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"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 |
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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 |
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"Noel Paton" wrote in message
... 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 |
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"N. Miller" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 |
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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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