Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Chris, It has been a few years since I played with it, but I helped set up WINE for someone precisely for an ancient Epson Scanner. (and that was with an old version of WINE which has come a long way recently) You might be able to ditch that VM. Regards, Adrien On 1/16/24 3:41 AM, Chris

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can likely skip a few links in that chain with FreeDOS in a VM or another open version of it. Regards, Adrien On 1/16/24 10:07 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: This is the only way I know to still run 16-bit DOS programs They will NOT run under recent Microsoft Windows (except maybe in DOS Box).

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-16 Thread Fred Tydeman
This is the only way I know to still run 16-bit DOS programs They will NOT run under recent Microsoft Windows (except maybe in DOS Box). Quicken for DOS (Version 8.0, 1994) | 16-bit Microsoft DOS emulator (built into OS/2) | 32-bit OS/2 (IBM operating system; actually eComStation follow-on) |

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-16 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 10:27:24PM -0600, David Carlson wrote: > I would recommend taking a few weeks learning how VM's work before doing it > yourself,but for a person knowledgeable about VM's it would be > straightforward if you can install or otherwise attach a physical drive to > your computer

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I was referring to the process of turning a running Windows installation into a VM from within that running installation. I know VMWare has such a tool, and I think Virtualbox does as well. (other virtualization solutions might too, and still yet, there might be 3rd party tools to accomplish

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-15 Thread David Carlson
I would recommend taking a few weeks learning how VM's work before doing it yourself,but for a person knowledgeable about VM's it would be straightforward if you can install or otherwise attach a physical drive to your computer then configure a VM to use it as it's primary drive. I recommend

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-15 Thread Jeff
On 1/11/24 10:10 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: If their drives with OS installations are intact, perhaps converting them to VM images might suffice for now. As for Windows software, have you given the latest Wine a spin with it? It may not work 100% out of the box, but you might get close

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If their drives with OS installations are intact, perhaps converting them to VM images might suffice for now. As for Windows software, have you given the latest Wine a spin with it? It may not work 100% out of the box, but you might get close enough with some fiddling. Regards, Adrien On

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That's a bummer. Now imagine you're dealing with Google and since you changed ISPs and your IP address is different, they don't think it is 'you' any more, despite knowing relevant passwords and having 2FA set up! (and not having anyone to contact about it) Regards, Adrien On 1/11/24 1:53

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-11 Thread Jeff
On 1/10/24 1:48 AM, David Carlson wrote: Oh, release 5.5 has a couple of bugs, the Windoze version especially.  You may want to revert to release 5.4, but that has it's own issue, so check the history here and choose your poison. On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 1:42 AM David Carlson wrote:

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-10 Thread Jeff
On 1/10/24 3:42 AM, Jeff wrote: On 1/10/24 1:48 AM, David Carlson wrote: Oh, release 5.5 has a couple of bugs, the Windoze version especially.  You may want to revert to release 5.4, but that has it's own issue, so check the history here and choose your poison. On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 1:42 

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-10 Thread Jeff
On 1/10/24 1:48 AM, David Carlson wrote: Oh, release 5.5 has a couple of bugs, the Windoze version especially.  You may want to revert to release 5.4, but that has it's own issue, so check the history here and choose your poison. On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 1:42 AM David Carlson wrote:

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-09 Thread David Carlson
Oh, release 5.5 has a couple of bugs, the Windoze version especially. You may want to revert to release 5.4, but that has it's own issue, so check the history here and choose your poison. On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 1:42 AM David Carlson wrote: > Maybe we should take a lesson from you and put that

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-09 Thread David Carlson
Maybe we should take a lesson from you and put that surge protected power strip next to our pc or entertainment center inside a very sturdy box if it isn't already in it's own container. On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 1:06 AM Jeff wrote: > After a surge protector blew up in my face and fried my server

[GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-09 Thread Jeff
After a surge protector blew up in my face and fried my server and workstations I am trying to catch up. I assume the update to 5.5 is compatible on Ubuntu and Windoze?  It's tax time and I am down to 0 workstations, from 4, until I can locate a station strictly for taxes. And yes, you will