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  #11  
Old March 26th 09, 11:50 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mart
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Ah -The Days of Curly Spencer!

or should that be "The Days of Pearly Spencer" ?

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Ah -The Days of Curly Spencer!
I still run QBasic in Vista

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Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mart" wrote in message
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Interesting reminder Noel and slightly OT. - Just blew the dust off and
old PC Plus magazine CD (April 2000 iss.162a) and lo and behold Lotus
Organiser 5.0 - full and uncrippled. For fun, I've just loaded it onto my
XP box and it works perfectly (although it has the millennium bug issues
mentioned in the Help pages and might also require a little
'customising'). Might even try it on my Vista laptop sometime.

I then dug deeper into the junk box and found a full OEM Lotus SmartSuite
97 - for Win95 - which I know worked on WinMe but have never tried it on
XP. Might give it a try in a day or two. Vista??

Then, even deeper, I found my original floppy set (5 disks) but can't
find my original owners manual - those were the days when a user manual
was hard copy. Must be somewhere g - for Lotus Improv Release 2. circa
26/02/1993

Is it really that long ago?

Mart



"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Offhand - not for free.
If you already have MS Office installed, then look at Outlook.
If you mean on a network - then there aren't many options (what kind of
network? -Org 5.x works quite well on a workgroup with XP installed on
all machines)
What exactly are you looking for?

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"SGB" wrote in message
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Hi Folks!

Does anyone know of a software program that works like Lotus Organizer?

TIA!
SGB








  #12  
Old March 26th 09, 12:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Joan Archer[_2_]
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I remember Lotus, our first computer came with that installed, it was on
Windows 98. I always thought how good the SmartSuite was all those little
drawers along the top of the monitor g

I've been rearranging my shelves and sitting on the floor at the moment is a
stack of Microsoft Windows XP, The Official Magazine I've got all the cover
CD/DVD's that went with them as well, just seen one copy is December 2002, I
used to buy them every month can't remember when I got the first one without
looking through them checking the dates.

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Interesting reminder Noel and slightly OT. - Just blew the dust off and
old PC Plus magazine CD (April 2000 iss.162a) and lo and behold Lotus
Organiser 5.0 - full and uncrippled. For fun, I've just loaded it onto my
XP box and it works perfectly (although it has the millennium bug issues
mentioned in the Help pages and might also require a little
'customising'). Might even try it on my Vista laptop sometime.

I then dug deeper into the junk box and found a full OEM Lotus SmartSuite
97 - for Win95 - which I know worked on WinMe but have never tried it on
XP. Might give it a try in a day or two. Vista??

Then, even deeper, I found my original floppy set (5 disks) but can't find
my original owners manual - those were the days when a user manual was
hard copy. Must be somewhere g - for Lotus Improv Release 2. circa
26/02/1993

Is it really that long ago?

Mart



"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Offhand - not for free.
If you already have MS Office installed, then look at Outlook.
If you mean on a network - then there aren't many options (what kind of
network? -Org 5.x works quite well on a workgroup with XP installed on
all machines)
What exactly are you looking for?

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"SGB" wrote in message
...
Hi Folks!

Does anyone know of a software program that works like Lotus Organizer?

TIA!
SGB





  #13  
Old March 26th 09, 08:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mart
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OK, FWIW - Lotus Organiser 5.0 and Lotus SmartSuite 97 both appear to work
in Vista (tested as two separate installations) although the 32bit MS Help
engine would need to be installed to make it work properly. BUT neither
would fully uninstall properly, leaving the registry totally un-cleared of
the installed keys and a stack of manual file cleaning. Just wouldn't touch
the registry. And if there was ever an apt testament for System Restore,
then this is it!!

Also, the ScreenCam application won't load in Vista (nor XP, I'd guess). and
I don't think it was even compatible with WinMe, which is a shame as IIRC it
was a very useful utility which MS tried to introduce as an MS equivalent
and then killed off.

Oh! well, consigned back to the junk box for another 10 years g

Mart



"Mart" wrote in message
...
Interesting reminder Noel and slightly OT. - Just blew the dust off and
old PC Plus magazine CD (April 2000 iss.162a) and lo and behold Lotus
Organiser 5.0 - full and uncrippled. For fun, I've just loaded it onto my
XP box and it works perfectly (although it has the millennium bug issues
mentioned in the Help pages and might also require a little
'customising'). Might even try it on my Vista laptop sometime.

I then dug deeper into the junk box and found a full OEM Lotus SmartSuite
97 - for Win95 - which I know worked on WinMe but have never tried it on
XP. Might give it a try in a day or two. Vista??

Then, even deeper, I found my original floppy set (5 disks) but can't find
my original owners manual - those were the days when a user manual was
hard copy. Must be somewhere g - for Lotus Improv Release 2. circa
26/02/1993

Is it really that long ago?

Mart



  #14  
Old March 26th 09, 09:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
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Default Software Question - follow-up



"Mart" wrote in message
...
OK, FWIW - Lotus Organiser 5.0 and Lotus SmartSuite 97 both appear to work
in Vista (tested as two separate installations) although the 32bit MS Help
engine would need to be installed to make it work properly. BUT neither
would fully uninstall properly, leaving the registry totally un-cleared of
the installed keys and a stack of manual file cleaning. Just wouldn't
touch the registry. And if there was ever an apt testament for System
Restore, then this is it!!

Also, the ScreenCam application won't load in Vista (nor XP, I'd guess).
and I don't think it was even compatible with WinMe, which is a shame as
IIRC it was a very useful utility which MS tried to introduce as an MS
equivalent and then killed off.

