Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

For those who Want To Know More: [1]http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/what-is-dwmexe-and-why- is-it-running/ You can safely kill it permanently, if you don't mind a Classic/Basic Windows experience. [FWIW, I often switched down to a Classic Desktop theme in the past

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

Thanks again to those who've offered constructive assistance with my FrameMaker 7.2 "Not Responding" issue-and to Gillian for considerately alerting me of my backwardness and future unemployability. I actually AM considering an upgrade to the current FrameMaker version, as it does perform

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

Bingo. I had a freeze-up and David's "end DWM.exe process" method worked like a charm to save my files. Mega-thanks! Kevin ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

Thank you again for everyone's advice about preventing freeze-ups on my FrameMaker 7.2 / Windows 7 system. I feel well equipped to deal with this problem now. Gosh, who were those masked people? Kevin Ryan Technical Writer Systems & Software, Inc.

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

-Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+ragnar.hanas=betamed...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 18:39 To: Kevin Ryan <kevin.r...@systemsandsoftware.net>; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Resp

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

This is one of the many reasons that I use a Mac. I've got VMs (Fusion) of various versions of Windows so I can run older software on the OS it was intended to run on. I can upgrade my hardware and continue to keep XP, Win7, etc., around for the software that runs best on each platform. No

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

On Tue, 1 Mar 2016, Robert Lauriston wrote: FrameMaker 7.2 was released in 2005. There's no reason to upgrade something that works, and no reason to spend time and money on upgrades to deal with Microsoft compatibility bugs you can solve for free. Switching from 7.2 to 13 (2015) could be a lot

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

At risk of getting flamed left, right and center, and with due respect for Art, I'd just point out that FrameMaker 7 for Mac still runs like a train on my 2003 MDD Mac dual PowerPC under Classic (the OS 9 emulator). I've long since upgraded, but certainly not because of FrameMaker. I've done

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

FrameMaker 7.2 was released in 2005. There's no reason to upgrade something that works, and no reason to spend time and money on upgrades to deal with Microsoft compatibility bugs you can solve for free. Switching from 7.2 to 13 (2015) could be a lot of work due to the switch to Unicode in

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

On Tue, 1 Mar 2016, Robert Lauriston wrote: Windows Virtual PC is a VM, Microsoft's answer to Oracle's VirtualBox. XP Mode is a Virtual PC system image that includes XP and uses the license from the Windows 7 host. It integrates with Windows 7 better than VirtualBox does. This has nothing to

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

Seriously guys, running software released in 2000, 16 years ago on systems with features and software functions that weren't even imagined? This is an exercise for the computer museum, not a production environment. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

You can make Windows XP Mode work on Windows Home, but Dell Latitude = Windows Pro / Enterprise / Ultimate. On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: > Yes, but you need to have a sufficiently "high-powered" version of Win7 (Pro > or Enterprise, I

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

Lauriston Sent: March-01-16 3:08 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC Windows Virtual PC is a VM, Microsoft's answer to Oracle's VirtualBox. XP Mode is a Virtual PC system image that includes XP and uses the license from the Wind

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

] On Behalf Of Kevin Ryan Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 16:29 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC Hi, After using my older version of FrameMaker on Windows 7 without issues on a Dell Latitude E6430 laptop for several years, my company just

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

Windows Virtual PC is a VM, Microsoft's answer to Oracle's VirtualBox. XP Mode is a Virtual PC system image that includes XP and uses the license from the Windows 7 host. It integrates with Windows 7 better than VirtualBox does. This has nothing to do with the various Windows 7 "compatibility

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

On Tue, 1 Mar 2016, Kevin Ryan wrote: Thanks to all for the tips. Here's one more: get the *free* Oracle VM VirtualBox emulator. There are several different versions of hosts and emulations in the Virtualbox family; we have the XP emulator running on Win7 Pro. In the emulator we run

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

Is your old PC running 32-bit Windows? It should be 64-bit, if it has 8GB, but people make mistakes. On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Kevin Ryan wrote: > Thanks to all for the tips. > > Initially I thought David's first suggestion had it nailed because I had

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

Thanks to all for the tips. Initially I thought David's first suggestion had it nailed because I had not installed the applicable "7.2 to p158" update from Adobe. My attempt to do so today met with a roadblock "GetDiskSpaceFailed" error. However, I don't think the lack of this update is

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

Did they switch you from 32-bit to 64-bit Windows? The latter is much less compatible with legacy software. You might try XP Mode. It's a virtual machine running XP within Windows 7. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7 On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

; <framers@lists.frameusers.com> Date: 03/01/2016 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC Sent by:"Framers" <framers-bounces+tom.beiswenger=emhartglass@lists.frameusers.com> Just spit-balling, but try these, in orde

Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

, to perhaps 'catch' the failure in the act (e.g., memory or CPU running out of control). Wish I could tell you more... but diagnosing a system failure by email is pretty challenging, in this day and age. :) David Original Message Subject: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2

[Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC

Hi, After using my older version of FrameMaker on Windows 7 without issues on a Dell Latitude E6430 laptop for several years, my company just replaced my laptop with a new Latitude E6540, also having Windows 7. I've recently begun using the program on the new PC for the first time since