Problem with Laptop and installation/2

[Mike Prager]

All --

I forgot to say in the following that my reading at Adobe.com implies that
installing, then removing ATM (non-Deluxe) may damage Windows XP font
sample-display capabilities.  Instructions for patching that are found on
the Adobe Web site.  Similarly, un-installing ATM Deluxe 4.1 without having
applied the current patch may cause the similar minor problems, which can
be repaired similarly.  MHP

Christina,

Thanks for your comments.  Here's my take on it.

My impression is that, despite all the comments, the only real problem
attributed to ATM and XP was that ATM (non-Deluxe) installs a keyboard
driver that prevents system standby. Perhaps you have access to the tech
support archives and the time to see whether my impression is correct. I'm
not certain.

ATM (non-Deluxe) is not needed for any modern version of Windows (2000 or
XP). It's better not to install it.

ATM Deluxe 4.1 is likewise not needed, but provides font management
(including installation/removal) that some will find useful.  It causes no
problems with Y&Y TeX on any version of Windows, as far as I know.

If ATM Deluxe is installed, the latest patches should be applied from the
Adobe Web site.

In all cases, the Type 1 TeX fonts should be installed (either through the
Fonts control panel or through ATM Deluxe) before installing Y&Y TeX.

Does that sound right to everyone?

...Mike




At 02:08 PM 1/8/2004, you wrote:
>Mike Prager writes:
> >
> > At 11:02 AM 1/8/2004, Mike Prager wrote:
> > >AFAIK, the problem is only with ATM, and NOT with ATM Deluxe, which
> can be
> > >used for font installation with no problem.  However, I'm not prepared to
> > >issue guarantees.
> > >
> > >...Mike
> > >
> >
> > All,
> >
> > To follow up on this, a look at the Adobe Web site confirms that
> > atmhelpr.sys is not installed with ATM Deluxe.  My experience, and that of
> > Peter Scott (in his recent post), are evidence that using ATM Deluxe for
> > font installation is NOT problematic.  Again, I am not in the business of
> > issuing guarantees!  Computers are too chaotic (in the technical sense)....
> >
> > ...Mike
> >
> >
> > >...
> > >>...
>
>
>So, are you saying that the _absence_ of this atmhelp.sys file -- one
>of the diffs between ATM and ATM Deluxe -- is what is behind the
>latter's being ok for font _installation_ with Y&YTeX?
>
>Also, it would seem, then, that one should be careful when writing
>`ATM': there's `Deluxe' (that's v.4.1, right?), and `the other one'
>(is that what's often called `Lite'?).
>
>If we're going to put any kind of more explicit text together on the
>subject, then it would seem we need to be very clear on just what is
>meant by `ATM'.
>
>Mike, your messages are really helping tease these knotted threads
>apart. Thanks.
>
>Ch.


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