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Badger Pond CD

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>Alan's message below has stirred me to ask a question about the Badger Pond CD.

I bought the CD when BP was closing down. In fact I have two copies, one is an updated version (a point which will become apparent in a moment - just pre-empting a query).

It is great reading the threads, and I often return to them - sometimes for the valuable insights that are contained therein, and sometimes as it is like visiting old friends. There are many names that are now regulars on WC, but there are also many who have disappeared (and are neither on another forum).

I changed laptop about 12-18 months ago. Still using Windows XP, but now I have this speedy Duo processor. Still on a Sony. They have been reliable.

Here is the issue - the BP CD will not run on the new machine. I still have the old laptop (kept as a backup) and the CD runs perfectly well on this. On the new laptop I can access most of the CD but the search engine fails to find any forum data. Switch machines and it is back. It makes no difference whether I copy the CD to the harddrive or run it directly.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

Anyone have advice what can be done to run the CD on my new(ish) machine?

Regards from Perth

Derek

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Re: Badger Pond CD

Tim Caley - North Litttle Rock

>Derek;

I don't have the Badger Pond CD, but have experienced a similar problem with another application. What program are you using to view the CD on your different machines? Is it the same program but possibly a different release level? For example, Adobe Reader 5.0 and Adobe Reader 6.0? Or is there a reader included on the CD itself? If there is, you might try using the reader from the CD itself on the new machine.

Hope this helps.

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Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>Hi Tim

The CD is not read via Adobe but a Windows-based search engine. I think that the difference between the two computers is the version of Internet Explorer used. The new one is version 7 and the old is version 6. I suspect that is where the problem lies.

Nevertheless, your reply stimulated my curiosity, and I played around a little. So doing I discovered that I could access the data base of forum information if I read the disk off the harddrive via Windows Explorer. It still would not work if I attempted to do so via the "shell" (I do not know the correct terminology) generated by the CD.

So I have it working now. Wonderful.

Regards from Perth

Derek

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