AbbyyFineReader

On 12/20/2019 05:23 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:

If its not to much to ask, would you mind doing the ame thinh for me?
I am a moderate user of ABBYY and when I recently did a fresh install
of of W10 I found the ABBYY installation disc had vanished. The return
address on this posting is valid.

I have FineReader, FR_4.0_Pro.zip, from 13 years ago.

Notes I saved:
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ABBYY FineReader OCR

http://www.ilsoftware.it/articoli.asp?ID=2904



download link:

http://www.san-com.net/software_it/FR_4.0_Pro.zip

FR_4.0_Pro.zip 56694KB



registration page:

http://fr5promo.finereader.it/reg_fr4free_ils603.htm

http://151.38.10.207/promo/reg_fr4free_ils603.htm

Minimum requirement to register: choose one of the provinces in Italy
(they're in a drop-down box). The registration number (shown on-line) is
always: FRB4-2000053-97214
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That download link doesn't work today! But the first link goes to a page
that mentions versions 4.0, 8.0, and 9.0.
It's all Italian - good luck with that.

I uploaded FR_4.0_Pro.zip (55.365 MB), it will be at
http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id=g6106f9400c8796ed10002159596b0c26780580 29ed
for 5 days.
Keep in mind the registration number noted above.

Eric Stevens wrote:

Frank Slootweg wrote:

I have transferred the content of my Epson installation CD to you via
wetransfer.com. There should be an email from wetransfer to your
stated email address.

Don't what the EULA says for the old version that Frank provided. The
current EULA is available at:

https://epson.com/SoftwareLicenseAgreement

1. Grant of License. Epson grants you a limited, nonexclusive license
to install and use the Software on hard disks or other computer
storage devices, provided that the Software is used only in a
single location (e.g., a home or office or place of business) and
only in connection with Epson Hardware owned by you.

If you buy their hardware, you get to use the bundled software that came
with it. You are not allowed to redistribute the software. It isn't
unfettered freeware.

I don't recall Roger ever saying he has an Epson scanner. You (Eric)
didn't mention your scanner brand, either.

Eric Stevens wrote:
[...]

If its not to much to ask, would you mind doing the ame thinh for me?
I am a moderate user of ABBYY and when I recently did a fresh install
of of W10 I found the ABBYY installation disc had vanished. The return
address on this posting is valid.

I have already deleted the copy of the files from my hard-disk, but
that's not the main issue.

VanguardLH rightfully noted the issue of license restrictions.

While this is 15 year old software and a limited version at that, it's
still licensed/copyright-protected software. I did not realize that
before and thought that it's just 'free' software, such as which I have
for several other devices. But since the 'ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint'
part of the software is third-party software - i.e. not from Epson
itself -, I should have known better.

So I don't want to repeat that mistake. Sorry.

N.B. If push comes to shove, I'll have to uninstall the ABBYY software
from my computer. I have not used the software for over five years, so
that would not be too big a problem. (The ABBYY EULA allows to transfer
the software to another end user.)

[...]

On 21/12/2019 03:45, Local Favorite wrote:
On 12/20/2019 05:23 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:

If its not to much to ask, would you mind doing the ame thinh for me?
I am a moderate user of ABBYY and when I recently did a fresh install
of of W10 I found the ABBYY installation disc had vanished. The return
address on this posting is valid.

I have FineReader, FR_4.0_Pro.zip, from 13 years ago.

Notes I saved:
-----
ABBYY FineReader OCR

http://www.ilsoftware.it/articoli.asp?ID=2904



download link:

http://www.san-com.net/software_it/FR_4.0_Pro.zip

FR_4.0_Pro.zip 56694KB



registration page:

http://fr5promo.finereader.it/reg_fr4free_ils603.htm

http://151.38.10.207/promo/reg_fr4free_ils603.htm

Minimum requirement to register: choose one of the provinces in Italy
(they're in a drop-down box). The registration number (shown on-line) is
always: FRB4-2000053-97214
-----
That download link doesn't work today! But the first link goes to a page
that mentions versions 4.0, 8.0, and 9.0.
It's all Italian - good luck with that.

