Jackv4 Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 ive just bought a copy of the ford workshop manual tis (technical information system) on disc but im having trouble trying to veiw the files,its asking for the place the file came from etc and to be honest im just lost im a little stupid when it comes to this sort of thing,spent around 3 hrs already at this and im going ,any body any ideas?is there something ive got to download to get into it? im on windows 7 if that means anything cheers in advance Quote
Blatman Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Can you post the sequence of events and the error message(s) word for word please... Quote
Jackv4 Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 Can you post the sequence of events and the error message(s) word for word please... cheers blatman, this is what comes up once ive installed the disc and i click on one of the files, files currently on disc 24 (i then click on a file and this comes up) windows cant open this file, to open this file, windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it, windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer, this is where im lost as ive not got a clue where to go from here, ive tried everything but getting nowhere johny Quote
Blatman Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 When you say "installed the disc" do you mean that the disc has run and you have installed the TIS system on your computer? If you have, then no idea... If you haven't actually installed the TIS system, then you need to do that first. The error message is seen because the file type used by Ford for TIS is not a file that is recognised by Windows, but with TIS actually installed, it will work as you expect. Quote
Jackv4 Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 ive now tried to install it,(hadnt before i was just trying to run it)but its now saying that its not compatable with the windows im using, im using windows 7, the files are all dated year 2002, is there any way i can get it installed? cheers again Quote
speedy jon Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 i work in a ford dealership and all our pc's that run ford tis and our diagnostic laptops have windows xp. dont know if this helps Quote
Blatman Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 ive now tried to install it,(hadnt before i was just trying to run it)but its now saying that its not compatable with the windows im using,im using windows 7, the files are all dated year 2002, is there any way i can get it installed? cheers again If your machine has a Windows XP compatability mode (which I think it should have) then run that, then try to install TIS... OR if during install there is an option to run in compatability mode, then that's what you want. If that doesn't work, then complication goes up by an order of magnitude if you're not reasonably PC literate. If you know what VMWare is, I'd install a VMWare machine running XP Pro and install TIS on that... Quote
Jackv4 Posted June 17, 2010 Author Posted June 17, 2010 If your machine has a Windows XP compatability mode (which I think it should have) then run that, then try to install TIS... OR if during install there is an option to run in compatability mode, then that's what you want. If that doesn't work, then complication goes up by an order of magnitude if you're not reasonably PC literate. If you know what VMWare is, I'd install a VMWare machine running XP Pro and install TIS on that... blatman windows 7 seems to be the problem,i tried it on my parents windows xp and all works perfect, can you tell me where i will find xp compatability function? cheers Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 Which version of Win 7 is it? Quote
Jackv4 Posted June 17, 2010 Author Posted June 17, 2010 Which version of Win 7 is it? home premium 32bit edited to say ive now upgraded to win 7 pro Quote
IanD Posted June 18, 2010 Posted June 18, 2010 XP Compatability mode has to be downloaded from Microsoft I beleve. Its free to download but it wont install on with Home Pemium, only Professional and Ultmate. I know this because I tried a few months ago Bl***y Microsoft. Hopfully someone with more knolage than me can surgest something else. Maybe VMware. Just noticed you have upgraded to Pro. So you should be ok Not to self. Must read all the post Quote
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted June 18, 2010 Posted June 18, 2010 VMWare is not for novices. Sugegst obtaining an old PC for Win XP instead Quote
blankczechbook Posted June 18, 2010 Posted June 18, 2010 compatibility mode is on 7home...we have it I am sure.. i had fun getting FMS to install and run - freeware model flying sim recently. might need to install it via compatibility and run it on xp via compatibility. tis cd isn't all it's cracked up to be though IMO. Quote
davew Posted June 20, 2010 Posted June 20, 2010 I have a Saab one, it is a sod to get running. There is an extended compatibility mode virtual machine from microsoft but only for Windows 7 Business and Ultimate. I managed to get it running on Windows 7 Home Premium Edition through Microsoft Virtual PC which is a free download. I believe there is also a free windows XP pro image available to run in this. All the info required here XP Compatibility Quote
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