Re: [LegacyUG] Windows Vista

2008-04-17 Thread Kris
I wouldn't recommend Vista to my worst enemy -- okay, maybe my *arch* enemy, but no one else. My printer doesn't work like it's supposed to -- after six months I'm still trying to get a handle on that. My son's MP3 player that we got him just a few months before we bought this computer is

Re: [LegacyUG] Windows Vista

2008-04-17 Thread Susan Perrett
Ah Cathy - I have had Vista for nearly 12 months and have had NO problems at all with Legacy and/or any other program. Initially I had one or two programs that would not work, but an email to the program producers soon fixed that as they sent me a 'driver' that fixed them up - programs that is.

Re: [LegacyUG] Windows Vista

2008-04-17 Thread Cathy
Hi Mary, See: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpWindowsVista.asp but I'm still quite happy to steer clear of Vista. I understand that Microsoft is bringing forward the release of its next operating system. Perhaps that says something about Vista. Cathy At 09:36 AM 18/04/2008, you wrote:

RE: [LegacyUG] Blank Screens

2008-04-17 Thread Cathy
If my computer does something strange occasionally, I simply reboot and forget about it. However, if something strange is happening regularly, I don't think it is wise to use a work around or to continue to just close down the program or reboot. If the solutions on the Legacy web site don't

Re: [LegacyUG] Windows Vista

2008-04-17 Thread Anne Picketts
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Mary Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am thinking of getting a new computer and I am wondering how Legacy > works with Windows Vista. No problems at all - but download a fresh programme from the web rather than copying your old one, then restore your backup.

[LegacyUG] Windows Vista

2008-04-17 Thread Mary Hagen
I am thinking of getting a new computer and I am wondering how Legacy works with Windows Vista. I remember a while back some people were having trouble with it, but perhaps the bugs are ironed out of it now. Thanks, Mary Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Eti

RE: [LegacyUG] Blank Screens

2008-04-17 Thread ronald ferguson
Cathy, When I regularly suffered from this problem I did a thorough check of my system many times and never found any viruses ( I have always checked for these overnight, every night, anyhow). Nor was there any significant malware on my PC either. At the time I only had 256MB of RAM which led

RE: [LegacyUG] Blank Screens

2008-04-17 Thread Cathy
If I were getting blank screens like this, I'd be checking out my computer security and doing a series of scans for malware of various types, remembering that one of the things that malware that gets through your defences does is to disable some or all of your security programs. My instinct is

RE: [LegacyUG] Blank Screens

2008-04-17 Thread gtempleman1
Agreed, that is why I specified "Windows" problems and not that Legacy problem. Gary -- Original message -- From: ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Gary, > > I agree with your comments regarding the possibility of heat build-up or a > defective RAM (or even

RE: [LegacyUG] Blank Screens

2008-04-17 Thread ronald ferguson
Gary, I agree with your comments regarding the possibility of heat build-up or a defective RAM (or even worse the motherboard) being the cause of the probelms Rhonda is having, but it is not the cause of the blank screen problem. Ron Ferguson

Re: [LegacyUG] Blank Screens

2008-04-17 Thread Gary Templeman
You might want to run your computer through the paces at www.pcpitstop.com. Last time I was there you could still do all the tests without registering, you just cannot save your results for future comparison. For those who are getting random crashes of Windows itself (like when you cannot Ctrl

Re: [LegacyUG] Blank Screens

2008-04-17 Thread Rhonda Lucas
I too have followed this with interest as I have been having a stack of problems with Legacy since the last update actually. For no reason the icons on the screen will black out and I will lose the text in the "names" panel and then when I click on a person the name is also missing. At first it w