[GNC] Would like to use, but ....

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Wed Apr 15 09:27:07 EDT 2020


Andrew,

PLEASE CC gnucash-user on your replies!

-derek

On Wed, April 15, 2020 9:24 am, Andrew Ruddle wrote:
>
> https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml   - towards the bottom has the last
> XP version.
>
> Although page  https://www.gnucash.org/    offers a link CALLED with
> reference to the old version, when you get there [
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/sourceforge  ] sourceforge
> have screwed it up so you just get the 7/8/10 one.
>
> APR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Atkins [mailto:derek at ihtfp.com]
> Sent: 15 April 2020 14:02
> To: Andrew Ruddle
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: RE: [GNC] Would like to use, but ....
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> First, please remember to CC gnucash-user on your replies so that others
> may
> benefit from the conversation and chime in.  You can do this by using the
> Reply-To-List or Reply-All functionality in your mailer.
>
> If you could supply us with the URL of the page that points to WinXP,
> there
> is a chance that we might be able to fix it.  BUt of course it depends if
> it
> is on a page that we can control or not.  No way for us to tell without
> knowing the specific page ;)
>
> Thanks,
>
> -derek
>
> On Wed, April 15, 2020 9:02 am, Andrew Ruddle wrote:
>>
>> I fully recognise and accept that the XP one will be a bit creaky.
>>
>> After some more poking about, the substance of my problem was / is
>> that the Sourceforge link to download the XP version just goes to the
>> version for 7,
>> 8 & 10 - which explains the funny messages.
>>
>> I have dropped a line to Sourceforge, but I have little doubt nothing
>> will change.
>>
>> APR
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Derek Atkins [mailto:derek at ihtfp.com]
>> Sent: 15 April 2020 13:20
>> To: Andrew Ruddle
>> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Would like to use, but ....
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Tue, April 14, 2020 8:00 am, Andrew Ruddle wrote:
>>>
>>> Greetings
>>>
>>> I have been very highly recommended to GnuCash, but I am having
>>> difficulty getting started.
>>>
>>> I have downloaded and installed [the XP Vista version on
>>> Sourceforge], but when I try to open it all I get is a rather
>>> unhelpful message as
>> follows :
>>
>> What version did you download?  We have not supported Windows XP for a
>> few years already, and all currently supported releases defintely wont
>> work on that old platform.  The minimum-required version is Windows 7.
>>
>>> The procedure entry point GetTickCount64 could not be located in the
>>> dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll
>>>
>>> If anyone can either tell me what extra I need to do, or point me to
>>> a more reliable download, I shall be very grateful.
>>
>> You need to upgrade to Win7, or you need to download a VERY OLD (and
>> probably very buggy, and DEFINITELY unsupported) version of GnuCash.
>> This error message means that the application is trying to call into a
>> function that XP doesn't implement or support, which is not surprising
>> since XP is almost 20 years old.
>>
>> Sorry, but you're into unsupported territory by trying to run on XP.
>> Even
>> Win7 has already expired but we do still support that, barely.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>>> Kind Regards
>>> Dr. Andrew Ruddle
>>> UK
>>
>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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>>
>> -derek
>>
>> --
>>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>
>


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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant



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