I uploaded FR_4.0_Pro.zip (55.365 MB), it will be at
http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id=g6106f9400c8796ed10002159596b0c26780580 29ed
for 5 days.
Keep in mind the registration number noted above.


Sadly, that's the same version that came on my Cover CD all those years
ago - and won't work with W10. [I did install it to see whether there
any subtle differences, but it crashed with exactly the same error as
before - citing a problem with fobj420.dll

--
Cheers,
Roger

On 21/12/2019 04:06, VanguardLH wrote:
Eric Stevens wrote:

Frank Slootweg wrote:

I have transferred the content of my Epson installation CD to you via
wetransfer.com. There should be an email from wetransfer to your
stated email address.

Don't what the EULA says for the old version that Frank provided. The
current EULA is available at:

https://epson.com/SoftwareLicenseAgreement

1. Grant of License. Epson grants you a limited, nonexclusive license
to install and use the Software on hard disks or other computer
storage devices, provided that the Software is used only in a
single location (e.g., a home or office or place of business) and
only in connection with Epson Hardware owned by you.

If you buy their hardware, you get to use the bundled software that came
with it. You are not allowed to redistribute the software. It isn't
unfettered freeware.

I don't recall Roger ever saying he has an Epson scanner. You (Eric)
didn't mention your scanner brand, either.


I have actually got two Epson scanners - both in the attic and no longer
in use! That probably doesn't qualify, so I may be technically in breach
of the licence. But I'm legally entitled to run the PRO version of
FineReader, except that it doesn't work on W10. Do I need to sit in fear
and trepidiation in case Mr Epson comes knocking on my door?
--
Cheers,
Roger

On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 22:06:59 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:

Frank Slootweg wrote:

I have transferred the content of my Epson installation CD to you via
wetransfer.com. There should be an email from wetransfer to your
stated email address.

Don't what the EULA says for the old version that Frank provided. The
current EULA is available at:

https://epson.com/SoftwareLicenseAgreement

1. Grant of License. Epson grants you a limited, nonexclusive license
to install and use the Software on hard disks or other computer
storage devices, provided that the Software is used only in a
single location (e.g., a home or office or place of business) and
only in connection with Epson Hardware owned by you.

If you buy their hardware, you get to use the bundled software that came
with it. You are not allowed to redistribute the software. It isn't
unfettered freeware.

I don't recall Roger ever saying he has an Epson scanner. You (Eric)
didn't mention your scanner brand, either.

Epson ET4750
Epson V700 - which the AABBY software originally accompanied.

--


Eric Stevens

There are two classes of people. Those who divide people into
two classes and those who don't. I belong to the second class.

On 08/12/2019 17:18, Roger Mills wrote:
I've been running AbbyyFineReader OCR software (for producing editable
text from scanned images) for many years. It was free on a magazine
Cover Disk. It used to run fine on Windows XP and, more recently, on
Windows 7 32-bit professional.

I've just bought a new computer which runs Windows 10 64-bit
Professional, and FineReader won't run on it. It appears to install ok
but opens very briefly and them immediately closes. I've tried all the
compatibility options, and running as Administrator - all to no avail.

Any clues as to how I can make it work? OK, I know that newer versions
are available, but these cost hundreds of pounds (I'm in the UK).

Alternatively, can anyone recommend free or inexpensive software which
does a similar job. I've installed NAPS2 but that seems only to produce
PDF files, and I can't see how to get editable text from it.

T.I A.

Which version do you have?
I'm running Abby FineReader 6 Pro, which I got free, on Win 10 Pro x64.
No problem, it runs fine.
Can you upgrade your version for free? Or remove it and install it in W7
compatible mode?

Fokke

On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:43:30 +0100, Fokke Nauta wrote:

I'm running Abby FineReader 6 Pro, which I got free, on Win 10 Pro x64.
No problem, it runs fine.

Do you recall how you got it?

--
croy

On 27/12/2019 15:43, Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 08/12/2019 17:18, Roger Mills wrote:
I've been running AbbyyFineReader OCR software (for producing editable
text from scanned images) for many years. It was free on a magazine
Cover Disk. It used to run fine on Windows XP and, more recently, on
Windows 7 32-bit professional.

