to upgrade, I still can. For now everything works fine and I will not upgrade. Thanks everyone, esp. Nivard Linda Hamid Roseville, CA email: sweeth2o1@gmail.com Web: www.sweeth2o.us <http://www.sweeth2o.us/> Hi Linda Yes I got that from your earlier reply But do you know what version of Windows 7 you are using? 32 or 64 bit? If Windows 7 Click start button bottom left In the menu you will see Computer, *right* click over it and select Properties That should show a page with all the information on it and the version of Windows you are using including if its 32 or 64 bit As to W10 crashing, that is not my experience or anyone else who I have spoken to, perhaps your IT man is being a little over negative on that score, I wonder if he has tried it ? So far the overwhelming response I have seen to W10 has been positive on the whole, it does have some privacy issues which need addressing but they are user selectable I see no need for a program to disable the W10 popups which don't interfere with anything Its your choice at whether you upgrade or not but at some point Windows 7 & 8 will not be supported leaving your computer vulnerable Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

I work on two computers. My laptop came with Windows 8 and I couldn't wait for an improvement, any improvement, so I upgraded to W10 at the first opportunity. These operating systems are Microsoft's way of making computers mimic smartphones and tablets, touchscreen operation, downloadable apps, that sort of thing. My laptop is touchscreen and it works tolerably. But Microsoft has responded to feedback in improving W8 into W10 and you can have the default desktop interface almost the same as for Windows 7. Mostly this is how I use it, and with a mouse rather than touchscreen. My desktop computer runs Windows 7. I feel most comfortable there. I know how it all works, it is so easy to view your files and to reorganise as you wish. I think it will be a mistake if Microsoft abandons this type of interface. For a start, I think many corporations and government departments will be happy for a long time to remain in this non-touchscreen mode of operation. And so it would be my wish for MS to offer both formats rather than eventually just phasing out support for W7. There will be people here who still happily run W5, and it works fine. My long-term genealogy software that has been upgraded continuously from DOS days has breezed through all Microsoft upgrades with no hiccups. Summary, Windows 10 is an improvement on W8 (not hard) but, for genealogy and most things, Windows 7 is a breeze. I just checked my local Dell online store and you can still purchase new and refurbished desktops and laptops with Windows 7 Professional. If you get repeated reminders to upgrade to W10 and you have no intention to, Microsoft supply instructions to stop them at http://microsoft-news.com/how-to-remove-windows-10-upgrade-notification-on-w indows-7-and-windows-8/, or google for instructions from other geek outlets. Bill -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington via Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2016 8:40 AM To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] YORKSGEN Digest, Vol 11, Issue 26 Hi Andy You may have misread that If you have Windows 7 or 8 and have automatic updates it will update either until they stop supporting them To Get Windows 10 you have to request it and until the end of July 2016 (if memory serves its July) its free, thereafter its chargeable I updated the wifes laptop W7 to W10 and had no problems, bar a few privacy tweaks needed I have mine to do soon Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 03/02/2016 19:25, Andy Micklethwaite via wrote: > I read yesterday that Windows will automatically update you to W10 if you have set automatic updates. Good luck! > Andy > > At 17:52 03/02/2016, you wrote: >> This is good news. However, I am still using FTM Version 8 and >> running Windows 7. My paptop keeps prompting me to upgrade to Windows >> 10 but I haven't because I don't know if my older software will still >> work. I don't recall seeing this discussed on the list before. >> Should I wait to upgrade to Windows 10 until next year after FTM gets this sorted out? >> >> Linda Hamid

Hi Nivard, Have you noticed anything different or has your wifes FTM been rearranged at all. I have Windows 10 on my desktop, but dont have FTM on my desk top, that is on my laptop which runs Windows 7. On my desktop, I noted Windows 10 had rearranged my photographs into albums and and dated them. I am not sure i want them to do that to my others on ftm on my laptop. If it doesnt mess about with my actual records, then I may get cracking before July and update to windows 10. I have found it more user friendly that 8 , so mostly I am pleaed with it. Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Nivard Ovington via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com; Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] YORKSGEN Digest, Vol 11, Issue 26 Hi Linda I only just noticed in your post Do you mean FTM version 8 or is it really FTM 2008 Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 03/02/2016 17:52, Linda via wrote: > This is good news. However, I am still using FTM Version 8 and running > Windows 7. My paptop keeps prompting me to upgrade to Windows 10 but I > haven't because I don't know if my older software will still work. I don't > recall seeing this discussed on the list before. Should I wait to upgrade > to Windows 10 until next year after FTM gets this sorted out? > > Linda Hamid --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not sure how helpful this will be. I have FTM 2014 running with no problems at all on a Windows 10 - 64bit Laptop. Laptop upgraded to windows 10 from windows 8.1 Brian -- From a Dog Walker and Birdwatcher.

