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  1. Hi,

    I am going to give an introductory talk at our Club next week on AV and I wondered what members of this forum believe are the main reasons for using PTE.

    I know why I use it, but I thought it might be interesting to read what others have to say.

    Ivor

  2. I cant really say on how many entries you will find -- i have 7 ver 5 installed and too many to count ver 4

    ken

    Hi

    Update

    I am quite down at the moment.

    I have been following all your advice and suggestions, and on Sunday night after completeing the chdsk run. I deleted all the PTE files emptied all the references I could find in the registry. I turned off all my virus checkers Windows defender Firewalls and also checked that none were not running in Task Manager processes.

    I then sat back full of quiet anticipation that this time it was going to work. I tried to install version 4.x that you advised Ken.

    It looked like it was going ok, got all the setup screens then Blue screen. I went to the Program file and looked for the installed files and tried to open the program from there. Again blue screen.

    So I gave up and went to bed.

    Yesterday I did not have the enthusiasm to try anything else.

    I have however found the Windows mini dumps which I understand tells you what stopped working. I also found that I cant read them. It apparently needs the installation of debug tools, I read up on this and I'm afraid that its starting to go straight over my head, and that was just the installation of the debug tool.

    Ivor

    So in reality I am no further forward. Maybe after reading through these debug installation documents a few more times I might pluck up the nerve to have a go.

  3. DID YOU UNINSTALL AND CLEAR THE REGISTRY OF PTE

    KEN

    Hi Ken I did I found two references in the registry, one to PTE and one to PTE 5.6 (I am speaking from memeory now as I cant look it up)

    Does that sound right or is there something else hiding under another name?

    I am running chkdsk at the moment as has also been suggested, and I think that is going to take a long time.

    Ivor

  4. IVOR,

    There have been +740 Posts concerning your 'Vista-Medion PC' and you are no where near a solution...

    I need to ask you '2.Question' ~ but before that I want to make a 'Statement' viz:-

    Statement

    'Vista-Home-Premium' (Any version) comes complete with an excellent 'Firewall' built into the Op.System

    and it also has 'Windows-Defender' built in ~ and 'Internet-Explorer' which is a component of the Op.System.

    You also have Virgin-PC Guard+Firewall.

    Question.1

    Knowing these facts why the heck have you downloaded another 'Firewall' when you know this is 'Illegal' as

    you cannot run 2 Firewalls simultaneously on any PC without asking for trouble ??

    Question.2

    What is your problem and why are you so reticent to download a New Copy of PTE using the Vista-PC to do that job

    like everyone else does?. It's coming from a 'Secure-server' through your LAN Box on your wall (It has a Wired-Firewall)

    before it gets anywhere near your PC which has its own Vista-Software Firewall?.....

    It simply defies reason why you are not doing this?.....It cut's out all your XP-Stages which can create their own problems.

    It mystifies me ??

    Brian.Conflow.

    To answer your question 2. As I have stated previously I did. It and it still didnt work.

    I have not had any conflicts up till now, (if this is what is causing the problem).

    If Vista comes with such a good defence system why the heck is everybody advised so strongly, in every article I have read to install better ones?

    And before you ask yes I have tried to install PTE with the firewalls and virus checkers turned off.

    Ivor

  5. IVOR

    does the pte ver5* run on your "PTE set up with the computer I am using to write this email"?

    then run it there make thew dvd for your mate and take the bad system to the shop and see if they can fix

    also did you try any of my suggestions

    http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=62355

    ken

    Hi Ken

    Short answer yes I did.

    Second point: This is going to sound trite but yes it does and yes I could do that for a one off.

    But since trying to load the licence key I cannot use PTE at all on my main pc.

    I dont really want to work on my pictures on one pc then go through the rigmarole of copying them and moving to another machine, installing them all again and then working backwards and forwards between two pc's.

    Ivor

  6. Ivor,

    Have you tried a reinstall of your video drivers? And secondly a reinstall of your soundcard drivers? Both after deinstalling the drivers and a reset of the system.

    In my experiences the combination of these twe drivers can cause BSOD easily.

    André

    I have not forgotten your suggestion Andre.

    I am ofay with this as I have done it with XP.

    But not with Vista.

    This will take some serious thought.

    For those interested the reason is as follows: -

    I dont know how many people are using Vista but Microsoft Soft wrote all their own drivers use in Vista and the OS preference is to use MS's drivers rather than the bespoke drivers written by other suppliers.

    If you remember a bit further back in this post, I alluded to my friend who was having blue screen problems.

