Re: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair hangs on newer PCs

2017-10-01 Thread Gene Rampale
Backup you Legacy files, then: Run CHKDSK /F from a command prompt. The system will state it cannot lock the drive, and ask if you want to run it at start up. Say "Y" and reboot. It can take a while so do it when you don't need the computer. When it is done try the clean and repair. It is possible

Re: [LegacyUG] One Drive

2017-10-01 Thread Gene Rampale
I wouldn't wait. I have had the Fall update for a while now. It's mainly a make it look like Windows 10 update with more business functionality. Main thing to remember when using any cloudy service provided storage for backup, is to only connect it when you need it. Crypto locking rasomware will al

Re: [LegacyUG] Error problem, need help

2017-07-09 Thread Gene Rampale
Hello Murf, Have you run chkdsk on your computer? It might be a bad sector on the hard drive that is preventing the repair. Right click on the start button, and select run. In the run box type chkdsk c: /f A box will say check the disk on reboot because it cannot be locked. Type Y to allow it. When

Re: [LegacyUG] Test Message

2017-04-01 Thread Gene Rampale
Ask away, Cathy and others from Legacy pop in to answer a question or two. You are right FB has done a number. In some cases it is easier to show a screen capture there than here, quicker at least. Gene On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 6:52 PM, Sherry wrote: > It's killed a lot of mailing lists The

Re: [LegacyUG] windows 10 won't allow Legacy install. Help!

2017-03-18 Thread Gene Rampale
Press the left shift key, and at the same time right click the installer icon. Select run as administrator. Should install fine. On Mar 18, 2017 07:39, "Dorothy Kane" wrote: > I'm attempting to install Legacy 8 from a disk on a new computer, Windows > 10. I continue to get an error message "Thi

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Pictures

2016-11-26 Thread Gene Rampale
Bob did a nice job explaining that. A UNC - Universal Naming Convention doesn't depend on drive letters. In business it can be easy to run out of drive letters A-Z. It just point the drive to a location the \\name. When you hear cloud computing or cloud storage, just remember it means someone eles

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy v9

2016-09-27 Thread Gene Rampale
Hello Cathy, Have you thought of posting the suggestions and letting the end users poll on the favorite two or three? Thanks! Gene On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 5:30 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: > Ian, > > No users can't see the suggestion list. > > It doesn't matter if you send in a suggestion that is a

Re: [LegacyUG] Getting credit for shared reports

2016-08-08 Thread Gene Rampale
Reports>Report Options>Page Setup, Headers, Footers Button > Footers Gene On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:58 PM, Dennis Davenport wrote: > Hi, how do I tell Legacy that I would like my name added to a report that I > want to share with others--so the person receiving the report knows where > they got

Re: [LegacyUG] One Drive size reduction effective August 10, 2016

2016-05-29 Thread Gene Rampale
They were surprised when someone backed up a company, and someone else backed up 35TBs of video to OneDrive. They offered me Office 2016 and 1 TB of storage for a year. I will use it for the year, then go back to using my Google drive as the primary offsite storage. Watch for the Google security tu

Re: [LegacyUG] File Locations, Win 10

2016-05-29 Thread Gene Rampale
I have upgraded two older machines and a laptop running Windows 7 to Windows 10 without any problems. They actually run as well as they did under Windows 7. Windows 10 is still very much Windows 7 under the hood. Before doing the upgrade I would uninstall anything you don't use, running CHDSK a nat

Re: [LegacyUG] User Documentation

2016-05-29 Thread Gene Rampale
Sourcing is interesting. If you are ever wound up, try reading: Evidence explained : citing history sources from artifacts to cyberspace / Elizabeth Shown Mills You will be comatose shortly! Our library has it, don't buy it. Legacy covers sourcing pretty well. I am going back and fixing my dodgy so

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud Storage

2016-05-20 Thread Gene Rampale
I use Microsoft's SyncToy 2.1 to manage multiple backup copies. Official Microsoft download here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15155 or Google SyncToy 2.1, but only download from Microsoft's site. You setup file pairs. My Legacy files are in my Family Tree folder on my g

Re: [LegacyUG] delete my goddam account, i am sick of this

2016-04-12 Thread Gene Rampale
You have Gmail. Just flag it as spam. It will go away. Same for everyone else who can't figure this out. On Apr 12, 2016 14:29, "Fox Thomas" <4the...@gmail.com> wrote: > how in hell do you unsubscribe, a goddam digrace > > the steps provided are useless > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > Le