FTM 2012 Surprises?!?
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May 14, 2012 @ 14:25:23
Thanks for the warning, I will be careful not to get the patch….this stupid 2012 FTM program is annoying enough as it is……Mary
May 14, 2012 @ 15:00:23
Thanks for the info. on the 2012 FTM I was think of upgrading from FTM 16 but I think I’ll just keep using it until I hear that they have eliminated the software problems.
Henry
May 15, 2012 @ 06:16:09
I, too, have had problems with FTM 2012. I was so excited when I received the CD, but that excitement didn’t last long. I found that I could not make a long Ahnentafel report. After numerous telephone calls to the tech department, I finally decided to install FTM 2008 (with a patch) onto my Windows 7 computer. I also have an old FTM 11 on my XP computer. FTM 11 makes great Ahnentafel reports (much better than the 2008 version). After many complaints, I was able to get about 3 months of free Ancestry, which was actually of great help to me (although I could have accessed it at my local Family History Center).
May 15, 2012 @ 09:35:13
I have been using FTM 2012 since it was released and have applied all updates. I am running it in Windows 7 Pro 64-bit and outside of it starting up a little slow (and its not alone with that issue) I have had no other problems. To me, it is so much better than FTM 2008/2009.
May 15, 2012 @ 12:10:59
Like Eileen, I have also been using FTM 2012 since it was released and have applied all updates. I’ve never had a problem.
May 15, 2012 @ 12:24:28
I wonder Stephen are you running Win7 pro? As a cheap guy, I am running Win7 Home. Perhaps that is part of the problem?!?!?
May 15, 2012 @ 15:10:35
I am running Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit, and have no problems with FTM 2012. I have always updated and never had a problem. Hope you can get your bugs figured out.
May 16, 2012 @ 11:35:07
I have been using FTM 2012 since its release, I have tried the sync option with ancestry.com and found thart it virtually froze. It was very slow to load and after repeated calls to ancestry who did not have an answerI decided to drop the sync option, it is still rather slow to load and some of the merges of information can take foreve. i still use FTM2012 and have downloaded all the upgrades, but I wish it was still as fast as FTM16 and other previous incarnations.
May 17, 2012 @ 22:37:49
There are numerous groups which only deal with the problems of the “new, Improved” FTM. Such as [email protected] Ever since the “improvement” from FTM-16 (which is great, bug-free, and that many people revert to after upgrading disasters–me for one), there have been horror stories of the new versions, year after year. Some people have no problem, some have no success. I had hoped that with Ancestry’s new-found wealth that they would hire someone to sort it out, but seems not. I have bought every upgrade since ver 16, and have had no success; but FTM-16 is great–simple and user-friendly.