Heritage Motor Dvd

[sabot]

Ok, maybe I missed this thread somewhere,
but anyone have any ideas why my Spitfire DVD/CD rom from
Heritage Motor Centre won't work in a new laptop?
Works fine in my old desktop.
Thanks Tom

 

[Andrew Mace]

Lots of folks have had that same complaint. Apparently, they're just not compatible with newer operating systems.

 

[Darwin]

You need to use Adobe Acrobat 7 or earlier to make it work. Has nothing to do with the OS.

 

[JImEgan]

I am not 100% sure about this and am going to test my theory, but vista and windows 7 do not use the winhlp32.exe program. It is downloadable from microsft to use in legacy programs that require it.The acrobat 7 issue may be valid but I am going to try this also.

Jim

 

[sabot]

Let me know how it works Jim.
B.B. here in town wants to sell me some 200.00 microsoft software in the opes that that will fix the prolem.
tom

 

[Tim Tucker]

Tom,
Here is an earlier thread on the topic:
Earlier Heritage CD Thread

The hexacode folks have issued a "fix" it didn't work for me. I was running 64 bit vista at the time.
Vista Fix?

I hope it works for you.
Tim

 

[Tim Tucker]

btw, The CD works on my laptop with XP and Adobe 9
Tim

 

[dklawson]

Likewise on the two CDs I have (Mini and Spitfire). They run fine on XP with Adobe Reader 9. One of the reasons I bought a used laptop with XP was so I could continue to use my legacy programs that no longer run under Vista. I've been told they won't work under Windows-7 either (and yes... I tried compatibility mode and all that stuff).

 

[HerronScott]

I guess you could create a virtual PC running XP with either Microsoft's Virtual PC or VMware's free server. That way you wouldn't have to keep a physical PC around.

Scott

 

[sabot]

Thanks for all the info guys,
Tom