That's a test of your social engineering skills. What experience you
have or lack with any particular version of any software is
irrelevant.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Michael Norton wrote:
> This is true, but in some companies, you have to get past an HR or agency
>
Robert Lauriston wrote:
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Unstructured FrameMaker hasn't really changed much since version 5.5.6. There
are some useful new features layered on top, but if you know how to use any
version you can quickly get up to speed on any other. Any competent hiring
manager should know that.
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
: "framers" <framers@lists.frameusers.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2016 10:04:59 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New
>
> Unstructured FrameMaker hasn't really changed much since version
> 5.5.6. There are some useful new features layer
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
Thursday, March 3, 2016 10:04:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New
Unstructured FrameMaker hasn't really changed much since version
5.5.6. There are some useful new features layered on top, but if you
know how to use any version you can quickly get up to speed on
Thursday, March 3, 2016 10:04:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New
Unstructured FrameMaker hasn't really changed much since version
5.5.6. There are some useful new features layered on top, but if you
know how to use any version you can quickly get up to speed on
t; - Original Message -
>
> From: "John Sgammato" <john.sgamm...@actifio.com>
> To: "Gillian Flato" <gill6...@comcast.net>
> Cc: "framers" <framers@lists.frameusers.com>, "Kevin Ryan"
> <kevin.r...@systemsandsof
;kevin.r...@systemsandsoftware.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 7:04:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New
...and professional writers are most productive with professional grade tools!
On Mar 2, 2016 7:43 PM, < gill6...@comcast.net > wrote:
t software to work on a
> modern PC. And yes, Frame 7.2 is ancient.
>
> -Gillian
>
> - Original Message -
>
> From: "Kevin Ryan" <kevin.r...@systemsandsoftware.net>
> To: "framers" <framers@lists.frameusers.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, Ma
t ancient software to work on a
> modern PC. And yes, Frame 7.2 is ancient.
>
> -Gillian
>
> - Original Message -
>
> From: "Kevin Ryan" <kevin.r...@systemsandsoftware.net>
> To: "framers" <framers@lists.frameusers.com>
> Sent
dsoftware.net>
To: "framers" <framers@lists.frameusers.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 1:48:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New
Thanks, Robert. More pieces of the puzzle. I do remember turning off Aero for
my "old/good" computer's
Thanks, Robert. More pieces of the puzzle. I do remember turning off Aero for
my "old/good" computer's FrameMaker a few years ago (though I can't remember
why), but have not done so on my "new/bad" computer. I will now.
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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
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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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Date: 03/01/2016 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Not Responding on New PC
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Just spit-balling, but try these, in orde
, 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
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
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