Re: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait
I'm waiting partially to let the bugs get worked out and partially because I am very busy and want to be able to have time to explore enjoy. I have no urgent data entry in my queue, and the one thing I wanted has not been advertised to be in v8, so... ;) --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams From: John Gregson jfgreg...@shaw.ca To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Friday, December 6, 2013 3:03 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait I have Legacy 7.5.0.278; on a Win 7 computer. I have been following the traffic on the List, and I get the feeling that perhaps I should wait; perhaps for 8.1 to come out before I upgrade. The traffic on the List, for the most part, seems to come from users who are very knowledgeable with computers; but I am not one such. Any comments? I do not want to get into a situation that is beyond my knowledge to fix. John. -- John. jfgreg...@shaw.ca Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait
I don't see anything about training DVDs for Legacy 8. Where do you see that at this point? I always get them when I order the new version. God bless, Ellen Kramer - Original Message - From: Nancy Stevens nancystevens4...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Friday, December 6, 2013 5:06:27 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait I think there is a video about the new features in v8. Maybe look at it and see if there are any new features that you really want to use. On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:03 PM, John Gregson jfgreg...@shaw.ca wrote: I have Legacy 7.5.0.278; on a Win 7 computer. I have been following the traffic on the List, and I get the feeling that perhaps I should wait; perhaps for 8.1 to come out before I upgrade. The traffic on the List, for the most part, seems to come from users who are very knowledgeable with computers; but I am not one such. Any comments? I do not want to get into a situation that is beyond my knowledge to fix. John. -- John. jfgreg...@shaw.ca Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree ) and on our blog ( http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com ). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Update or Wait
I have Legacy 7.5.0.278; on a Win 7 computer. I have been following the traffic on the List, and I get the feeling that perhaps I should wait; perhaps for 8.1 to come out before I upgrade. The traffic on the List, for the most part, seems to come from users who are very knowledgeable with computers; but I am not one such. Any comments? I do not want to get into a situation that is beyond my knowledge to fix. John. -- John. jfgreg...@shaw.ca Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait
I think there is a video about the new features in v8. Maybe look at it and see if there are any new features that you really want to use. On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:03 PM, John Gregson jfgreg...@shaw.ca wrote: I have Legacy 7.5.0.278; on a Win 7 computer. I have been following the traffic on the List, and I get the feeling that perhaps I should wait; perhaps for 8.1 to come out before I upgrade. The traffic on the List, for the most part, seems to come from users who are very knowledgeable with computers; but I am not one such. Any comments? I do not want to get into a situation that is beyond my knowledge to fix. John. -- John. jfgreg...@shaw.ca Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait
On 2013/12/06 23:03, John Gregson wrote: I have Legacy 7.5.0.278; on a Win 7 computer. I have been following the traffic on the List, and I get the feeling that perhaps I should wait; perhaps for 8.1 to come out before I upgrade. The traffic on the List, for the most part, seems to come from users who are very knowledgeable with computers; but I am not one such. Any comments? I do not want to get into a situation that is beyond my knowledge to fix. Do what I've done (and probably others as well) download the free, Standard version and install it alongside 7.5. Then you can use the two side-by-side and make judgements based on your own data. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait
A lot of the discussion here is over extra tweaks people want to do which makes the upgrade sound more complicated than it is. I guess there’s 30 or so regular listers here compared to the 100’s who have installed the program. If you follow the installation instructions and install it to the folders Legacy recommends you shouldn’t have any problems. And then let the installation copy family file when L8 starts. I’ve installed it on Windows 8.1 without problem. L8 is quite different so it does take a little while to wander around it, but it is time well spent. Bryan Sent from Windows Mail From: John Gregson Sent: Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:49 AM To: Legacy I have Legacy 7.5.0.278; on a Win 7 computer. I have been following the traffic on the List, and I get the feeling that perhaps I should wait; perhaps for 8.1 to come out before I upgrade. The traffic on the List, for the most part, seems to come from users who are very knowledgeable with computers; but I am not one such. Any comments? I do not want to get into a situation that is beyond my knowledge to fix. John. -- John. jfgreg...@shaw.ca Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait
John, I doubt that waiting will prove to be of any advantage, but it isn't going to hurt either. Much of the discussion has been around 'installation issues' and in particular the changes to the install (if one chooses defaults) to Windows standard locations (Program files/My Documents). Waiting isn't going change anything. However, if you told us what your current installation looks like (do you have everything installed, including media in C:\Legacy - the old Legacy standard), or elsewhere. Knowing what you have for current configuration would provide us the opportunity to give some tips that might simplify things and prevent problems. Paul Gray -Original Message- From: John Gregson [mailto:jfgreg...@shaw.ca] Sent: December-06-13 2:04 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait I have Legacy 7.5.0.278; on a Win 7 computer. I have been following the traffic on the List, and I get the feeling that perhaps I should wait; perhaps for 8.1 to come out before I upgrade. The traffic on the List, for the most part, seems to come from users who are very knowledgeable with computers; but I am not one such. Any comments? I do not want to get into a situation that is beyond my knowledge to fix. John. -- John. jfgreg...@shaw.ca Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6897 - Release Date: 12/06/13 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait
John, I would not wait for an upgrade to V8.1 as it is not Legacy's normal practice to u[grade in that way - eg. version 7.0 went to 7.5 when the link with FS was made. They prefer to continually increase the last digit currently .357. I think that you would be better to follow Paul's advice. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: John Gregson Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 9:03 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait I have Legacy 7.5.0.278; on a Win 7 computer. I have been following the traffic on the List, and I get the feeling that perhaps I should wait; perhaps for 8.1 to come out before I upgrade. The traffic on the List, for the most part, seems to come from users who are very knowledgeable with computers; but I am not one such. Any comments? I do not want to get into a situation that is beyond my knowledge to fix. John. -- John. jfgreg...@shaw.ca Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait
I'm running 7.x and 8.x side-by-side. I do all my managing and updating in 7.x and I play with the 8.x A lot of the threads in this group don't concern me but its interesting reading read about some of the other functions. I figure once I'm comfortable with 8, I can delete the tree and import the latest version from 7.x Moe On Fri, 12/6/13, John Gregson jfgreg...@shaw.ca wrote: Subject: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Friday, December 6, 2013, 1:03 PM I have Legacy 7.5.0.278; on a Win 7 computer. I have been following the traffic on the List, and I get the feeling that perhaps I should wait; perhaps for 8.1 to come out before I upgrade. The traffic on the List, for the most part, seems to come from users who are very knowledgeable with computers; but I am not one such. Any comments? I do not want to get into a situation that is beyond my knowledge to fix. John. -- John. jfgreg...@shaw.ca Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