    His Monitor and Monitor software (from HP) was written to work with various video card software supplied by the various card manufacturers (I cant recall the exact manufacturer at the moment).

    However there was a conflict between the manufacturers software and the Vista OS. The only way to get around the conflict was to use the MS drivers, but these did not allow for the HP input.

    After consulting with all parties, MS, HP and the card manufacturer, over a couple of months it was decided that he had to either run the Vista software as is, or run the manufacturers software with some of the options disabled.

    Neither result was satisfactory as both the solutions meant that the option to rotate the screen through 90 degrees was disabled.

    I have read of other similar problems caused by Vista drivers.

    My computer gives me all I want in every respect, other than with this problem I am having with PTE, and any updates to the drivers will have been made automatically, (I am not even sure who's drivers are being used), I dont want to delete them and install drivers that might give me a mismatch or problem elsewhere.

    It would be different if I was getting problems with every other program I ran.

    This has got to be a software conflict somewhere between my version of Vista and PTE, and I appear to be the only person with the problem.

    Ivor

  7. Ivor,

    Thanks for your reply and in response have to say 4 things:-

    1)

    The PTE Program is running perfectly well on a vast number of Vista-PCs ~ ask any Forum Member.

    Why can you not get in running on yours ?? ~ you seem to want to ignore that fact.

    2)

    You wrote..."I have had issues with Kapersky, Norton and another Virus checker which slips my mind at this time"...

    If you have tried these out ~this is your problem ~ they are not 100% Uninstalled. You need to be 100% sure about that.

    3)

    Virgin PC Guard has a system of "Download-Filtering" (I wasn't going to go into this) but had you downloaded XXX and

    then had decided it wasnt for you, Virgin PC remembers your decision and prevents any further attempt's to do so.

    Its one of the reasons why Virgin-PC Guard is not rated by the Professional Anti-Virus Reviewers. (It's rubbish)

    4)

    Look, instead of wasting your time pulling your Hair out why not downlaod a PTE-Show from any one of those available

    here on the Forum, try and run that and lets have the results.

    If the Show runs on your PC there is nothing wrong with PTE ~ if it fail's to run, its your Computer ot its Set-up.

    Best regards.

    Brian.Conflow.

    Much as I respect everyone else's expertise in this matter. I feel that we are getting tied up in the issue of downloading.

    I do not use the pc in question for downloading, or Internet communication. It is connected to the Internet to allow Program updates.

    I downloaded the PTE set up with the computer I am using to write this email, a different one, and I transfered the set program using a USB pen.

    Subsequently when I was trying out various alterations and settings suggested by members I did re download direct to my main pc but the result was the same.

    I have always been able to run PTE Shows and have on advice tried some more recently.

    The issues I have had with those Virus checkers have been in the past on different pc's. I did not like the way that they were taking control of my pc. Kapersky for example would not let me upload to my own web site. These checkers were in use for some considerable time and did not suit my requirements.

    With regard PC Guard it has been running on a colleagues pc for about 2 years and he is more than happy. I have had it running on one pc for over 6 months with no problems and on the pc in question since I bought it.

    I want to use PTE because it seems to be the accepted standard for Camera Clubs and other organisations throughout the world.

    I do sincerely appreciate all the help that every one is trying to give me.

    Ivor

  8. Ivan,

    I checked into one of our PC-Database's about your Medion-Akoya PC Model:-PCMT7 (exclusive to Aldi)

    and things don't add up at all ~ also I don't know in which part of the World you are living in.

    1)

    Your PC.MT7 was 1st. released in early 2007 with a single Celeron-Processor with XP-Sp2 Op.System and

    a miserly 258.Mb of RAM-Memory and little in the way of resident Programs. It also featured Kaspersky

    or Bullguard Anti-Virus (latter with a Firewall).

    At that time a New Vista-Home version was due for release ~ Tech details unknown and untracable.

    2)

    It appears you let the Anti-Virus run out (3.Month Trial) and them when offered Virgin-Guard (Free) you

    downloaded that. Virgin-Guard has a Filtering-Firewall and its not their product' its 'packaged' for Virgin

    and uses 256.Mb of Memory, its an absolute "Hog" and its unstable. (Don't ignore the Reviews)

    3)

    Removal of these products via the Add/Remove Programs routine will not work as special Uninstallers

    are needed which must be deployed in Safe-Mode.

    Nett Consequences of all:-

    1) You have 2 Firewalls running simultanously Vista-Firewall and/or either Virgin or Bullguard....Not allowed.

