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isis92 -> Do I need to upgrade or buy a whole new program (3/9/2011 1:00:42 PM)

Hi,
I purchased The Printshop Pro publisher Deluxe Ver. 22 some time ago.....I really liked it and started a small home based business designing favors using this program.

About a year later, 2010, I purchased a new computer (Windows 7) and when I tried to install my program, I COULD NOT - compatability issues.

I was told that there was not a version that would work with windows 7. I ended up purchasing Print Artist....but really missed my print shop. Also, I can not open up any of my files saved in the program unless I have PDF versions of them. Now I see that there is a version campatible with Windows 7. Question? Could I just install and upgrade my version during the installation or do I have to purchase a whole new program? i must say that I was pretty upset because I hadn't had the program that long before purchasing my computer and I would have thought that the program would have kept up with the new windows versions. Any suggestions/advice is welcome.
Thanks!




Brandy redux -> RE: Do I need to upgrade or buy a whole new program (3/9/2011 1:22:36 PM)

Hi isis,

If you will click on the link below

http://forums.encoreusa.com/tm.asp?m=37934

you will see that it is possible to successfully install Print Shop 22 on even a 64-bit version of Windows 7.

So, if you still have your Print Shop 22 discs, there is no need for you to update to a newer version of Print Shop.

Where you said this:

"I hadn't had the program that long before purchasing my computer and I would have thought that the program would have kept up with the new windows versions."

Since Print Shop 22 was, actually, released in 2006 - before Windows Vista was released in 2007 - Print Shop 22 is a rather old program. And, the most important thing to keep in mind about 'keeping up with the new Windows versions' is that many software manufacturer's do not provide patches for Operating Systems that are released after the software is released. Instead, they expect users to purchase the newer versions of the software. Although Broderbund did release a Print Shop 22 patch for Windows Vista, Print Shop 22 was discontinued after Print Shop 23 was released and before Windows 7 was released. And, patches are never released after software is discontinued.




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