[Thinkpad] Windows Vista Questions

[Colgrove, George]

I've used Lotus SmartSuite with WXP for a long time.  Even if your
current version doesn't work right - which is possible (however not by
my experience), it will not be too expensive to get the latest cut (I
believe 9.8) off EBay.  I use this version right now and it works great.
Also you may want to consider joining the IBM Lotus Symphony beta
testing community.  They are making a Lotus Symphony version of the
OpenOffice software.  I think it has great potential of offering much of
what SmartSuite offered in the past.  This software has some bugs (Beta
testing) but for those who want to keep the usability of SmartSuite
alive, this is a great avenue of providing your voice.  Symphony reads -
but does not write legacy SmartSuite formats.

Symphony Link:
http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa


Finally, you might want to run Word Pro in Win95 or Win98 compatibility
mode.  Just right-click the icon - select properties - select the
compatibility tab - check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"
then select the highest version of windows Word Pro will work in - (W95,
W98/ME, WNT, or W2K.)

Good Luck,
George W. Colgrove III

-----Original Message-----
From: thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org]
On Behalf Of Allan Ballard
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:42 PM
To: thinkpad at stderr.org
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Windows Vista Questions

Wish my old Lotus word processor (W95 vintage) would work with XP.

-----Original Message-----
From: thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org]
On Behalf Of Alex Austin
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:34 PM
To: Jonathan Berry
Cc: thinkpad at stderr.org
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Windows Vista Questions

www.tamedos.com

Jonathan Berry wrote:
>> Well I have to tell you, other than pure DOS apps (and there is
also a way
>> to do that) everything works with XP. I am still using apps that I
used on
>> WFWG to say nothing of W95. OK, almost everything.
>>     
>
> I found that my DOS apps from 1986 or so still work under XP.
> But two annoyances.  First, your DOS app doesn't seem to be 
> allowed to START any other program, like it could under Win2K.
> I assume this is a security measure by MS.
>
> The other annoyance is that many old DOS apps are programmed to
> wait for the next keystroke.  I never noticed this to be much 
> of a problem under Win9x or Win2K, but under XP such apps are 
> often pulling over 90% of the CPU time, just waiting for 
> keyboard input.  So this is not just a rant, it is an OT 
> request for the brain trust to tell me if there is a cure.  
> Say, a cmd.exe replacement?
>
>   

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