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geoB

Ancient history: recreate Timeslip 5 installation

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I hope I'm in the right place for a question about Timeslip 5.  My wife has never needed or wanted to upgrade her version of Timeslips.  Her work is currently limited to contract work for a couple of California Superior Courts.  She has been using Timeslip 5 in XP mode on a Windows 7 laptop that I set up several years ago.  Since the laptop is a running a 32-bit version of Windows it is possible to run the old version directly in Windows 7.  (This I have confirmed.)  What has me truly stumped, though, is that copying the entire contents of the virtual machine's Timeslip folder to a Timeslip folder in Windows 7 is not capturing the same state of data as in the virtual machine.  There are slips in the virtual machine that are "edited" yet are not when copied out to Win 7.  We want to get the data out of the virtual machine so the laptop can be upgraded to Windows 10.  (I've also confirmed that Timeslip 5 will run in a 32-bit Windows 10 installation provided NTVDM (NT Virtual DOS Machine) has been installed.)


My question is this: How can one recreate the XP Timeslip 5 installation in a Windows 7 environment?


Thanks.

  • 0
    Sorry but Timeslips v5 is beyond old. Timeslips v5 was a barely out of DOS program it's not designed to work on newer machines. Given security concerns is it safe to be running Windows XP, an unsupported operating system, even if in a virtual computer? If your wife carries malpractice insurance, she might want to check the policy as many of the policies have provisions that make XP unacceptable.
    I think it is a waste of time and money to try to get it to work. There's a cost benefit here. How many hours will you spend trying to get it to work, troubleshooting whatever doesn't work, etc. vs the cost of a new version.
  • 0 in reply to Caren2
    Caren,

    Thanks for your reply.

    As a retired CTO I will actually enjoy trying to get this thing squared away. From my wife's perspective there is no benefit in upgrading; she has already decided that she can start fresh in Windows 10 with two new client profiles if necessary.

    I was hoping for some explanation for the observed behavior of an apparent exact copy of an installation providing different results. Perhaps there's an old-timer out there who knows.

    George
  • 0 in reply to geoB
    I am an old timer. What you need is someone who is a programmer and can explain the intricacies of how applications work with operating systems.
  • 0 in reply to Caren2
    I, too, am an old-timer and a programmer. My first programming class in 1965 at MIT used punch cards.

    Can you explain how two apparently identical file structures, file dates, and file sizes can provide distinctly different results? Did that version of Timeslip use any files, including ..\Temp files, outside the installation directory?

    George
  • 0 in reply to geoB
    I can't think of any reason why a direct copy would give you different results.

    Hope this helps.

    Nancy Duhon, Esq.
    Master Certified Consultant for Timeslips,Certified Consultant for Amicus Attorney
    Duhon Technology Solutions, LLC
    a member of Certified Resources Network, LLC
    [email protected]
    404-325-9779
    Providing personalized local and remote online support for Amicus Attorney andTimeslips users for over 21 years. Available for private consultations, including older/unsupported versions.
  • 0 in reply to Nancy Duhon
    Nancy,

    I agree. I can't think of any reason why a direct copy would not work, yet it doesn't.

    The solution, or more properly the workaround, was to rename the containing folder from "C:\Program Files\Timeslip" to "C:\Program Files\Timeslips". This change only seems necessary on the Windows 7 laptop on which the app had been running in XP Mode. On my Windows 10 32-bit laptop this ancient application runs correctly in "C:\Program Files\Timeslip".

    Go figure.

    George

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