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  #21  
Old December 29th 09, 02:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Bill Leary
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"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Hmmm.... progs that won't run under Vista?...... did they run under XP?


Yes.

did you try compatibility mode??.....


Yes, although I can't say I exactly knocked myself out trying every possible
option. I already had the ME VPC installed and was more than half thinking
I'd use it anyway.

if you wanna work on them (just for fun g) mail me!


Well, I've got a solution I'm satisfied with. I already wasted a few hours
on trying to get it to run under Vista. Still, if you've got an idea I
didn't try, I'd give it a whirl.

Specifically, the compile-to-executable option of Visual Basic 3 crashes VB
under Vista.

Everything else works, though. So I put the two programs I'm maintaining in
a shared folder that my ME VPC can see. I do all my development/debug and
so on under Vista then save the entire thing. Fire up ME, do the compile
there, then shut down ME. I only create executable rarely, so it's not much
of an inconvenience. The executables run find under Vista, I just can't
create them under Vista.

Merry Xmas, Bill.


Merry Christmas to you. And have a fine (upcoming) New Year as well.

- Bill

  #22  
Old December 29th 09, 09:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
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Ah...VB3 came out somewhere about the same time that Noah jumped ship! - the
problem here is not so much ME compatibility as VB runtimes. and I know no
way around that (but I'm willing to play if you are! vbeg)

Good luck - and come back if you need an assist!

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Bill Leary" wrote in message
...
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Hmmm.... progs that won't run under Vista?...... did they run under XP?


Yes.

did you try compatibility mode??.....


Yes, although I can't say I exactly knocked myself out trying every
possible option. I already had the ME VPC installed and was more than
half thinking I'd use it anyway.

if you wanna work on them (just for fun g) mail me!


Well, I've got a solution I'm satisfied with. I already wasted a few
hours on trying to get it to run under Vista. Still, if you've got an
idea I didn't try, I'd give it a whirl.

Specifically, the compile-to-executable option of Visual Basic 3 crashes
VB under Vista.

Everything else works, though. So I put the two programs I'm maintaining
in a shared folder that my ME VPC can see. I do all my development/debug
and so on under Vista then save the entire thing. Fire up ME, do the
compile there, then shut down ME. I only create executable rarely, so
it's not much of an inconvenience. The executables run find under Vista,
I just can't create them under Vista.

Merry Xmas, Bill.


Merry Christmas to you. And have a fine (upcoming) New Year as well.

- Bill


  #23  
Old December 29th 09, 09:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Bill Leary
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"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Ah...VB3 came out somewhere about the same time that Noah jumped ship! -
the problem here is not so much ME compatibility as VB runtimes. and I
know no way around that (but I'm willing to play if you are! vbeg)

Good luck - and come back if you need an assist!


No, that's fine. What I'm doing works, and it's not like I was doing
compiles every day where it might be annoying.

Thanks

- Bill


--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Bill Leary" wrote in message
...
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Hmmm.... progs that won't run under Vista?...... did they run under XP?


Yes.

did you try compatibility mode??.....


Yes, although I can't say I exactly knocked myself out trying every
possible option. I already had the ME VPC installed and was more than
half thinking I'd use it anyway.

if you wanna work on them (just for fun g) mail me!


Well, I've got a solution I'm satisfied with. I already wasted a few
hours on trying to get it to run under Vista. Still, if you've got an
idea I didn't try, I'd give it a whirl.

Specifically, the compile-to-executable option of Visual Basic 3 crashes
VB under Vista.

Everything else works, though. So I put the two programs I'm maintaining
in a shared folder that my ME VPC can see. I do all my development/debug
and so on under Vista then save the entire thing. Fire up ME, do the
compile there, then shut down ME. I only create executable rarely, so
it's not much of an inconvenience. The executables run find under Vista,
I just can't create them under Vista.

Merry Xmas, Bill.


Merry Christmas to you. And have a fine (upcoming) New Year as well.

- Bill



  #24  
Old December 29th 09, 10:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
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"N. Miller" wrote in message
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On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:24:23 -0000, Shane wrote:

Kind of sad how for the last few years this group has been virtually
empty
Crimbo Day. It used to be almost IM (which I don't use, which maybe made
it
seem a bit more special? I suppose the appeal of IM is the feedback
carrot).

I think the microsoft.public.windowsme groups were invigorating because
despite being IMO the best 9x version, it was (and still is) widely
disliked
(there are *some* advantages to Conformity). So they were never
oversubscribed, dominated by the intolerant and egomaniacal types who do
and
always have dominated the XP, Vista and presumably now Windows 7 groups.


I never understood the fuss about Windows ME. The only failing I ever was
bugged by was common to the entire Win9x family: System resources.

And there are no Windows 7 NNTP groups. Alas. I don't care much for Web
forums, and have yet to check out those for Windows 7.

It is rather as if this has been a 'backwater' where the discerning went.
Sure, many WinMe users were complete novices whose first computer came
with
it, but often simply finding these groups is a kind of initiation and
sufficient a learning curve as to mean they came here with the wit and
attitude to contribute to the company; and of course those who kept
returning contributed to the family, as opposed to the brawl of those
other
groups in which the few sparkling stars are blotted out by the probing
coal-black clouds of trolldom.


By the time I got here, I had been using WinME for a couple of years. and
was just a couple more away from a new computer with Windows XP.

So WinMe family, hope you didn't just get a lump of coal in your
stocking! I
think I'll go light mine.

The FSM bless us, each and every one!


Well, I have only one computer left with Windows ME on it. And I need to
cannibalize its power supply for the other one, which I had upgraded to
Windows XP because of that System Resources issue. When I was turning off
that computer every night, it wasn't such a horrific issue. But when I
started running a mail server on it, 24/7, I had to power it down every
other day to recover used resources. Windows XP is slow as molasses on
that
machine, but once the server is running, everything goes smoothly until
the
next round of Microsoft Updates (where the pain of insufficient hardware
is
greatly felt).


No such thing with 'Vista'. H.


--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum


  #25  
Old December 29th 09, 10:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
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"N. Miller" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:50:43 -0500, webster72n wrote:

According to public opinion Windows ME and Vista are 'throw aways'.
Is the fact that I like WinME and Vista just fine of a personal
reflection,
or could the public be wrong?


I think the public was wrong. I liked Windows ME very much, despite a
weakness common to the entire 9x family. But I found Windows ME superior
to
Windows 98 in recovery from that weakness.

I never played much with Windows Vista. It seemed okay, but not so great
that I felt compelled to spend $109 of my hard earned money to upgrade
from
Windows XP MCE 2005. However, the $44.99 price tag of the Windows 7
upgrade
was very attractive (Windows 7 Home Premium "Family Pack"; $44.99 x 3).


We are a frugal bunch here, aren't we? H.


--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum


  #26  
Old January 23rd 10, 05:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
N. Miller
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:15:59 -0500, webster72n wrote:

We are a frugal bunch here, aren't we? H.


Our imperious president wants to suck up as much of our money for his
proposed plans as possible. Won't leave me much to play with!

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
 




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