    2) You have 2 Anti-Virus running simultanously Win-defender and/or:- Virgin/Bullguard/or Kaspersky...Not Alllowed.

    3) Switching-Off these Programs does not stop their Registry activities.

    My Advice:-

    If this is indeed a Single-Processor PC I would have it wiped clean and re-install with XP-Sp3 with Avast A/V (Not AVG 8.0).

    If its a Duo-Processor I would keep Vista-Home and Win-Defender (switchable) and also install Avast A/V or Bit-Defender

    (without firewall) having first removed those conflicting Programs.

    Sorry I can't be of any more help to you because this PC is in a right "mess" and serious surgery is needed. It's nothing to

    do with PTE ~and those 'warning-windows' you are getting should not be there at all~ your Registry is completely confused.

    I think you know that ?

    Brian.Conflow.

    Thank you Brian,

    It is a Medion from Aldi, It was bought when I said and it is one of a series of high spec machines that they periodically put out.

    It is an Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.47Ghz,

    3Mg DDR2 RAM,

    Nvidia GeForce 8600 GS Video card.

    I have Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 included as the OS.

    Bullguard was indeed available in the purchase price but I did not install or run it, as were a number of other programs I did not need.

    I have had issues with Kapersky, Norton and another Virus checker which slips my mind at this time.

    I was very dubious about getting a new computer with Vista but I found that it was the only option other than building one, plus it should have become more usable with service pack 1 included.

    Virgin PC Guard is free at my level of Broadband useage and to-date neither I nor any of my friends who use have an issue with it. It is certainly no more clunky than Norton.

    I am aware that most Virus Checkers require the use of special un-installers to correctly uninstall them.

    I do not quite understand your sweeping statement that my pc is completely confused and in a mess.

    I have only had one issue, and that is with this one Program PTE which I have tried to install.

    More to the point, I have subsequently installed Irfan view as was suggested as a test with absolutely no ill effects or issues what so ever.

    I know that you have been doing your best to try to help me and I appreciate you taking the time and effort to do so.

    Thank you very much.

    So far I have tried everything that has been suggested and I do not even want to consider wiping my machine just to install this one small program, except that I have paid for it.

    Ivor

  9. Ivan,

    You are complicating things when you talk about PC-1 and PC-2 and what you are doing with them - that is not my concern.

    1)

    Please tell me the Maker and Model No: of the PC which gets the 'Blue-Screen' while trying to download PTE Program ?.

    2)

    Can you give me some idea of 'Purchase-Date' when it was bought ?

    3)

    What Anti-Virus are you using on this particular PC ?

    4)

    Are the OE and IE settings on that PC as I had recommended ?

    Ivan, I am trying to help you to get this PC operating with the PTE Program - everything else is irrelevant - but I must know the

    current status of this PC and that means I have to check its operational details. The above questions are very important and I

    must have accurate answers if I am to help you !!

    Just copy this 'Post' into your reply and make an 'Answer' under each 'Question' above...it's so much faster and more accurate.

    (Run your Left.Mouse Cursor over the Post to Hi-light it. Now Right.Clk on 'blue-print' and copy it. Open Your-Reply and paste it and Edit)

    Regards,

    Brian.Conflow.

    1)

    Please tell me the Maker and Model No: of the PC which gets the 'Blue-Screen' while trying to download PTE Program ?.

    I have downloaded PTE ok, I am unable to install it.

    The PC is supplied by Medion. Model No. PC MT7, I believe they built it but I dont know for sure. I get the Blue Screen when I try to install Pte and also when I subsequently try to boot from the Program Folder.

    2)

    Can you give me some idea of 'Purchase-Date' when it was bought ?

    October last year.

    3)

    What Anti-Virus are you using on this particular PC ?

    Virgin PC Guard

    4)

    Are the OE and IE settings on that PC as I had recommended ?

    The IE settings are as you recommended.

    I did not check the Outlook Express settings because I do not run emails on this pc, and Vista as far as I know, does not support Outlook Express, it has its own system called Windows Mail. Which I have never used.

    Ivor

  10. Ivan,

    I am sending you a series of Outlook and IE Explorer Screenshots as attachments below. They are from an XP-Machine

    but you will find the similar things in your Vista-PC concerning Outlook-Express and Internet-Explorer.

    Check these and make sure you have the right settings.

    1)

    You are 'Loged-in' as Administrator ~ Who set this up for you ? and do you have FULL Admin permissions ?

