Installing some antique programs

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Daniel --

Right on the money! I like simple solutions (but I appreciate the efforts of those who responded with suggested solutions).

I have been able to use Windows 2000 as long as I have only because the 2000 Forum is outstanding -- not only in the knowledge encountered there, but in the willingness of folks far more computer literate than I to devote time to assisting others with problems.

Many thanks for taking the time to enable me to move antiquity onto a newer platform!

Gordon



"Daniel Jameson" <danjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:8FD5BD43-8E25-4219-B2E2-53AF7A03E1CF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Gordon,

I have some older programs that need to create registry entries to work properly, and will create them on their own if they can't find them. This helps frequently: Right click the icon and choose "Run as Administrator." For most programs you only have to do this once, because the program only needs to create the registry entries the one time; from then on it needs only read access to the registry.

HTH,
Daniel Jameson

"Gordon Biggar" <colonel_biggs@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ONkq13PpJHA.3572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sir Earle --

Believe it or not, there are no registry entries on my 2000 machine. (I
consider the software more of a DOS application than a Windows application,
but that's another matter...) When I moved the software from Win95 to 2000,
it was a simple matter of copying the folders and drivers, and it has worked
like a charm.

I suppose one workaround would be to go on eBay (or Amazon) to see if anyone
is selling original software. As I recall, when I loaded it on Win95 (about
a century ago), it was from floppies. But, would Vista even recognize the
installation program, even if I found the floppies? I am new to Vista, but
some installation CD's that I have for 2000/XP applications were rejected by
Vista when I tried to load them.

I still have my Win95 machine (I restore Model "A" Fords, too, but they
don't require floppy drives); I don't even remember now whether regedit
works with that platform.

Thanks for your inputs.

Gordon


"Earle Horton" <earleh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23xDRxZPpJHA.2124@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am guessing that you need to install the program using the setup program
originally provided with it. That message sounds like some registry entry
that is necessary for the program to function is missing. Just copying
the
program folder and required drivers rarely works except for the simplest
of
applications.

If you no longer have the installation media you could try copying the
registry entries. Run Regedit on the Windows 2000 computer, navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Harvard Graphics and see what is there. The
key
may also be named "Software Publishing" or who knows? If you find the
data
you could export it to a file and import it into your Vista registry.

Earle

"Gordon Biggar" <colonel_biggs@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OVVvKwOpJHA.1172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have a program, Harvard Graphics for Windows, developed by Software
>Publishing Corp back in the mid-1990's. Some years ago, I installed it
on
>one of my desktops (Windows 2000 Pro platform) without a problem.
>Recently, I copied the folders onto my desktop with Vista Home Premium >.
>Appropriate drivers (just three) were copied into the Windows and
System32
>folders. However, at start-up I get to see the logo page, but then a
>Harvard Graphics error message appears, as follows:
>
> "Can't start Harvard Graphics because of a problem with the Windows
> registration database."
>
> I never ran into this when I moved to Windows 2000 from Windows 95.
Does
> anyone know of a way around this? I have many charts that have been
> developed with this software, and I would like to continue to be able > to
> access the software.
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance that may be forthcoming.
>
> Gordon Biggar
> Houston, Texas





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