Thanks for the answer. I was afraid that might be true. I am sure that
sooner or later I am going to have to upgrade Windows (probably to 2000,
which a computer man tells me is the best version they have made) but I
am not quite ready to yet.
Elizabeth C
June McDonald wrote:
Elizabeth Cunningham wrote:
Will it work on Windows 98 SE?
Thanks for any advice I can get.
I have 98SE (with 320 MB of memory, but that is not the real issue
anyway I understand).
I have had a bad time trying to use it and it is only with the great
help (and a great deal of time) of Brian Schultz (a member of this
list, to whom I am eternally grateful) did we even begin to get
anywhere. I was frequently getting random error msges and often then
shutting down. These were frequently to do with running out of memory.
For me it is a matter or not having enough resources **(Brian, pse
correct me if I am wrong)** and it is only by closing everything that
can be closed (and non vital things being taken off) can I even get
some use out of it. One of the most significant things is that I have
taken off ZoneAlarm (firewall) and replaced it with Sygate.
Apparently that doesn't use as many resources as ZA.
The very interesting thing abt that surprisingly (and I assume it was
changing to Sygate that did it) is the fact that up until then I could
not use the Research Centre at all, (it just didn't work, it wouldn't
open and would then crash). With the change of firewall I now can,
although I haven't as yet but it opens up OK and shows all things it
should show.
One big problem I have even now is that when I open the programme and
then go immediately into the Name List it straightway goes down into
the 'yellow' and even 'half yellow' if I have the Resource Meter
showing. (I know it takes up resources of its own, but I go and have a
look at it sometimes :-[ :-X !!)
It has been so frustrating trying to use it. Sometimes it goes OK for
a while but then as more (or sometimes only one or two) screens are
opened I eventually get the msge of '90% of resources are used'.
So - having bought 6, I have decided not to fight with it anymore
(until the day I get XP) and to work with 5 mainly and just use 6 for
the odd thing here and there that I want from it.
I'm sorry to have to tell this sad story but this is my experience. I
am so disappointed because I have found Legacy to be such a stable
programme over the several versions that I have used. I am not blaming
Legacy as such it still is a programme head and shoulders above the
rest in my opinion. It is just that it obviously wants more than 98SE
can give it. Without Brian's help I wouldn't even have got this far.
June
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