    2)

    Unknown to you there is another Admin Account on your PC...its called OEMPC Account (Master-Account) and I wonder

    should this PC have been supplied by Virgin-Media have they 'fiddled' with this Account in their own interests ?

    (This actually happens a lot in the States and people like Comcast have been doing this for years).

    With reference to your Anti-Virus Set-ups:-

    3)

    Virgin PC-Guard. This means you are a Virgin-Media Broadband Customer...Sorry I have bad news on this one !!

    This is not a 'main-stream' Program and it has very many issues (Google for:- Virgin PC-Guard and see for yourself)

    4)

    Windows-Defender. Comes pre-installed on Vista and the PC.Industry reviews on this are not good ~ just passable.

    ________________________________________________________________________________

    It's my opinion that you have a Settings-problem or alternatively a Program-conflict problem...

    Firstly, review your settings as shown below ~ let's get those out of the way, then we can look for other issues.

    Ivan this is really a situation of tracking down this problem and to do that, systematic methodology is needed.

    Brian.Conflow.

    Hi Brian

    Just come, been out all day trying to get some pictures of York Viking Festival which is on this Weekend, so I have only just seen your mail.

    As I said I dont use that pc (call it PC 2) for general Internet stuff, I only use the Internet to download updates.

    This mail is in fact being written on PC 1.

    However I have IE6 installed on PC 2 and all the settings are set as you described.

    With regard to Outlook Express, I am never going to use that on PC 2.

    The supplier of the pc was a Company called Medion, and as you say correctly, Virgin is my Broadband Supplier. A Number of us use PC Guard and are reasonably happy with it so far. I have tried others in the past, but I do not like the way that most of them, especially the latest versions of Norton try to take over your PC.

    I agree with, and understand your comment on Windows Defender.

    With regard to the main point regarding Administrator, I set it up and I am shown as the Administrator. I have had issues with it at times and have now disabled the Administrative rights, and I get a warning when I shut down that they have been disabled. I do not know/understand what you mean about FULL Admin Permissions.

    Until this issue with PTE I have always been able to install, alter or rearrange files and programs.

    I have had some "You do not have permission to do this" warnings but I have always got by them, often by using "Run as Administrator" option.

    I know this is not relevant but, I do understand that there can be conflicts, and you just have to find a suitable work around. (I have a friend who bought a different model pc at the same time as I did who was getting blue screen problems all the time, so much so that he regretted buying the computer. The problem was put down to a conflict between Microsoft and his Video Cards native drivers. The solution he has had to adopt is to use the MS drivers only. This means he cannot rotate his View Screen into the vertical mode (to view picture in the Landscape Mode) as the MS drivers havent been designed for that option.)

    Thanks for your help so far.

    Ivor

  11. Ivor,

    Being such a young PC it's probably still running on initial 'Factory-Default' settings and consequently Vista Home-Premium

    is running at 'Max-Security' settings ~ Vista can be such an awkward 'So-and-So' about everything when in this initial state.

    Quite obviously it see something...'which it considers as a threat'...so you have to teach it some good manners and to try

    and help you, can you answer the following:-

    1)

    When you Log-On ~ are you Logged in as a 'User'? -or- are you Logged in as the 'Administrator'?

    2)

    When downloading any Programs are you getting any 'Security-Message' in particular are you getting a small 'Yellow-Stripe'

    message across the top of the Browser-Screen just right under the Toolbar ?

    3)

    As yet, have you 'tuned' the Internet-Security settings in your Browser Page ? particularily the Security and Privacy settings ?

    4)

    What Anti-Virus Software are you using ?

    Thats enough for now ~ If/when you reply please stick to the questions. No long explainations as these confuse the issue(s).

    One thing is for sure, the answer to this PTE problem is simple ~ it isn't PTE ~ as its used on many Vista PC's here on the Forum.

    Regards,

    Brian.Conflow.

    Hi Brian

    1. I am logged on as administrator.

    2. I Dont get a security message, when I download. On occasion I get a yellow stripe at the top of the screen but I would stress that is quite rarely. Thats the one where you can right click and run or download etc.

    I have recently turned off the User Account Control.

    3, Yes.

    4. I use Virgin PC Guard and of course Windows Defender.

    Ivor

  12. Ivor,

    Just a random thought...how long is it since you cleaned out your Registry and de-fragged it?

    regards,

    Peter

    Hi Peter

    I have not run a registry cleaner on this pc, it only 3 -4 months old and I only run programs that I am going to use on it. In other words I do not as a rule load a program just to try it out, on this pc.

