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From: "Ron Bernier" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] TMG5.30 problems and auto updating in WinXP
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 11:46:57 -0500


Cheri,
You do have the ability to use the classic windows style with XP. Under
appearance, just select Windows Classic Style. You can also change all of
your menus and start up folders to resemble Classic Windows.



Ron Bernier
Woonsocket, RI





>From: "Cheri Casper" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: RE: [TMG] TMG5.30 problems and auto updating in WinXP
>Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 08:40:59 -0800
>
>Greg - I have used XP Pro for about 4 months, do the Live Updates once a
>week or so and have never had a blue screen of death or any problems with
>the updates. This is by far the most stable Windows that I have used
>although I can't say I am crazy about the appearance of it and prefer a
>more
>traditional Windows appearance.
>
>There are some serious security holes in the OS that update patches fix.
>Anyone considering not using the updates should be aware of this.
>
>CheriC
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg Vaut [mailto:]
>Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 4:18 AM
>To:
>Subject: [TMG] TMG5.30 problems and auto updating in WinXP
>
>
>I don't want to give WinXP updates a bad name.
>
>I haven't had any problem of system instability or hard drive crashes
>and I've been using WinXP with the auto update feature on for about 6
>weeks now. The updating, per se, seems to go well and unobtrusively.
>
>I was following up on Cheri's theory that the auto update setting for
>WinXP and Norton Systemworks might be behind some of the problems that
>seem to crop in TMG 5.03. The problems I experience (open Project
>Explorer confuses/substitutes person ID #'s when adding new tags) are
>annoying, but not fatal.
>
>Therefore, before a long TMG session, it would seem easy enough to just
>turn off the auto updating for the duration and then turn it back on
>when I'm through.
>
>Anyway, I'll try it this weekend and report back.
>
>I do defrag at least weekly, as well as run a Norton System check to
>find bad files and directories. I'm sure that TMG, with so many files
>in a project database, gets fragmented fairly quickly.
>
>Greg
>
>
>
>
>
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