Not having a copy of the FileMaker disk (or a license for multiple copies) is a violation of the copyright. Unless you have made changes, you should be able to run with the free runtime ebase.
If you use Win98 upgrade rather than reinstall, all your current programs will survive. However, for most versions of Windows, going the upgrade route has led to problems. For most people a clean reinstall about once a year gets rid of lots of unknown gremlims. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:44 PM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] RE: Upgrading System > > > Hi there! > > Thanks for replying so quickly. My organization is very small > and has very > old dinosaur computers, wit very little need for them. So, I > work from home > and have the database on my own computer. My brother got me a digital > camera for Christmas, but I cannot retrive the pictures because it is only > compatible with Win 98 or above. He was going to reinstall Win 98 on my > computer for me, rather than upgrade to Win 98, which is fine, but I don't > have the File Maker discs any longer so I would lose this database if I > upgrade. I am dying to use my camera, but cannot until I get this File > Maker/ebase problem fixed. What do you suggest? > > > Hi Jan, > > > > Are you sure you want Windows 98? I had nothing but problems with 98. > > Nonprofits can get licensed copies of Windows operating systems very > > inexpensively from www.compumentor.org. Of course, if you are currently > > running Windows 98, that makes me wonder how old your computer is and > > whether it is going to work better or worse after updating the > > operating system. Why are you upgrading? > > > > Robin > > > > Robin Mathias > > Mathias Consulting > > http://www.MathiasConsulting.com > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > voice: 707.636.0418 > > fax: 707.636.0419 > > > > 485 Horn Ave > > Santa Rosa, CA 95407 > > > > Database and Web solutions for non-profit organizations > > > > > > ------------------ > > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go > > to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter > > the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and > enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase > support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