    I have other pc's that I use for Internet and trying stuff out on.

    I dont play games on it just use it for my photography.

    Defrag is scheduled to run once a week.

    Ivor

  13. Ken:

    I can't find 4.49 either anymore, but I am sending you a private e-mail with the zip attached.

    Ivor send me a message via the forum with your e-mail in it and I will send it to you as well.

    4.49 should be left on the wnsoft website as more people than many think still use it !

    Thanks JRR

    Have tried to install 4.49 and once again Blue Screen of death complete shut down. In fact when the pc rebooted it blue screened again.

    So I guess it gone to a previous restore point.

    I get annoyed at the Windows Pop up that says Windows has just recovered from a serious fault. (What irony) Then it says do you want Windows to check out a solution. When you say yes it happily runs away and nothing else happens.

    Great time wasters pc's!

    I'm stuck again.

    Ivor

  14. ivor digicam,

    Step by step we may be able help to sort your issue ... hopefully

    Since Pte requires your Direct X files to be in order to function properly ... have you checked them thru the Direct X Diagnostic Tool to make sure no problems are found among the various tabs.

    To do this just go to your Start menu and click RUN ... type in Dxdiag and press OK. Wait for it to complete process and browse thru the tabs for any possible errors it may indicate.

    Also to test your Direct X and see if Blue Screen appears ... download the v5.6 pte slide shows (made by Wnsoft) and run the 2 slideshows on your Vista. At least we will see if you can even run Pte exe slideshows without errors.

    Download from post here:

    Windows Vista Home Premium - WnSoft Forums

    http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=62069

    Its someplace to start.

    Thanks Nobeefstu

    I've done all that.

    Direct X 10 no problems and no blue screen.

    Downloaded both shows and run them.

    Had a scare when they both ended suddenly, but tried them on second pc and they end in the same place.

    Zooms and pans were very smooth colours and sound ok the garden on was louder than pte show.

    This is really confusing isnt it.

    I got the first problem when I tried to install pte for the first time, I was sitting back feeling quite pleased with my self then Bang my pc shut down. I have subsequently downloaded two seperate versions and still no joy.

    Ivor

  15. I tried it with everything shut off.

    I did consider trying it in safe mode but have not done so.

    When it did work, I didnt have a need to run system restore.

    I have just downloaded Irfanview and installed it, it seems to be working ok.

    I just opened some very large 16bit Tiff files no problem.

    I did not disable anything either.

    Ivor

    Further to my last post I have all the plugins and they seem to be working OK as and I can read my Nikon RAW files directly from the source files.

    I am now even more confused.

    Ivor

  16. WHEN YOU DO THE INSTALL

    do you have all anti virus, zone alarm etc shut off

    irfanview is about the same size as pte deluxe try installing it cw the plugins

    did you try a system restore to when it was working

    ken

    I tried it with everything shut off.

    I did consider trying it in safe mode but have not done so.

    When it did work, I didnt have a need to run system restore.

    I have just downloaded Irfanview and installed it, it seems to be working ok.

    I just opened some very large 16bit Tiff files no problem.

    I did not disable anything either.

    Ivor

  17. can you install any other "new" program with out crashing?

    ken

    Yes.

    I dont recall ever having had this problem with any other program.

    I have had the usual User Account Control problems but I have switched that out recently because I find it so annoying.

    Ivor

  18. Ivor:

    Just download a copy of PTE from the wnsoft website, and install it as before (only hopefully this time all will work OK for you)

    You only go through the registration when buying it.

    Ok done all that and it still crashes on me.

    Put in a request to Wnsoft now and I guess I'll have to wait and see if there are any solutions/suggestions forthcoming.

    Thanks for your suggestions but I just cant understand why it did work for a while.

    Ivor

  19. Ivor,

    It sounds to me as though you already have some serious instability on your PC. If I was experiencing these kind of problems I would proceed along the following lines:

    - cease all other work on the PC

    - make sure my firewall software was up to date

    - make sure my anti-virus software was up to date

    - make sure my anti-malware software was up to date

    - make sure my registry clean software was up to date

    - physically disconnect from the Internet

    - run a full anti-virus scan

    - run a full anti-malware scan

    - run a full registry clean

    - uninstall/delete (as best I can) the previous version of PTE

    - re-connect to the Internet

    - download a fresh copy of PTE from www.wnsoft.com

    - install the new copy of PTE

    ...and then take it from where-ever that leaves you.

