is Lotus 123 Release 5 compatible with Windows 2000??? 9

[briandoc]

Have not been able to get 123 r5 to run under Win2000 SP1. Has anyone had success getting it to work? Should it work? Is there a work-around if it doesn't out of the box? Thanks for any info!!!

 

[diogenes10]

Maybe you have to devote a machine(s) to billing process and other activities not requiring most current software and downgrade the operating system.

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It's 10 O'Clock ( somewhere! ).
Are your registry and data backed up?

 

[DaleWatson123321]

SOLUTION FOR LOTUS 123-R5 FOR USE WITH WINDOWS XP

I've been able to get Lotus 123-R5 working completely without any problems whatsoever - in Windows XP. Try the following steps:

1) Create a desktop shortcut for loading Lotus 123-R5.

2) Right-click on the desktop icon, and choose "Properties".

3) Under the "Shortcut" tab, opposite "Run", specify "Normal window".

4) Under the "Compatibility" tab, set the following...

a) for "Compatibility mode", check off "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and then from the pulldown, choose "Windows 95".

b) under "Display settings", check off:
- "Run in 256 Colors"
- "Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution"
- "Disable visual themes"

c) under "Input settings", check off:
- "Turn off advanced text services for this program".

Click "OK", and you're done.

I sincerely hope this works for "sbgirling" who obviously is in need of a "Lotus 123-R5" solution. And I hope others who have struggled with getting Lotus 123-R5 to work properly will also have their compatibility problems resolved by using the above.

Regards, ...Dale Watson nd.watson@shaw.ca