I have been a bit scarce for a while and I apologize for that. This is partly due to lack of motivation during the pandemic but also because my 14 year old Windows XP computer suddenly died a couple weeks ago on August 26. I thought I had better post an update on my situation so that nobody would worry that I had caught Covid-19 or something. My husband and I are both well. We are staying safe and taking every precaution to avoid the virus. He had a liver transplant in 2010 and he is on immunosuppressants. He has had three shots of the Pfizer vaccine but there is no telling how well he is protected so we are being extra careful. While I was shopping for a new Windows 10 computer, I was able to use my husband's computer for email but not much else.
As you can imagine, it was pretty traumatic for me to lose my computer after so many years. I knew for a long time that the day would come when I would have to get a new computer but I was dreading it. You see, I've been using some very old software programs to edit my photos, cookbooks and to get the nutritional info for my recipes. I was worried that those programs would be much too old to run on Windows 10.
My old computer had three hard drives in it and two of them died. The ones that died were the primary drive and the secondary drive which stored most of my data. Thankfully the hard drive that did survive was my backups drive so I really didn't end up losing much. I have been religious about backing up my data weekly and even daily and now I am so glad that I did that.
I got my new Windows 10 computer on September 3. The good news is that I was able to install most of my old programs!
Microsoft Publisher 97
Microsoft Publisher 2000
Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 (2003)
Publisher is what I use to create my cookbooks and also the blank menu calendars that I post on my low carb website. Unfortunately, the calendar creating feature doesn't work on Windows 10. Thankfully I can still use that feature in Publisher 2000 but it does work differently and not quite as easily.
Paint Shop Pro is my main graphics and photo editor. I do have several newer versions of PSP but version 8 is my favorite and I'm very happy that I can still use that version.
The bad news is that MasterCook 6 won't install on Windows 10. If I post any new recipes on my blog and website, I won't be able to include the nutritional counts any longer.
Thankfully my camera seems to be working fine on Windows 10. I'm also pleased that the internet is so much faster on my new computer and websites actually work as they should. I can once again use PayPal correctly and I can log into my Blogger account once again. On my old computer I could edit my blog with Firefox but not in any other browser.
Anyway, I want to thank all of you for your continued support over the years. I wouldn't have been able to buy a new computer without that support.
Years ago I wrote down some of your recipes. Recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and trying to lower my carbs. So glad you are still here!!
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Hi CheriAmi. I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis but I hope that my recipes will be helpful to you.
DeleteOh Linda Sue! I understand. It's like losing a friend. I'm from back in the LCF group, so I've been coming to your website for as long as I can remember...2002, maybe? I'm so thankful it's still here. This seems to be the latest update I see, so I hope y'all are well. Thanks for keeping the site going.
DeleteLinda, I am so grateful to that you and this site are still here. Spinach lasagna to the rescue. Take care !
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DeleteFirst, thanks for all your hard work.
DeleteSecond, have you considered runnin a virtual machine of Windows XP on your Windows 10 machine? Any program you are having problems with could run in the VM.
You can use Oracle VirtualBox or VMWare Player. Both of these options are free, you will need a Windows XP install CD with a valid license key, from your old computer should work, maybe.
This would get you MasterCook 6 back.
I have Win10 Pro which comes with VM on the CD. I did consider setting up a VM on my computer but decided that it would be more than I could handle myself and it would cost too much to have a tech set it up for me. Since most of my programs do work, it wouldn't be worth the bother for the few that don't work.
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ReplyDeleteSo, I just tried installing Master Cook 6.0 Deluxe in Windows 11 and got it to work. I followed the instructions here.
https://mc6help.tripod.com/mastercook_and_vista.htm
I don't a lot of experience to test with this version, but the instructions aren't very involved, just rename some files, which I did during the install, create and empty file with the name MasterCook.exe.local, and set permissions for the installed folder.
You might get your program back.
Thanks for the tips, William.
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