FM7.2 Traditional Chinese font overlapping issue

[Penny Cheah]

Hi All,

After migrating from Win XP to Win 7, my FM files ver.7.2 has font overlapping issue for 2-byte Traditional Chinese.

Besides, I have having problem updating the patch file to p.158 which prompt me that "GetDiskSpace failed".

Could anyone help me on the 2 issues above?

thank you in advance!

regards,

Penny

[Jeff_Coatsworth · Accepted solution]

I’m not sure FM7.2 CAN run on a Win7 machine without being in a virtual XP machine. I think you need to do a bit more research on how to run such an old version on Win7.

[Bob_Niland]

To expand on comments I've made before on this ...

I'm surprised that FM7 even runs native in Win7. I would expect various random problems during FM ops, and a complete inability to reliably use the Acrobat/Distiller5 that came with FM7 (although a later version of Acrobat/Distiller, separately installed, might work, esp. if using a Print-to-Ps-and-Distill workflow).

You need to install FM7 inside a virtual machine. There are several solutions (e.g. Virtual Box) for that, some of which require that the CPU have hardware virtualization. Most AMD chips do. It's often fused-off, however, on low end Intel chips (just because you didn't pay enough).

I've built a Win7 Pro64 PC, and run FM7 in XP Mode (a virtual machine that is a complete instance of Windows XP/32, and not to be confused with Compatibility Mode). XP Mode is a free download from Microsoft, still available, but only for Windows 7 Enterprise, Professional and Ultimate (not Basic, Home or not-so-Premium). Note: XPM is not supported on Windows 8, 8.1 or 10. You'll need a 3rd-party VM for that (and you'll probably have to install your own copy of XP in any 3rd party VM).

If your chip is AMD, there's a hotfix patch (KB 2519949 as I recall) you need to install before you do anything else about XPM. This patch is not included in any of the 200+ Windows Updates.

You probably also need to install all needed fonts inside the XPM VM.

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Thanks Error – In knew you had some experience with this ;>)

[Penny Cheah]

Thanks Jeff and Error for the info!

However, Microsoft no longer support WinXP, does it a risk to use it?

[Bob_Niland]

> Microsoft no longer support WinXP, does it a risk to use it?

After you install XP in the VM, and apply all 200+ Windows Updates, and install the apps you need:

• disable the VM's networking capability*
• or at the very least never use a browser inside the VM
• if possible, let the AV software in the host OS access the VM's virtual drive

MS is going to EOL Windows 7 in 2015Q2 as well.

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* For some apps, the networking would need to be on periodically for license validation.

[Penny Cheah]

Thanks Error!