William, Why not upgrade to VFP 9 and remove the source of your problems....
Oh and PLEASE DO NOT SHOUT!!!!
Dave
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of William Tormey Sent: 13 October 2016 00:22 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: VFP 5.0 AND WINDOWS 10
HI ALL. OUR SUPPORTFORAMLIRELAND @INDIGO.IE EMAIL ACCOUNT IS GONE THANKS TO TELECOM EIREANN-EIRCOM-EI. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER TWICE AND THE NEW OWNERS HAVE BEEN LIFTING COPPER AND LAYING FIBER. NO TIME TO FIX MY EMAIL NOR RECOVER ITS DATA.
MEANWHILE VFP5.0 AND WINDOWS 10 HAVE BEEN DAMAGING POOR M$'S REGISTRY LIKE IT IS A MORTAL ENEMY, CAUSING FREQUENT ENTIRE REBUILDS AND AN EXISTENTIAL CRISES WAY BEYOND BRITexit.
HAS ANYONE GOT VFP5.0 OR LATER REVS AND WIN 10 TO LIVE TOGETHER FOR LONG. OUR APP HAS REACHED THE STAGE WHERE FOUR EXE'S RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY SOMETIMES ON ONE ASUS A55BM-E WITH A VARIETY OF SATA DRIVES (SSD AND HARD) CONTROLLING A FEED MILL WITH SEVEN FTDI USB M$ CERTIFIED DRIVERS DEVICES, USB TO RS232.
THANKS TO ED. HE HAS HELPED ME WITH USING TORMEYWILLIAM@YAHOO.COM WITH PROFOX, BUT I HAVE A FEELING THERE IS A BETTER WAY.
WILLIAM
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