Could the problem be that the old version of CdC did not completely uninstall (e.g. files left in the Windows registry) and this was picked up by the installation prog for the new version which then fails to install properly? I have had this kind of thing happen on other software I've used.
Cheers, Mike www.cartography-services.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Mahony Sent: 19 October 2007 19:05 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [skychart-discussion] Compatibility with an old laptop I use v2.76 on an old 350Mhz PII with Win98. It's slow when I zoom in and have deep catalogs active, but it works. I used v2.75 on an even older machine. -John --- Bill Kocken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been running ver 2.71 on an old Windows 98 laptop, but I wanted > some of the features of the newer version. I uninstalled ver 2.71 and > loaded ver 2.76. I get an error message about some module involving > planet calculations and then the program loads, but I get nothing. No > stars, just a blank screen. As far as I can tell I'm using all of the > default settings at this point, which should show me something. > > Is there a problem with ver 2.76 on an older machine? Help! > > I use ver 2.76 on my other laptop which runs Windows XP just fine. If > this issue has bee addressed already, just point me to the right > thread. > > > Bill Kocken > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links