Hi Edie Unfortunately I can't say as she doesn't do genealogy at all So do not know if anything as you report might be a problem although others haven't said so Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 03/02/2016 23:29, eamca@bigpond.com wrote: > Hi Nivard, > > Have you noticed anything different or has your wifes FTM been rearranged at all. I have Windows 10 on my desktop, but dont have FTM on my desk top, that is on my laptop which runs Windows 7. On my desktop, I noted Windows 10 had rearranged my photographs into albums and and dated them. I am not sure i want them to do that to my others on ftm on my laptop. If it doesnt mess about with my actual records, then I may get cracking before July and update to windows 10. I have found it more user friendly that 8 , so mostly I am pleaed with it. > Edie --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Why? Because Microsoft is stopping updates for older versions of Windows so your computer could be vulnerable, even though you have Anti-virus installed. Lancelot Middlesbrough Why bother changing to Windows 10. If everything is working ok stay with it until you have to change your PC. Peter Sent from my iPhone

Hi Andy That appears to be a new post But I have auto updates on with Win 7 and although I get a daily prompt to download Win 10 its not downloaded or attempted to But apart from the possibility of bandwidth problems (how many would be affected by that these days I don't know) the update requires a user to accept to install it If it tries to download I will let you know ;-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 03/02/2016 21:58, Andy Micklethwaite wrote: > Hi Nivard > > I've found the link to what I was reading - The Grauniad, which of course *may* have got something wrong :-) > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update > > I do know that a friend was pushed over his bandwidth usage by Windows trying to upgrade him to Win10 without him asking. > > My understanding was it was free till July. > > Best Wishes, Andy. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

The early versions of FTM had just a single figure then they changed it to year version I too have Office 2010 but took out office 365 last year I hesitated about this because it involved annual subscription but then learned that it also included 1Tb of One Drive which meant I could move many of my files to on line storage and access them via either my desk top, laptop or mobile which made the annual subscription worthwhile -----Original Message----- From: "Linda via" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: ‎03/‎02/‎2016 21:57 To: "YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com" <YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com> Subject: [YORKSGEN] FTM and windows 10 I have older version of FTM. My Family Tree Maker is August 05, 2000, Version 8.0 for Windows 95, 98. Should I buy a newer version or wait? Yes, Windows 10 upgrade is free, I just haven't accepted it yet because I am worried about FTM not working. I also have Office 2010, I assume that will work with Windows 10? Linda Hamid Roseville, CA email: sweeth2o1@gmail.com Web: www.sweeth2o.us <http://www.sweeth2o.us/> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Linda I have asked on your behalf about FTM version 8 and Windows 10 Do you know if your machine is 32 or 64 bit in case it makes a difference As to Office 2010, I suspect it should continue to work as is but I haven't used Office for years, to expensive , I use Openoffice instead From what I can tell via google it should work under W10 but look for more advice on that to be sure I will come back to you if I get a reply to my question But as W10 is free for 6 months or so, it might be wise to get a later version and making backup copies of the v8 data, upgrade to the later version which will work under W10 The cost of a later FTM is likely to be cheaper than buying W10 when its chargeable Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 03/02/2016 21:57, Linda via wrote: > I have older version of FTM. My Family Tree Maker is August 05, 2000, > Version 8.0 for Windows 95, 98. Should I buy a newer version or wait? > > > > Yes, Windows 10 upgrade is free, I just haven't accepted it yet because I am > worried about FTM not working. I also have Office 2010, I assume that will > work with Windows 10? > > > > > > Linda Hamid --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Linda Why bother changing to Windows 10. If everything is working ok stay with it until you have to change your PC. Peter Sent from my iPhone > On 3 Feb 2016, at 21:57, Linda via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > I have older version of FTM. My Family Tree Maker is August 05, 2000, > Version 8.0 for Windows 95, 98. Should I buy a newer version or wait? > > > > Yes, Windows 10 upgrade is free, I just haven't accepted it yet because I am > worried about FTM not working. I also have Office 2010, I assume that will > work with Windows 10? > > > > > > Linda Hamid > > Roseville, CA > email: sweeth2o1@gmail.com > > Web: www.sweeth2o.us <http://www.sweeth2o.us/> > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Nivard I've found the link to what I was reading - The Grauniad, which of course *may* have got something wrong :-) http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/microsoft-downloading-windows-10-automatic-update I do know that a friend was pushed over his bandwidth usage by Windows trying to upgrade him to Win10 without him asking. My understanding was it was free till July. Best Wishes, Andy. At 21:40 03/02/2016, you wrote: >Hi Andy > >You may have misread that > >If you have Windows 7 or 8 and have automatic updates it will update >either until they stop supporting them > >To Get Windows 10 you have to request it and until the end of July 2016 >(if memory serves its July) its free, thereafter its chargeable > >I updated the wifes laptop W7 to W10 and had no problems, bar a few >privacy tweaks needed > >I have mine to do soon > >Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >On 03/02/2016 19:25, Andy Micklethwaite via wrote: >> I read yesterday that Windows will automatically update you to W10 if you have set automatic updates. Good luck! >> Andy >> >> At 17:52 03/02/2016, you wrote: >>> This is good news. However, I am still using FTM Version 8 and running >>> Windows 7. My paptop keeps prompting me to upgrade to Windows 10 but I >>> haven't because I don't know if my older software will still work. I don't >>> recall seeing this discussed on the list before. Should I wait to upgrade >>> to Windows 10 until next year after FTM gets this sorted out? >>> >>> Linda Hamid > >--- >This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message