The problem he will run into with an older version of Microsoft Office is
that, although it might be able to run in Compatibility Mode, it is
unsupported by Microsoft and he will not be able to *activate* it after
installing it under Win 7 or 8, so it will "expire" after a limited number
of launches. Ran into this at my office... although we had over 120 copies
of Office Basic 2003 that came with the XP computers we had to replace
(medical clinic: XP is not HIPAA compliant now that it's unsupported), they
can't be activated on the new Win 7 computers, so we have to buy new
versions for all those machines!
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message -----
From: "James C. Hall, MD" <heartdoc@nwtcc.com>
To: "Phil Sussman" <psussman@pactor.com>; "RTTY Reflector"
<rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] OT Computer Assistance
Hi Phil:
You've gotten some good responses already. I'll just chime in a little as
computers are part of my professional life. I tend to build my own
machines and I use Win7, not Win8. I am hearing that Win8 will probably go
down as the Vista of our time. Ouch !
You must have a multi-multi station to require 3 computers in your shack.
I run SO2R with one computer and multiple monitors. Three printers ?
Really ? Get a nice printer and put it on your network and share it. You
can do this wirelessly.
You didn't mention what (old) software you are using but even if it's
Office 97, you can still use it in compatibility mode. I wouldn't - but
you can. I use Office 2010. Others have mentioned the freely downloadable
Open Office and there is Office Libre (I think it's called). All are fully
compatible with all the usual formats.
73, Jamie
WB4YDL
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