FTM Version 9

[Gjest]

Can somebody assist me please?
I have been running Version 9 Family Tree Maker on Windows ME and have
heaps of info stored therein. A couple of weeks ago I developed a
'corruption' in the hard drive which necessatated a full strip and
rebuild. My computer buff decided to install Windows XP and while most
of my files are compatable, the message that I recieve from FTM is
that 'The file that you are trying to load is from a newer version of
Family Tree Maker and cannot be loaded'. I don't have a 'newer
version' so I can only assume that the problem is that Version 9 does
not run on XP.

Can somebody advise how I can run version 9 on XP so that I can access
my Family Tree files, please.

Thanks
Clarrie S4

[Lesley Robertson]

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

Can somebody assist me please?
I have been running Version 9 Family Tree Maker on Windows ME and have
heaps of info stored therein. A couple of weeks ago I developed a
'corruption' in the hard drive which necessatated a full strip and
rebuild. My computer buff decided to install Windows XP and while most
of my files are compatable, the message that I recieve from FTM is
that 'The file that you are trying to load is from a newer version of
Family Tree Maker and cannot be loaded'. I don't have a 'newer
version' so I can only assume that the problem is that Version 9 does
not run on XP.

Can somebody advise how I can run version 9 on XP so that I can access
my Family Tree files, please.

I don't know what's wrong with your system, but I didn't have trouble with

XP. It might be worth checking the FTM website to see whether there's a
patch or a known problem with some versions (your XP version must be much
later than mine). I had to get a patch when I moved up to Vista.
Alternatively, look around and see whether you can't find a cut-price copy
of ver 10 or higher. I've seen ver 2005 for under 10 pounds in one of those
"reduced to clear" software bins in a department store.
Don't be tempted by the newest version without reading all the comments
about it here and on soc.genealogy.computing.
Lesley Robertson

[James A. Doemer]

In News 389dcb48-50de-47c9-99e5-854e18ed4e07@e6 ... groups.com,,
[email protected] at [email protected], typed this:

Can somebody assist me please?
I have been running Version 9 Family Tree Maker on Windows ME and have
heaps of info stored therein. A couple of weeks ago I developed a
'corruption' in the hard drive which necessatated a full strip and
rebuild. My computer buff decided to install Windows XP and while most
of my files are compatable, the message that I recieve from FTM is
that 'The file that you are trying to load is from a newer version of
Family Tree Maker and cannot be loaded'. I don't have a 'newer
version' so I can only assume that the problem is that Version 9 does
not run on XP.

Can somebody advise how I can run version 9 on XP so that I can access
my Family Tree files, please.

Thanks
Clarrie S4

I *THINK* your problem may be that they installed XP without Service Pack 2.
Service Pack 3 is out now. If you install it, FTM 9 should work. Service
Pack 3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com and includes all of the patches and
fixes in Service Pack 1, and 2.

[Terry]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:54:33 -0500, James A. Doemer wrote:

I *THINK* your problem may be that they installed XP without Service Pack 2.
Service Pack 3 is out now. If you install it, FTM 9 should work. Service
Pack 3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com and includes all of the patches and
fixes in Service Pack 1, and 2.

There is a Microsoft OFFICE XP Service Pack 3 but I don't think there is a
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (i.e. Operating System). If there is I've missed
it - please point me in the right direction!

--
Terry

[Scruffy McScruffovitch]

"Terry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:54:33 -0500, James A. Doemer wrote:


I *THINK* your problem may be that they installed XP without Service Pack
2.
Service Pack 3 is out now. If you install it, FTM 9 should work.
Service
Pack 3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com and includes all of the patches
and
fixes in Service Pack 1, and 2.

There is a Microsoft OFFICE XP Service Pack 3 but I don't think there is a
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (i.e. Operating System). If there is I've
missed
it - please point me in the right direction!

--
Terry

You're right, well make sure that the most recent XP Service Pack is install
then.

[Gene Y.]

Terry wrote:

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:54:33 -0500, James A. Doemer wrote:


I *THINK* your problem may be that they installed XP without Service Pack 2.
Service Pack 3 is out now. If you install it, FTM 9 should work. Service
Pack 3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com and includes all of the patches and
fixes in Service Pack 1, and 2.

There is a Microsoft OFFICE XP Service Pack 3 but I don't think there is a
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (i.e. Operating System). If there is I've missed
it - please point me in the right direction!

