I have been running Legacy 6 on a MS Visa Ultimate version with no probelms for several months.
I think the big issue for Vista is the closer security features that MS has implemented - MS wants to install all programs under the C:\Program Files\ directory so it can maintain control / access in a tighter fashion than in XP. I have always installed Legacy in a directory as follows: C:\Legacyx\ where "x" is the version number --> C:\Legacy6\ In MS Vista, I did the same install in C:\Legacy6\ and have had no problems at all. If Legacy get installed down in the C:\Program Files\ area of Vista, then there are certainly issues with updates in terms of authorizations and access to the files. Install Legacy in its own directory and you will be fine using Vista. Chap On 9/15/07, Robert P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Check the Legacy site. I believe I recall them saying that Legacy may not > work if it is installed in PROGRAM FILES on Vista. Or maybe it was just > if > the data was there. This is especially true if you have multiple > identities > on the computer - what you see in Legacy the others that log on to your PC > won't be able to see if you use the default PROGRAM FILES location. > > The solution: > Install legacy in a different directory. I don't have Legacy installed on > our Vista machine, but on the other PCs I installed it into a folder > called: > C:\WINPROG > (A habit I picked up years ago - long story - I don't install all programs > there, but Legacy is one I do. Not because of any problems of Legacy, > just > an old habit.) > This way the user authentication (ie: Vista's security) doesn't come into > play because this is not a standard folder that Windows "protects". > > I believe I also remember seeing that you need the UAC turned on (user > access control??) in Vista for Legacy to work, but I may be wrong. > > So - try de-installing Legacy, re-install it under C:\WINPROG\LEGACY, and > then make sure you copy your old data to the C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\DATA > folder. > Then the first time you start up Legacy, do this: > OPTIONS, CUSTOMIZE, LOCATIONS tab - check where Legacy is pointing and > change them so they all go to C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\xxxx For example: > C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\DATA > C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\PICTURES > C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\SOUNDS > C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\VIDEOS > Probably even wise if the TEMP file is: > C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\TEMP (make sure each folder actually exists! > Then do a FILE OPEN and load your datafile from C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\DATA > (Note that you do not need to make these folders all uppercase. Just be > sure you are consistent in their actual folder name upper/lower case and > in > what you tell Legacy. If you use Legacy's CHANGE feature, it should match > the folder name with the actual upper/lower case.) > > Might also want to check their web site about being in ADMIN mode during > the > install. Don't remember if this was a requirement or not, but it is for > lots of programs. > > Hope this helps. > > Bob > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Carneal USA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:41 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] WARNING to everyone buying a new computer! > > > >I can't help with the Vista problems, except to say the developers are > >working on the Vista problems. > > > > As for Ancestry, if you can, get your information from them in a Gedcom > > (download). Open the Gedcom in Legacy, and work with it until you are > > satisfied with it. (Do not import into you family file right away, too > > many people have regretted that.) Only after you are satisfied, import > > into your family file. This is what I do. > > > > Robert > > > > > > Donna C. Brown wrote: > >> I just bought a new HP computer with Vista on it. We found a good sale > >> on it but we really got what we paid for. "Will I ever learn?" Vista > is > >> terrible, at this stage. You can't download things easily. It only > >> came with junky programs or ones that you can only get for 60 day trial > >> period. Because of Vista, you have to get extra help from the > companies > >> before you can download your favorite old programs or installation > discs. > >> Everyone told me AFTER I bought the computer that I should have waited > >> till Microsoft got the bugs worked out, just as they did with XP. OR, > I > >> could have gotten a computer built with XP and the programs we use. > Our > >> only solution now may be to spend more money to have Vista wiped off > the > >> harddrive and have XP installed back on the computer. So much for > sales. > >> Legacy walked me through the download via the web ONLY. Discs didn't > >> work. But, now that I have Legacy downloaded, it's BLANK! (I'm > shouting > >> with frustration!) All my data is still on my old laptop with > XP. Does > >> anyone have suggestions for transferring the data? One other big > >> question, when I retrieve info from Ancestry.com <http://ancestry.com/ > >, > >> how can I import it directly to Legacy? I usually have to write it in > >> longhand and then type it into Legacy. That's very time consuming and > >> prone to mistakes. Thanks for any suggestions to these problems. > >> Donna Brown > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > -- Leon Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
