I still use DP for my election-related work that involves fairly large databases. I have kept a couple of boxes that are running VISTA and handle DP perfectly. I have another box and a laptop that run Win7 which works but is problematic in that I lose the use of the DOS window after running reports or imports (these are large reports that may look at many thousands of records, small reports looking at limited numbers of records generally stay active). This only means that I have to exit the DOS window and re-enter the database. The report and import will run its course even after the window becomes inaccessible.
Now I want to equip a Win10 laptop to run DP so I can work on the road a bit better than I have been able to. Would a dual-boot system perhaps work for me where I boot to either VISTA or Win7? And if the machine is 64-bit does that screw it up altogether for that purpose? I use and appreciate VDOS. Unfortunately, there's something inherent in either DP or VDOS that makes reports and imports run slowly. Way, way, way too slowly. Beautifully and dependably but slowly, many times what the same report or import would run in a DOS box. Just checking. Have to figure something out here. Don *Don FriedmanProfessionalRecords.Com LLCPRS Data Systems* *205 S Main StreetPittsburgh, PA 15215412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE 412-784-1615 Fax*
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