[Ian Lancaster]

We were given a trial sample of "RoundPro" at the Fed show a couple of weeks ago.

Usual thing: try for a month, then sign up if you like it.

None of the accompanying literature mentions system compatibility requirements, nor did the salesman specify a minimum operating system requirement.

We are still using Windows98SE - it works for us, so we've never bothered to change.

Installing the trial CD resulted in a completely corrupted computer, to the point where it seemed more sensible to replace than to rebuild.

The publishers refused to acknowledge any responsibility, claiming that we were told it was suitable only for WindowsXP.

Obviously it's their word against ours, but anyone considering installing RoundPro be warned if you are operating anything earlier than XP you could have terminal problems!!

Cheers,

Ian

[Paul Coleman]

We were given a trial sample of "RoundPro" at the Fed show a couple of weeks ago.

Usual thing: try for a month, then sign up if you like it.

None of the accompanying literature mentions system compatibility requirements, nor did the salesman specify a minimum operating system requirement.

We are still using Windows98SE - it works for us, so we've never bothered to change.

Installing the trial CD resulted in a completely corrupted computer, to the point where it seemed more sensible to replace than to rebuild.

The publishers refused to acknowledge any responsibility, claiming that we were told it was suitable only for WindowsXP.

Obviously it's their word against ours, but anyone considering installing RoundPro be warned if you are operating anything earlier than XP you could have terminal problems!!

Cheers,

Ian

That's a pity Ian as I read it was meant to be OK software.  Even though I have been using XP for several years, I still think that 98SE was Microsoft's best effort for a Windows operating system - provided you don't want to get into lots of computer networking.  In fact, one of the first things I did with XP was to switch it to "Classic" mode.  This resembles 98SE superficially anyway.
I use the MS Works spreadsheet and database for my own record keeping.  It's a bit bare bones for some people's taste and took me a while to set up properly but it works very well for where I'm at.

What did you do in the end?  Re-format the hard drive?

PS.  Anyone considering paying megabucks for the MS Office suite would do well to look at www.openoffice.org  .