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To those that make great lines on Escription - Fried
Posted: Jan 06, 2010
What are your computer specs?
DH brought up a good question tonight. I have recently moved from my old faithful with 80 MB hard drive with 512 memory to 380 GB hard drive with 3 MB memory. i have had nothing but problems with Escription and not making my lines. I can't just use the shortcut keys and I can't use my expander. DH stated maybe I don't have what I need in the computer to make things work correctly (this coming from someone who never touched one in his life!). His motto is you have to have the right machine to do the job.
The only thing I can think of is that my computer came with Word 2007 and tech support changed it to 2003 without removing 2007. Should that have been done?
Also, I found out that I have an Athlon processor when I specifically requested Pentium. Is this the problem? Now I'm wondering if I bought the wrong computer and can I change the processor to Pentium if that's the case or do I need to buy another computer? I didn't think it would make a difference, but maybe it does?
I really need to make a decision fast to buy another computer (which I really can't afford) or can I upgrade my Athlon to a Pentium?
I am also posting this on the tech support board. I need help fast.
Thank you.
NEW COMPUTER - OLDONE
[ In Reply To ..]I had 2007 on my computer and had to remove it and use 2003. The two do not work well on the same machine. Delete one of them. Typically 2003 works much better with shortcuts, etc. Hope this helps.
Ive been lead to believe that the eScription programs are written... - sm
[ In Reply To ..]to run on the old single/core chips and are not compatible with a newer duo/core or quad/core chip. Not sure if that is helpful or not...
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