Oh! well, consigned back to the junk box for another 10 years g


Looks like I saved myself a heap of trouble with my 'ignorance', g H.


Mart



"Mart" wrote in message
...
Interesting reminder Noel and slightly OT. - Just blew the dust off and
old PC Plus magazine CD (April 2000 iss.162a) and lo and behold Lotus
Organiser 5.0 - full and uncrippled. For fun, I've just loaded it onto my
XP box and it works perfectly (although it has the millennium bug issues
mentioned in the Help pages and might also require a little
'customising'). Might even try it on my Vista laptop sometime.

I then dug deeper into the junk box and found a full OEM Lotus SmartSuite
97 - for Win95 - which I know worked on WinMe but have never tried it on
XP. Might give it a try in a day or two. Vista??

Then, even deeper, I found my original floppy set (5 disks) but can't
find my original owners manual - those were the days when a user manual
was hard copy. Must be somewhere g - for Lotus Improv Release 2. circa
26/02/1993

Is it really that long ago?

Mart



  #15  
Old March 26th 09, 11:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
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......probably!
g

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Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mart" wrote in message
...
Ah -The Days of Curly Spencer!


or should that be "The Days of Pearly Spencer" ?

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Ah -The Days of Curly Spencer!
I still run QBasic in Vista

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mart" wrote in message
...
Interesting reminder Noel and slightly OT. - Just blew the dust off and
old PC Plus magazine CD (April 2000 iss.162a) and lo and behold Lotus
Organiser 5.0 - full and uncrippled. For fun, I've just loaded it onto
my XP box and it works perfectly (although it has the millennium bug
issues mentioned in the Help pages and might also require a little
'customising'). Might even try it on my Vista laptop sometime.

I then dug deeper into the junk box and found a full OEM Lotus
SmartSuite 97 - for Win95 - which I know worked on WinMe but have never
tried it on XP. Might give it a try in a day or two. Vista??

Then, even deeper, I found my original floppy set (5 disks) but can't
find my original owners manual - those were the days when a user manual
was hard copy. Must be somewhere g - for Lotus Improv Release 2. circa
26/02/1993

Is it really that long ago?

Mart



"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Offhand - not for free.
If you already have MS Office installed, then look at Outlook.
If you mean on a network - then there aren't many options (what kind of
network? -Org 5.x works quite well on a workgroup with XP installed on
all machines)
What exactly are you looking for?

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"SGB" wrote in message
...
Hi Folks!

Does anyone know of a software program that works like Lotus
Organizer?

TIA!
SGB









  #16  
Old March 27th 09, 09:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
SGB
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Hi Noel~
I have been using Lotus Organizer since 1997.
I was just wondering if anyone knew a program that mocks it.
I do not like Outlook.
Prefer Outlook Express.
Not concerned with cost as long it acts like, works like, looks like Lotus
Organizer.

Hey webster72n~
I already did the Mr. Google. Happily divorced now.

SGB

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Offhand - not for free.
If you already have MS Office installed, then look at Outlook.
If you mean on a network - then there aren't many options (what kind of
network? -Org 5.x works quite well on a workgroup with XP installed on all
machines)
What exactly are you looking for?

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi



  #17  
Old March 28th 09, 12:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
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Posts: 1,526
Default Software Question


Maybe sending him an email might get you somewhere?
(Just a thought) H.


"SGB" wrote in message
...
Hi Noel~
I have been using Lotus Organizer since 1997.
I was just wondering if anyone knew a program that mocks it.
I do not like Outlook.
Prefer Outlook Express.
Not concerned with cost as long it acts like, works like, looks like Lotus
Organizer.

Hey webster72n~
I already did the Mr. Google. Happily divorced now.

SGB

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Offhand - not for free.
If you already have MS Office installed, then look at Outlook.
If you mean on a network - then there aren't many options (what kind of
network? -Org 5.x works quite well on a workgroup with XP installed on
all
machines)
What exactly are you looking for?

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi



  #18  
Old March 28th 09, 01:59 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mart
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Posts: 1,190
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As Noel asked,
What exactly are you looking for?


It is unlikely you'll find anything that "acts like, works like, looks like
Lotus Organizer" - they'd likely hit copyright issues if its too close.

Be aware that although Lotus Organizer is pretty unique, there are probably
many 'similar' freeware alternatives, but they would have to be your choice
as one persons idea of 'similar' may not fit your requirements. Harry gave
you good advice - Google "freeware personal organizer" which brings up a
whole bunch of stuff. Also, as Noel and I have pointed out, Lotus Organizer
(5.0) certainly works well up to Win XP and even in Vista (but with
reservations!) So why not stick with it? Better the devil you know - and I
guess you must know it well if you are looking for a clone - especially if
it fulfils your needs and tight specification.

If cost is not a problem, try the previous search without the 'freeware'
prefix. Only you can judge your needs.

Mart


"SGB" wrote in message
...
Hi Noel~
I have been using Lotus Organizer since 1997.
I was just wondering if anyone knew a program that mocks it.
I do not like Outlook.
Prefer Outlook Express.
Not concerned with cost as long it acts like, works like, looks like Lotus
Organizer.

Hey webster72n~
I already did the Mr. Google. Happily divorced now.

SGB

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Offhand - not for free.
If you already have MS Office installed, then look at Outlook.
If you mean on a network - then there aren't many options (what kind of
network? -Org 5.x works quite well on a workgroup with XP installed on
all
machines)
What exactly are you looking for?

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi





 




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