For those who are interested, this is how I solved the problem of
running PFS: Write under Windows 7.
PFS: Write apparently needs some DOS functions that are not in the
cmd.exe for Win7. Not even under 32 bit Win7, it will not work. DosBox
is out, as it does not provide for printing at all.
I'm dealing with my friend Dennis down in Florida again. In general, he
makes the computer-illiterate look like geniuses.
Just to recap, he still does all his law documentation in PFS Write.
This works fine on his current creaky 2006 vintage computer and 32bit
XP. So I'm about to ship him
Okay, so I answered some of my own questions. It looks like it would be
much easier to downgrade the install to 32 bit (there's only 4 gig on
the computer). I haven't tried it yet, but can I do this from an OEM
System builder Pack? I know I have to wipe the partition and start over,
but does
No... 32 and 64 are separate disks. And you need a retail purchase to
get both disks... not OEM. And yes the easy solution is to go 32 bit
if the program you need will run OK... your only other alternative
would be a virtual XP setup. Win 7 PRO and Ultimate offers free
download of XP mode
Thanks, I'll have to find a copy of a retail disk to proceed. It scares
me how my buddy refuses to learn certain things, if I put something
together like XP mode, I'd have no end of trouble. Keep it simple for
the stupid. (I do that all day at work...;-)
On 4/7/2014 7:39 PM, Winterlight
Why not use dosbox or similar? We've been rolling out stuff like that with
dosbox a lot recently.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote:
Thanks, I'll have to find a copy of a retail disk to proceed. It scares
me how my buddy refuses to learn certain