XP service pack 3 is supposed to come out early in '08 and is supposed to speed up XP noticeably.

--
Gene Y.
n2kvs
Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox.
http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/

[Scruffy McScruffovitch]

"Gene Y." <please.ask> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

Terry wrote:
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:54:33 -0500, James A. Doemer wrote:


I *THINK* your problem may be that they installed XP without Service
Pack 2. Service Pack 3 is out now. If you install it, FTM 9 should
work. Service Pack 3 is available at http://www.microsoft.com and includes
all of the patches and fixes in Service Pack 1, and 2.

There is a Microsoft OFFICE XP Service Pack 3 but I don't think there is
a
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (i.e. Operating System). If there is I've
missed
it - please point me in the right direction!

XP service pack 3 is supposed to come out early in '08 and is supposed to
speed up XP noticeably.

As with everything Microsoft, I'll believe it when I see it.

[Terry]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:34:30 -0500, Scruffy McScruffovitch wrote:

XP service pack 3 is supposed to come out early in '08 and is supposed to
speed up XP noticeably.


As with everything Microsoft, I'll believe it when I see it.

1st Half 2008 according to the Service Pack Road Map, not sure if that's
early, but as you say it'll probably be late.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecy ... packs.mspx

--
Terry

[Scruffy McScruffovitch]

"Terry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:34:30 -0500, Scruffy McScruffovitch wrote:

XP service pack 3 is supposed to come out early in '08 and is supposed
to
speed up XP noticeably.


As with everything Microsoft, I'll believe it when I see it.

1st Half 2008 according to the Service Pack Road Map, not sure if that's
early, but as you say it'll probably be late.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecy ... packs.mspx

--
Terry

I was referring mostly to the "speed up XP noticeably" more than the timing,
but that too.

[nono]

In article <389dcb48-50de-47c9-99e5-854e18ed4e07
@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, [email protected] says...
I would guess that your hard drive under ME was formatted as FAT32,
while under XP, it is NTFS. Check with you computer guru to see if so,
if that would cause your problem, and what can be done to read your file
(I just know the concepts - not the solution). Good Hunting!

[Michael Kenefick]

Hello,

I do not believe Version 9 is compatible with XP. I had FTM Version 6 with
Windows 98. When I upgraded to Windows 2000 I had to upgrade to FTM Version 9.
I believe the specs stated it was for 95, 98, and 2000. I used 9 for years.
Now I upgraded to FTM Version 2006. 2006 moved some of the things I used most
often. I found them eventually so I am not as lost with the 2006 version.

Mike in Ohio

[email protected] wrote:

Can somebody assist me please?
I have been running Version 9 Family Tree Maker on Windows ME and have
heaps of info stored therein. A couple of weeks ago I developed a
'corruption' in the hard drive which necessatated a full strip and
rebuild. My computer buff decided to install Windows XP and while most
of my files are compatable, the message that I recieve from FTM is
that 'The file that you are trying to load is from a newer version of
Family Tree Maker and cannot be loaded'. I don't have a 'newer
version' so I can only assume that the problem is that Version 9 does
not run on XP.

Can somebody advise how I can run version 9 on XP so that I can access
my Family Tree files, please.

Thanks
Clarrie S4

[John]

I bypass the sad multitude of answers.

Why don't you run Reunion on Mac OS? Then you wouldn't be having
these problems.

John

[email protected] wrote:

Can somebody assist me please?
I have been running Version 9 Family Tree Maker on Windows ME and have
heaps of info stored therein. A couple of weeks ago I developed a
'corruption' in the hard drive which necessatated a full strip and
rebuild. My computer buff decided to install Windows XP and while most
of my files are compatable, the message that I recieve from FTM is
that 'The file that you are trying to load is from a newer version of
Family Tree Maker and cannot be loaded'. I don't have a 'newer
version' so I can only assume that the problem is that Version 9 does
not run on XP.

Can somebody advise how I can run version 9 on XP so that I can access
my Family Tree files, please.

Thanks
Clarrie S4

[singhals]

Troll.

To run Reunion on a Mac OS, he'd need a new computer. Trust
me: a new copy of FTM is cheaper.

Cheryl


John wrote:

I bypass the sad multitude of answers.

Why don't you run Reunion on Mac OS? Then you wouldn't be having
these problems.

