I have been retired for 30 years. I have never had the misfortune of dealing with Windows. When Norton broke with Gates, Gates concentrated on the personal computer market because business and industry had not taken to Windows. Norton went and created a new market to protect the user from the shortcomings of Windows. In my office at home I have a DOS computer and a Unix operating system. The Trainz program is the first time I have had to deal with Windows. If Windows had been around in the 1950's I would have been an accountant and not a computer consultant all my life. I got out at 55 to enjoy life because I was working all the hours the Lord made. I also make spelling mistakes when I type in a hurry. Deisan
I'd like to set the record straight
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You got out when I joined!
I understand that you are having difficulties with the new operating systems. Like everything Windows, including many of the products that run on it, don't think too hard otherwise they won't work. 
Windows is not as bad as you think, particularly with the newest versions, seriously. It's also quite a lot more secure than it used to be. I agree early Windows was terribly unstable and terribly insecure. It's not like that today.
My first computers were CP/M 3.0 and Unix based. I learned a lot about programming and systems back then. I believe people gain a lot of respect for what goes in to make the computers work by making them work themselves rather than relying on everything prebuilt. Perhaps this is why I like Trainz so much because I can tinker with it easily. Part of my interest in technology and computers in general came from repairing them. I started as a PCB assembler and then went to night school to become a technician. I used to repair memory cards, concatenation boxes, multiplexer cards, I/O ports, and then moved up to power supplies and video terminals once I earned my wings at the company. When they came out with their early PCs, I was put on the new product and got to play with Xenix, CP/M, and later MS-DOS 2.2
I used to use Norton Utilities back in the old DOS days. There was nothing wrong with them back then. I loved all the old menu utilities and key-macros that made batch writing super advanced. The old utilities were powerful yet simple at the same time, not over built with fancy buttons and a big GUI. When Norton was gobbled up by Symantec, I dropped them when the quality went down dramatically. It wasn't the same and typical of big companies, the programs became just another product.
I still have a gaggle of computers at my house. In addition to my Windows 8.1 based desktop, I have a fast Alienware laptop running Windows 7. After that I step back to two SPARCs - a SPARC 5 and an SPARC Ultra 10 which I used as a server for over 5 years. I think my electric bill dropped over $40 a month when I powered those down!
I also still have my Visual V1083 - their Visual Commuter Computer which was an advanced for its time portable PC.John
norfolksouthern37
what's a normal map?
Nowadays Norton is a complete hog. I have not used it in a few years because it would literally swallow my PC. You could not pay me to use it now.
You got out when I joined!
Windows is not as bad as you think, particularly with the newest versions, seriously. It's also quite a lot more secure than it used to be. I agree early Windows was terribly unstable and terribly insecure. It's not like that today.
My first computers were CP/M 3.0 and Unix based. I learned a lot about programming and systems back then. I believe people gain a lot of respect for what goes in to make the computers work by making them work themselves rather than relying on everything prebuilt. Perhaps this is why I like Trainz so much because I can tinker with it easily. Part of my interest in technology and computers in general came from repairing them. I started as a PCB assembler and then went to night school to become a technician. I used to repair memory cards, concatenation boxes, multiplexer cards, I/O ports, and then moved up to power supplies and video terminals once I earned my wings at the company. When they came out with their early PCs, I was put on the new product and got to play with Xenix, CP/M, and later MS-DOS 2.2
I used to use Norton Utilities back in the old DOS days. There was nothing wrong with them back then. I loved all the old menu utilities and key-macros that made batch writing super advanced. The old utilities were powerful yet simple at the same time, not over built with fancy buttons and a big GUI. When Norton was gobbled up by Symantec, I dropped them when the quality went down dramatically. It wasn't the same and typical of big companies, the programs became just another product.
I still have a gaggle of computers at my house. In addition to my Windows 8.1 based desktop, I have a fast Alienware laptop running Windows 7. After that I step back to two SPARCs - a SPARC 5 and an SPARC Ultra 10 which I used as a server for over 5 years. I think my electric bill dropped over $40 a month when I powered those down!
John
John I new from the moment I read one of your earlier reply that you were someone very much like me. I'm satisfied in my own mind that to set the old route into the current file you had to run the major asset checkout. If you ran it you lost anything the DS no longer listed to download. I had hoped that when I started Trainz that it might allow me to open the route from my backup file stick without having to chance loosing those 40ft cars. The family enjoyed seeing the same rolling stock that they had seen on my layout. Don