[AccessD] Winfax Pro and Access

I used Winfax Pro for a long time. But it doesn't work in Vista.  Which was
the machine I put the fax line on.  So I  put WF into a virtual machine.
But we used the fax so infrequently that I cancelled the line and now use
eFax, which is free,to receive faxes.  I still send from the old fax machine
- just plug in the phone line. 

Vista seems OK now - pretty stable but I don't do anything very much with it
so I don't run into any problems.  I tested Win 7 on a third machine - ran
fine - again, I didn't 'stretch' it.  My biggest complaint with Vista is
that it seems to run much slower than XP.  I haven't done enough in 7 to
know.  What's your experience with response times among the three Oses?

O2007 is the biggest pile of poo they've released since Windows ME, IMO. I
suppose if you start with O2007 and don't know anything else, you get used
to it.  Of course, as we know from the list, it's a developer's nightmare.
Why move everything around while maintaining essentially the same
functionality?  Same reason, I suppose, that car makers change model designs
every year.  

But, IIUC, O2007 did not get widespread acceptance in corporate accounts -
they didn't see the need to upgrade.  Over time, of course, O2007 will
become the standard as new machines are loaded with it.

But the worst thing I find about O2007 is that it runs at 1/2 the speed of
O2003.  Don't know why that should be.  But my plan is to do a 'generation
skipping' thing and go to O10 if it's good.

Rocky


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 7:46 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Winfax Pro and Access

Rocky,
Are you using Vista and Office 2007 as examples of things that "ain't
broke"?  I don't know enough about either one.  I've dabbled in Office 2007
but I skipped Vista and went right to Windows 7.  I thought that Vista was
pretty much "broke"...otherwise, why the panic to get out a better Windows?

As to Office 2007...I have to wonder why the big change in the look and
feel.

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>wrote:

> If it ain't' broke...
>
> Think Vista and Office 2007.
>
> Rocky
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve 
> Erbach
> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 1:59 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Winfax Pro and Access
>
> Rocky,
> "Quaint" is right.  But the guy has been a very loyal customer even 
> though I've whined continually for years to get him to upgrade his 
> business software from DOS to Windows.  I've gotten little bits 
> converted...but he's quite facile with Paradox for DOS queries and 
> some of its programming...and he ain't a gonna change.
>
> Steve Erbach
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Answer to your first question is in Steve's opening: "old 
> > client...who continues to use Paradox for DOS for the majority of his
business..."
> > How quaint.
> >
> > Rocky
> >
>
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