John

[email protected] wrote:

Can somebody assist me please?
I have been running Version 9 Family Tree Maker on Windows ME and have
heaps of info stored therein. A couple of weeks ago I developed a
'corruption' in the hard drive which necessatated a full strip and
rebuild. My computer buff decided to install Windows XP and while most
of my files are compatable, the message that I recieve from FTM is
that 'The file that you are trying to load is from a newer version of
Family Tree Maker and cannot be loaded'. I don't have a 'newer
version' so I can only assume that the problem is that Version 9 does
not run on XP.

Can somebody advise how I can run version 9 on XP so that I can access
my Family Tree files, please.

Thanks
Clarrie S4

[Nick Bassard]

If you try to load a FTM file that was created using FTM 10 or newer,
then you probably can't run that FTM file using FTM 9 or older.

I bet you can't load a file I made using FTM2008;
you'd get the same message.

Try obtaining a newer copy of FTM.

This is not a Microsoft problem.


[email protected] wrote:

Can somebody assist me please?
I have been running Version 9 Family Tree Maker on Windows ME and have
heaps of info stored therein. A couple of weeks ago I developed a
'corruption' in the hard drive which necessatated a full strip and
rebuild. My computer buff decided to install Windows XP and while most
of my files are compatable, the message that I recieve from FTM is
that 'The file that you are trying to load is from a newer version of
Family Tree Maker and cannot be loaded'. I don't have a 'newer
version' so I can only assume that the problem is that Version 9 does
not run on XP.

Can somebody advise how I can run version 9 on XP so that I can access
my Family Tree files, please.

Thanks
Clarrie S4

[Lesley Robertson]

"Nick Bassard" <_@_._> wrote in message
news:olq3j.16013$281.13052@trndny06...

If you try to load a FTM file that was created using FTM 10 or newer, then
you probably can't run that FTM file using FTM 9 or older.

I bet you can't load a file I made using FTM2008;
you'd get the same message.

Try obtaining a newer copy of FTM.

This is not a Microsoft problem.

Since the OP said that she's trying to load files she made with the same
copy of FTM 9 before the pc was changed to XP, this is not the most helpful
of answers.
Lesley Robertson

[Jim Laurent]

Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

Hello,

I do not believe Version 9 is compatible with XP. I had FTM
Version 6 with
Windows 98. When I upgraded to Windows 2000 I had to upgrade to FTM
Version 9.
I believe the specs stated it was for 95, 98, and 2000. I used 9
for years.
Now I upgraded to FTM Version 2006. 2006 moved some of the things I
used most often. I found them eventually so I am not as lost with the
2006 version.

Mike in Ohio

[email protected] wrote:
Can somebody assist me please?
I have been running Version 9 Family Tree Maker on Windows ME and
have heaps of info stored therein. A couple of weeks ago I developed
a 'corruption' in the hard drive which necessatated a full strip and
rebuild. My computer buff decided to install Windows XP and while
most of my files are compatable, the message that I recieve from FTM
is that 'The file that you are trying to load is from a newer
version of Family Tree Maker and cannot be loaded'. I don't have a
'newer version' so I can only assume that the problem is that
Version 9 does not run on XP.

Can somebody advise how I can run version 9 on XP so that I can
access my Family Tree files, please.

Thanks
Clarrie S4

I'm running ver 8 on XP with no trouble.

[Nick Bassard]

O.P. probably isn't telling the whole story or doesn't know the file
they are trying to load was originally produced on a newer version of FTM.

Funny how everything is the fault of Microsoft or Bush.

Lesley Robertson wrote:

"Nick Bassard" <_@_._> wrote in message
news:olq3j.16013$281.13052@trndny06...
If you try to load a FTM file that was created using FTM 10 or newer, then
you probably can't run that FTM file using FTM 9 or older.

I bet you can't load a file I made using FTM2008;
you'd get the same message.

Try obtaining a newer copy of FTM.

This is not a Microsoft problem.


Since the OP said that she's trying to load files she made with the same
copy of FTM 9 before the pc was changed to XP, this is not the most helpful
of answers.
Lesley Robertson

[Scruffy McScruffovitch]

"Nick Bassard" <_@_._> wrote in message
news:o_C3j.24073$rg1.16606@trndny04...

