Haven't been on for awhile, missing alot of news here.
I have a question for all of you who are using FlexiSign Pro Version 7.0 on Windows XP Home edition.
What if any kinds of problems have you encountered and did you get them resolved??
I am currently using FlexiSign Pro 7.0 on Windows 98 SE and I have no problems what so ever. I just picked up a new computer with Windows XP Home Edition installed on it.
I just wanted to hear all of your feedback on it before I try installing it onto my new computer.
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I run flexi7 on 98se and have zero issues and i also have zero desire to upgrade to XP on that particular computer....."if it ain't broke,don't fix it"..it may run without a hitch in XP,then again maybe for whatever reason,it wont. The best thing you can do in this situation,to me,if you have doubts....is buy another hard drive for $50-$60,install 98se on it and run and cut from flexi on that drive and use XP for everything else. To me,and some willnot agree,its far better to spend that $50 than to spend $3k on new software just to say i have the latest XP compatible version when the only thing it does is save me two mouse clicks somewhere. I'm no computer guru but i just cant see changing something when it runs without a hitch and does everything you want it to do...the downtime and the hassle of trying to get everything back to where it was is more than worth the price of a second drive,not to mention youre assured of having a drive that will have your program and files and stay "clean" if thats all you use it for. Just $.04
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I just went thru this. Flexi runs very stable and so does Photoshop. I built this system myself and it's way fast.
The only issue I have had is trying to get the same fonts loaded on the new machine as is on the old one. Win 98 system had Adobe Type Manager for handling type 1 fonts. It won't run on XP. Loading the the fonts everyway I could think of and everyway Amiable says has not resolved this issue.
I have this system networked to another XP box that runs Omega and my Edge2. I do ALL my design, scanning etc. on the Flexi machine, save the print files in GAD to a network folder, slide the chair around and run the print job on system two while I'm working on something else or cutting something else on system one.
I'm a one man shop and this has worked well for me. Xp makes networking, printer sharing, file sharing so easy that anyone can do it.Yes my old Win98 system was stable but when you do move to a new PC it will likely have the lastest operating system on it. If you don't need a new system all this does not apply of course.
I hope this was helpful. If you have more questions on Flexi and Xp I'll be glad to try to help.
Wayne Berry
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I had trouble with XP & flexi. I could only save as ai/eps/cdr etc but it would not let me save as FS. XP kept write-protecting every native flexi file I tried to create & refused to save.
In the end I set it up to dual boot into XP or 98se depending on what I wanted.
OP is right about getting another hard drive too!
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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I'm running XP and have no issues. I'm also having no problem with Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.1. Flexi seems flawless and everything seems more stable than it did with 98se, which I still have on some of our computers. I was also told that Casmate would'nt run on XP, and that is not so either. Brad Farha on this board told me he had no problems with it and I tried and it's fine.
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6724 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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