Family Tree program

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Good Points.

See Below.

DSH

Millennium was a failed version i don't think anyone would disagree with
that observation (he say's tentatively).
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Why do you believe it failed?
NT wasn't.
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NT was more business orientated and that was what it was built for. As for
Vista, only time will tell...
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Are businesses still using NT? ---- Right, concerning Vista.
but, as i've said before in my posts, software development is a two way
street. Microsoft have developed Vista but other software developer's have
been too lax to update their software and driver's.
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Perhaps they:

1. Are not very confident about Vista.

2. Believe Microsoft is driving too hard a bargain.

3. Believe MS will have to radically redesign Vista -- so they are taking a
wait and see attitude before they spend a lot of time, money and effort
upgrading their software or hardware.
Okay it costs the software/hardware developer money to get Microsoft
accreditation for their product and, maybe, that is the reason. However,
Microsoft is blamed for everything; if the moon fell from the sky, it
would probably be Microsoft's fault. I'll say it again while Microsoft
'is' (in my opinion) to blame for some of the mishaps with Vista the
software/hardware developer's are equally to blame for not working fast
enough to ensure their products were ready for the release of Vista.
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Yep. See Above.
I am in regular contact with software developer's and it has been
intimated that updates to the software on my own machine are months away.
Luckily i dual boot with Windows XP so there is no real hardship for me,
but other people have to reply upon Vista and have no option but to wait
for the relevant updates.
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Bingo!

And that's a BIG PROBLEM for MS, whether they created it or not.
 
D. Spencer Hines said:
for some reason i get really excited when im around fire. i get
enjoyment playing with lighters. is there something wrong with me. i
like to burn stuff.
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No matter which program you used originally you can most likely open it as a
..ged file and then convert it simply to fit into any family tree program out
there. I can't say that is a true statement for any family tree program but
am 99% sure. Good luck. It's a fun hobby. I do have the program on my
computer now so all is right with the world. I will be updating though.
Mine is from 2001.
Nancy
 
Here is one Family Tree Program which has a free version: Legacy
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/

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GeneK

Thanks for that information.

I only used a fmaily tree application once, i got so far and saved
everything to a floppy disk. A few months later i was throwing away my large
accumulation of software that i no longer used and, by coincidence, threw
away the original family tree application. I still have the floppy (dated
would you believe 30/09/1998) The only problem is that i compressed it with
windows 98 and can't even remember what family tree application i used to
create it. I think broderbund took them over? Not sure.

maybe one day i'll try tracing my family tree again:-)

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Thanks Gene. My only problem is that the family details were saved in
Windows 98 and, because i used a floppy disk, they were compressed using
Windows 98's drivespace compression. Without Windows 98 the floppy cannot be
accessed. While i do have all versions of Windows available to me it isn't
possible to install Windows 98 my machine because it already contains later
versions, i.e, XP Vista etc. I'm not sure about using a Virtual machine such
as VPC 2007 or VMware workstation, but it is a lot of work simply to get at
the information and then, as i said previously, it is in a file format that
is no longer used by family tree applications.

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Did you ever create and save a GED file of your genealogical data?

If so, you could easily import that into a Modern Genealogical Program, such
as RootsMagic, which I use.

DSH
 
DSH, No i didn't create and save a GED file. For the life of me i can't even
think what file format it is saved in:-)

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D. Spencer Hines said:
Did you ever create and save a GED file of your genealogical data?

If so, you could easily import that into a Modern Genealogical Program,
such as RootsMagic, which I use.

DSH
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Hi,
I've been using FTM since ver.3 and now use ver.16 which I am able to run
with Vista, however, I am NOT able to access the web search results at all.
When I contacted FTM (a week of email followed by several hours on the phone)
I was told "there is no fix - you'll have to wait for the next version which
MAY be released sometime this summer."
I wonder if you have found a solution to this problem or if you encountered
it at all.
 
Since the publisher of the program hasn't found a solution, why would you
think anyone else would?
 
Hi

pcsearcher said:
Hi,
I've been using FTM since ver.3 and now use ver.16 which I am able to run
with Vista, however, I am NOT able to access the web search results at
all.
When I contacted FTM (a week of email followed by several hours on the
phone)
I was told "there is no fix - you'll have to wait for the next version
which
MAY be released sometime this summer."
I wonder if you have found a solution to this problem or if you
encountered
it at all.
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I have no problem with accessing the web search results using
FTM 16 at all. Nor have I read of any other using having
problems using vista.

Have you tried asking in the ancestry groups?
 
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