O.P. probably isn't telling the whole story or doesn't know the file they
are trying to load was originally produced on a newer version of FTM.

Funny how everything is the fault of Microsoft or Bush.

Personally, I think Microsoft wrote Bush 1.0, and the damned thing has been
buggy, the patches haven't worked, and there's no upgrade to be had.

[Graeme Wall]

In message <[email protected]>
"Scruffy McScruffovitch" <[email protected]> wrote:

"Nick Bassard" <_@_._> wrote in message
news:o_C3j.24073$rg1.16606@trndny04...
O.P. probably isn't telling the whole story or doesn't know the file they
are trying to load was originally produced on a newer version of FTM.

Funny how everything is the fault of Microsoft or Bush.


Personally, I think Microsoft wrote Bush 1.0, and the damned thing has been
buggy, the patches haven't worked, and there's no upgrade to be had.

You think Bush 1.0 was bad, Bush 2.0 is hopeless.

--
Graeme Wall

My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/geneology>

[Scruffy McScruffovitch]

"Graeme Wall" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:295980494f%[email protected]...

In message <[email protected]
"Scruffy McScruffovitch" <[email protected]> wrote:


"Nick Bassard" <_@_._> wrote in message
news:o_C3j.24073$rg1.16606@trndny04...
O.P. probably isn't telling the whole story or doesn't know the file
they
are trying to load was originally produced on a newer version of FTM.

Funny how everything is the fault of Microsoft or Bush.


Personally, I think Microsoft wrote Bush 1.0, and the damned thing has
been
buggy, the patches haven't worked, and there's no upgrade to be had.




You think Bush 1.0 was bad, Bush 2.0 is hopeless.

LOL! Well damned, let's hope there's no Bush 3.0.

[Johnny]

"John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

I bypass the sad multitude of answers.

Why don't you run Reunion on Mac OS? Then you wouldn't be having
these problems.

John

And your solution helps how? Dumbass Mac user...

[email protected] wrote:
Can somebody assist me please?
I have been running Version 9 Family Tree Maker on Windows ME and have
heaps of info stored therein. A couple of weeks ago I developed a
'corruption' in the hard drive which necessatated a full strip and
rebuild. My computer buff decided to install Windows XP and while most
of my files are compatable, the message that I recieve from FTM is
that 'The file that you are trying to load is from a newer version of
Family Tree Maker and cannot be loaded'. I don't have a 'newer
version' so I can only assume that the problem is that Version 9 does
not run on XP.

Can somebody advise how I can run version 9 on XP so that I can access
my Family Tree files, please.

Thanks
Clarrie S4

[Johnny]

"Lesley Robertson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

"Nick Bassard" <_@_._> wrote in message
news:olq3j.16013$281.13052@trndny06...
If you try to load a FTM file that was created using FTM 10 or newer,
then you probably can't run that FTM file using FTM 9 or older.

I bet you can't load a file I made using FTM2008;
you'd get the same message.

Try obtaining a newer copy of FTM.

This is not a Microsoft problem.


Since the OP said that she's trying to load files she made with the same
copy of FTM 9 before the pc was changed to XP, this is not the most
helpful of answers.
Lesley Robertson

So far most of the answers have been useless!

[Johnny]

"Scruffy McScruffovitch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

"Nick Bassard" <_@_._> wrote in message
news:o_C3j.24073$rg1.16606@trndny04...
O.P. probably isn't telling the whole story or doesn't know the file they
are trying to load was originally produced on a newer version of FTM.

Funny how everything is the fault of Microsoft or Bush.


Personally, I think Microsoft wrote Bush 1.0, and the damned thing has
been buggy, the patches haven't worked, and there's no upgrade to be had.

I hear it runs really well if you use a Mac! LOL!

[Scruffy McScruffovitch]

"Johnny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

"Scruffy McScruffovitch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

"Nick Bassard" <_@_._> wrote in message
news:o_C3j.24073$rg1.16606@trndny04...
O.P. probably isn't telling the whole story or doesn't know the file
they are trying to load was originally produced on a newer version of
FTM.

Funny how everything is the fault of Microsoft or Bush.


Personally, I think Microsoft wrote Bush 1.0, and the damned thing has
been buggy, the patches haven't worked, and there's no upgrade to be had.



I hear it runs really well if you use a Mac! LOL!

I don't think it would get passed the anti-virus software on a Mac. LOL!