I suggest you read the Help screens for VISTA. There's a way to make older programs think they're running on Windows XP.
On 9/15/07, Donna C. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > -- Thad Evotee [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