    The suggestion of raising a support "ticket" is a good one and worth doing. It is possible that WnSoft support have seen this or similar problems before. Contact them via the www.wnsoft.com website.

    regards,

    Peter

    Thanks Peter, xahu34,

    I guess I might have to go that route.

    I have tried deleteing everything I can find but still no avail.

    The system generally is stable and I dont usually have problems with my pc and I run some pretty heavy photoshop programs.

    My virus checkers and malaware is run and updated daily and I am fairly confident that it is all ok. This machine is only used for my photography work. Its only connected to the internet to keep the programs up to date.

    E-mails and other Internet work is done on the pc I am using to send this now.

    How can I download a fresh copy of pte without going through all the registration and such like that I had to before?

    If I can get a fresh copy I think I will try one more attempt at installation, by disconnecting the internet and switching off my virus checkers etc. Just to make sure that they are not causing a problem.

    Ivor

  20. You need to have both keys inside the wnsoft folder which should be in your programmes file, when Pte asks for the key point it to the wnsoft folder in your programmes folder.

    Yachtsman1

    Do you mean before you try to install the program?

    The problem I have is in trying to install the program, it just does not seem to install correctly and crashes before it finalises.

    When the computer reboots although the files appear to be in the program file, no short cuts have been installed. I try to boot pte from the .exe file in the main file. Then it all go's wrong and the blue screen comes up and the computer has to reboot.

    Ivor

  21. There are two separate licence keys, one for PTE & one for PTE Deluxe which has the video builder facility. They usually arraive in separate emails, so assuming you bought the deluxe version you would have been sent 2 keys. Search your emails using wnsoft as the keyword.

    Yachtsman1

    Yes I have the two keys but I cant get PTE to boot yo install them.

    Whenever I try to boot pte I immediately get the Blue Screen and emegency shut down.

    I'm tearing my hair out trying to think of what to do next?

    Ivor

  22. See my previous post.

    I eventually managed to get PTE up and working, and I built a couple of shows to prove it.

    I hadnt yet installed the licence code as it seemed to be working ok without it. After the initial blue screens, I had decided to leave well alone.

    One of my shows was some wedding pics for a friend and I thought he might like it on a DVD to show his friends and reatives.

    To make a DVD I was required to input the licence code. I followed all the directions to the letter.

    All I got was the Blue screen of death again.

    Thought I should uninstall and reinstall but uninstall dosent work, PTE is not even listed in Control Panel/Add & Remove Programs, so that was no good either. (It seems to suggest that the porgram has not loaded properly.)

    I have manually deleted the program and tried reinstalling again, but still to no avail.

    I am tearing my hair out here. I just cannot get it to install at all.

    I run setup and everything seems to go ok then 1 second after the install dialogue box shuts down up comes blue screen.

    That closes down so fast its impossible to make a note what it says.

    I have had so many blue screens I am worried that my pc will go unstable and I cant afford to lose all my stuff of it.

    Can anybody please help me!

    Ivor

  23. Just crawled out of bed with excruciating tooth ache - wanted to try this out.

    Got three blue screens of death one after the other, so set myself up with pen and paper to note down any codes I could see. Low and behold it worked.

    I dont understand what is going on.

    I'll creep back to bed for now and resume when I feel more upto it.

    Thanks every one.

    Fingers crossed.

    Ivor

    Just an update.

    I didnt get out of bed yesterday, so I have spent an hour in my drugged state playing this afternoon.

    I now seem to have a working version of 5.6.

    Its really most strange that all of a sudden it works.

    Any way as long as it stays that way I'm happy.

    Ivor

  24. Ivor,

    Write down the Error Codes you are receiving in the Blue Screen. These numbers can help to trace the fault.

    You have 32bit or 64bit system ?

    Link:

    Blue Screen of Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOP_error

    Just crawled out of bed with excruciating tooth ache - wanted to try this out.

    Got three blue screens of death one after the other, so set myself up with pen and paper to note down any codes I could see. Low and behold it worked.

    I dont understand what is going on.

    I'll creep back to bed for now and resume when I feel more upto it.

    Thanks every one.

    Fingers crossed.

    Ivor

  25. Ivor,

    It sounds to me like you have all the files, if you scroll down you will see one with pic (arrow) exe written on the icon, if you double click on that it should open.

    Its late now but you might get more help from our friends in the states but like I said it does look like you have the files.

    Ralph

    Thanks for that Ralph its what I wanted to know so I'll give it a try and probably let you know tomorrow if its a success.

    Ivor

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