2 GB Ram is no longer adequate for windows, Yes it will run but not well and it will limit what you can have running simultaneously.
The size of The legacy file will also be a factor. Ian On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 11:57 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com> wrote: > I don’t have any problems “losing access to Legacy Family Tree”, but have > 3 quite different machines running Windows 10 and all have had the 1803 > Update. Not one problem with Legacy can be attributed to Windows 10 in all > its versions since I installed it in place of Windows 8 (and prior to that, > Windows 7). > > > > Just to show how different (and “old”) these computers are - > > #1 - Asus Transformer tablet (2016 release) – 2GB RAM, 64-bit Intel Atom > CPU 1.33GHz, touch screen, 64GB SSD drive and a 32GB SD memory card, 32-bit > Windows 10 Home > > #2 - Dell Latitude laptop, (about 2013 release), Intel Core i5 CPU, 8Gb > RAM, 250GB HDD, 64-bit Windows 10 Pro > > #3 - Asus m/b, AMD 3.0 GHz CPU, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD, multiple HDD, > Windows 10 64-bit - self-built in 2012 > > > > But long ago (6 or 7 years ago) I removed all non-Windows anti-malware / > anti-virus software, previously using AVG, McAfee, and Norton with prior > versions of Windows on various computers other than the above. > > I am very happy with the Windows Defender Security – and recommended the > same to many clients in the years prior to the release of Windows 8, 8.1, > 10. > > Clients and friends have had various problems with the commercial > anti-virus programs. That may be the fault of those users rather than > Symantec/Norton, AVG, McAfee etc etc – but I can only speak for my > experience and it is all positive with the Microsoft-supplied, free, > automatically updated anti-malware system. > > > > Having said all that, the latest Windows 10 Update does have problems with > excessive power use with a couple of new solid state drives – a Toshiba one > and an Intel one. That will be fixed – and afaik it only affects the number > of hours that computers with those specific SSDs can remain on, before > shutting down. It does not affect the behaviour of software like Legacy. > > > > Ian Thomas > > Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On > Behalf Of *Jerry Kime > *Sent:* Saturday, 26 May 2018 2:09 AM > *To:* legacy <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Have Lost My Access to Legacy 9 > > > > After installing yesterday's cumulative update on my Toshiba, it just fine > this morning, and legace has opened like it is supposed to. Some people > might not be as lucky.... > > > > Jerry kime > > > > On 5/25/2018 7:51 AM, Kevin Ferguson wrote: > > I agree with Jerry. The latest Windoze update is a real trouble causer. We > have two laptop, one a HP the other a Asus both Windows 10. The Asus > machine updated (on its own, despite having set the 'let me decide' option) > to the April service pack and the whole machine had to have Windoze > re-installed. We lost everything. The HP machine was fine after the update. > Both machines use AVG. > > > > I guess the moral of the story is: > > > > Backup before an upgrade, especially to WIndoze (although in our case the > upgrade happened on it own). > > > > I would really warn people about the April upgrade too. It seems like it > is a major deal but has little gain in functionality. YMMV > > > > Best regards > > Kevin > > www.abbydalesystems.com > > > > Numbers 6:24-26 > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Jerry Kime > <phanto...@centurylink.net> <phanto...@centurylink.net> > *Sent:* Thursday, May 24, 2018 4:06 PM > *To:* legacy > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Have Lost My Access to Legacy 9 > > > > After following this thread, I think your problem stems from the Windows > update you installed. A lot of users are reporting problems with the > April update to windows 10 to version 1803. Especially affected are > Toshiba and machines using Avast and AVG antivirus. I have two > machines, one is just fine and then there is my Toshiba Laptop - - lots > of problems. A new cumulative update came out today. It may help. Or > you could roll back to the Fall Creators update for awhile... > > Jerry Kime > > > On 5/24/2018 9:24 AM, Thomas Cox wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I just downloaded the latest update to Legacy 9. > > > > (Recently I also downloaded a update to my Microsoft Windows software.) > > > > Now I cannot open the newest downloaded version of Legacy. I get a > > error message that reads "This app cannot run on your PC; To find a > > version for your PC check with the software publisher." > > > > By the way I performed a data back-up BEFORE I downloaded the update > > to Legacy 9. > > > > Looking for help! 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