Thanks for the headsup. I think the best step would be to try tamedos now before I put anything on my new pc. If it bombs, I can reinstall windows 7 and start all over. ----- Original Message ----- From: M.W. Poirier<mailto:poirmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: xywritenew<mailto:xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:11 PM Subject: Re: Edward Mendelson on Tamedos It is true that Tame can be quite useful, but it has been the experience of some of us that not all versions of the programme work well, and what is worse is the fact that the author of the programme does not describe the installation process well, and is not very helpful when it comes to giving advice when things go wrong. If you can stand that, then by all means try Tame. When it works well, it works very well, ...and don't update a working version when a new version comes out, because you may be ruining an excellent setup and replacing it with one that is less than desirable. Others may have had a different experience with Tame, but that has been my experience, and I have to say that I have given up on Tame because I cannot get back to my original set up. Mr. Mendelson is clearly more knowledgeable in setting up Tame than I. M. W. Poirier ---------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 31 May 2011, Avrom Fischer wrote: > Edward Mendelson on his website at Http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/tamewp.html<http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/tamewp.html<http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/tamewp.html%3Chttp://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/tamewp.html>> states: > > This is the only third-party software that I recommend without reservation to all users of WPDOS under Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7. A 30-day free trial version is available for download, and you may prefer to experiment with the program before buying it. After installing Tame under Windows XP, I no longer have any reason to run WPDOS under Windows 98. (Tame 5.0 and later versions do not run under Windows 95, 98, or Me.) > > Are his comments equally relevant to users of Xywrite in windows 7, 32 bit. Is there any reason not to use it, > > Avrom Fischer > avromf@xxxxxxx<mailto:avromf@xxxxxxx<mailto:avromf@xxxxxxx%3Cmailto:avromf@xxxxxxx>> or f413@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:f413@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:f413@xxxxxxxxxxxx%3Cmailto:f413@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> > 786 Eaat 19th Street > Brooklyn, NY 11230 > 718 434 7696