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From: Chuck Wolfram <>
Subject: [UFT] Question about UFT software
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:47:38 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <200308250259.h7P2xrrt015482@lists2.rootsweb.com>


"Roseanne" <> asked:
>
> Hello. I am new to this list and have been working
> on my family tree for
> many years. I have the opportunity to purchase the
> Ultimate Family Tree
> software for a very low price but wanted to first
> find out how up to date
> the software is. The package says it is for Windows
> 95 and 98. Will this
> work well on Windows XP or is there a newer version
> for XP? I am a bit leary
> of buying because I have purchased programs before
> from the same source only
> to find that the items are outdated and the online
> sites for the programs
> are no longer available. Thank you in advance for
> any information you can
> offer.
>
From all reports I've heard it works fine on XP, and
perhaps better than it did in Win98. I can't speak
from experience, I have Win98. But I've heard nothing
against using it with XP.

The current version of UFT is v. 3.01. The last
version produced on disc was 3.0. 3.01 is a free
download upgrade for those with 3.0, and is a bug fix
only. If you have 3.0 but not 3.1, it is advised that
you download and apply the update. It can be found at
<www.rootsusers.org>

UFT was discontinued several years ago, and further
upgrades will NOT be made. Tech support has been
discontinued, and I think the web-site for UFT was
taken down recently. A good number of UFT users have
switched to The Master Genealogist (TMG). However
there is no reason why UFT can't be used to great
advantage in recording a family tree. It was regarded
as one of the best pieces of genealogical software
available, and that hasn't changed. The owners gave
up on it when they had serious difficulties in
upgrading it to a 32-bit program (it remains 16-bit).

Chuck Wolfram
User of the two best genealogical programs--
UFT 2.8, TMG 4.0d & 5.09.

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