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From: "Ian Westergaard" <>
Subject: Re: [CFTW] CFTW is the Best
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 16:04:11 +1300
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Hi Walter

Are you sure that sometimes CFTW is the only program running when you have a
crash? Hit Ctrl/Alt/Del and see what else is running in the background.
There may be a rogue program there. When was the last time you defragmented
your hard drive? How big is your swap file? How full is your hard drive?
Have you tried re-installing Win 95 or CFTW?

I never used CFTW v2.xx. I went straight from v1.xx to v3.01 ( I actually
ran the beta versions for some time ). I have never had a crash with v3.xx
but I used to get them with v1.xx when I tried to run a long report.

I do regular maintenance on my system using Norton System Works 2000 and
very rarely have any trouble and never with CFTW which is often running in
the background all day. Microsoft Office sometimes gives me problems
especially if I have a number of applications and big files open. I have Win
98 2nd edition.

I suggest you upgrade to CFTW v3.05, it won't cost you anything for 45 days.
Save a copy of your v 2.50 database files in case you want to go back.

If you still have a problem I think you should upgrade your Win 95 to Win 98
2nd Edition or Win ME. I still have an old system running Win 95 and it
always gave me no end of trouble and still does. The only good thing that
can be said about Win 95 is that it is better than Win 3.1.

Ian Westergaard
In Sunny & Cool Central Otago
New Zealand

----- Original Message -----
From: "walterboswell1" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [CFTW] CFTW is the Best


> Hi, All. Here's one for you.
>
> Apparently, I must be the only guy in the world having trouble with CFTW.
If you
> will remember, I wrote to the list once before. I'm the guy who keeps
getting
> crashes when CFTW is running. I have tried to discover some rhyme or
reason for my
> problem, but it seems that almost all crashes involve CFTW in one way or
another.
> These crashes usually happen when Microsoft Outlook Express (which I
loathe and
> despise) is running simultaneously with CFTW, but not always. Sometimes
CFTW
> crashes when it is the only program running. I love this program and I
would hate
> to have to switch to another one, but I've just got to find some answers
or I am
> going to be forced to take that most undesirable step.
>
> Recently, a friend of mine loaned me a copy of an older version of one of
the
> biggest--if not THE biggest--commercial genealogy programs in the States.
Sad to
> say, I have had no crashes with it--whether Outlook Express is running or
not.
> Naturally, I don't like it as much as I like Cumberland, but if these
crashes
> continue I'm afraid I'm going to lose more of my data than I already have,
and
> something is just going to have to give. Perhaps someone on this list has
some new
> suggestions. If so, lay on MacDuff. I'm all ears--both literally and
figuratively.
>
> I have the 32-bit 2.50x version of CFTW, which I have upgraded once or
twice from
> the Cumberland web page. I use a Compaq 4508 Presario computer with 2.98
GB of
> hard drive and 48 MG of RAM (updated from the original 16, I think). This
computer
> also has an Intel Pentium 200MHz processor with MMX technology. I realize
that
> this is a rather outdated model, but I am not in position to buy another
computer,
> so I'll have to make do with the one I've got. Anyhow: I also use
Microsoft
> Windows 95 and a continuously running Norton 4.0 anti-virus with the
latest virus
> definitions. (At one time, I thought this older version of Norton might be
causing
> my problems, but I disabled it and, unfortunately, got the same results.
So I
> don't that's the cause of all my woes. Darn it!)
>
> If anyone has any ideas at all, please respond to this message. I am
legally blind
> and simply do not wish to change genealogy programs at this time. As a
person of
> very limited vision, I find Cumberland to be an exceptionally easy and
uncluttered
> program to use. So: any help would be very greatly appreciated. In short,
please
> help save a fellow CTFW user from having to make the switch from "our"
program to
> one of those "other" programs.
>
> walt boswell
>
>
> P.S. I too think that Ira should be the leader of the free world! He's the
best.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erik Helmer Nielsen" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 3:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [CFTW] CFTW is the Best
>
>
> > On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 I read
> >
> > >CFTW just gets better and better and better, and V3.06 is no exception.
>Thank
> you very much for all the effort you put into producing a truly >excellent
> genealogical program.
> >
> > I feel sure that all readers of this list can agree to that.
> >
> > But why are we Users of CFTW then so few and why is CFTW so
> > little known by the genealogy public in general.
> > I often see listings, surveys, mailings and articles about
> > genealogy programs where CFTW is not even mentioned.
> > Programs, which in my opinion are much inferior, get a lot more
> > publicity, and they have more Users.
> >
> > Let us all make some efforts to promote our good program.
> > - show it to all our friends,
> > - demonstrate it at meetings in our associations,
> > - write articles about it in our genealogical magazines,
> > - publish it on some of the free CD-roms added to PC magazines.
> >
> > Let us all do our best and let us raise many new Users each of
> > us. When we succeed in that, we may allow ourselves to say that
> > the program we like is also worthy to be called the best.
> >
> > Erik
> >
> >
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