I've just bought a new computer which runs Windows 10 64-bit
Professional, and FineReader won't run on it. It appears to install ok
but opens very briefly and them immediately closes. I've tried all the
compatibility options, and running as Administrator - all to no avail.

Any clues as to how I can make it work? OK, I know that newer versions
are available, but these cost hundreds of pounds (I'm in the UK).

Alternatively, can anyone recommend free or inexpensive software which
does a similar job. I've installed NAPS2 but that seems only to
produce PDF files, and I can't see how to get editable text from it.

T.I A.

Which version do you have?
I'm running Abby FineReader 6 Pro, which I got free, on Win 10 Pro x64.
No problem, it runs fine.
Can you upgrade your version for free? Or remove it and install it in W7
compatible mode?

Fokke

The version I have is 4.0b1 Pro. I don't think I can upgrade it for
free. Where did you get your free version of 6 Pro?

I'm not sure what you mean by installing it in W7 compatible mode. You
can set compatibility with anything back to W95 *after* installing it -
but that doesn't work. Is there some other way of installing it?
--
Cheers,
Roger
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On 27/12/2019 19:58, croy wrote:
On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:43:30 +0100, Fokke Nauta wrote:

I'm running Abby FineReader 6 Pro, which I got free, on Win 10 Pro x64.
No problem, it runs fine.

Do you recall how you got it?


I think I got it from the UK computer magazine Pc Pro.

Fokke

On 27/12/2019 20:31, Roger Mills wrote:
On 27/12/2019 15:43, Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 08/12/2019 17:18, Roger Mills wrote:
I've been running AbbyyFineReader OCR software (for producing editable
text from scanned images) for many years. It was free on a magazine
Cover Disk. It used to run fine on Windows XP and, more recently, on
Windows 7 32-bit professional.

I've just bought a new computer which runs Windows 10 64-bit
Professional, and FineReader won't run on it. It appears to install ok
but opens very briefly and them immediately closes. I've tried all the
compatibility options, and running as Administrator - all to no avail.

Any clues as to how I can make it work? OK, I know that newer versions
are available, but these cost hundreds of pounds (I'm in the UK).

Alternatively, can anyone recommend free or inexpensive software which
does a similar job. I've installed NAPS2 but that seems only to
produce PDF files, and I can't see how to get editable text from it.

T.I A.

Which version do you have?
I'm running Abby FineReader 6 Pro, which I got free, on Win 10 Pro x64.
No problem, it runs fine.
Can you upgrade your version for free? Or remove it and install it in W7
compatible mode?

Fokke

The version I have is 4.0b1 Pro. I don't think I can upgrade it for
free. Where did you get your free version of 6 Pro?

I think I got it from the UK computer magazine Pc Pro.

I'm not sure what you mean by installing it in W7 compatible mode. You
can set compatibility with anything back to W95 *after* installing it -
but that doesn't work. Is there some other way of installing it?

When you want to install an application, you can select Troubleshoot
compatibility with a right mouse click. Here you can define a
compatibility mode.

Fokke

On 29/12/2019 11:55, Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 27/12/2019 20:31, Roger Mills wrote:
On 27/12/2019 15:43, Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 08/12/2019 17:18, Roger Mills wrote:
I've been running AbbyyFineReader OCR software (for producing editable
text from scanned images) for many years. It was free on a magazine
Cover Disk. It used to run fine on Windows XP and, more recently, on
Windows 7 32-bit professional.

I've just bought a new computer which runs Windows 10 64-bit
Professional, and FineReader won't run on it. It appears to install ok
but opens very briefly and them immediately closes. I've tried all the
compatibility options, and running as Administrator - all to no avail.

Any clues as to how I can make it work? OK, I know that newer versions
are available, but these cost hundreds of pounds (I'm in the UK).

Alternatively, can anyone recommend free or inexpensive software which
does a similar job. I've installed NAPS2 but that seems only to
produce PDF files, and I can't see how to get editable text from it.

T.I A.

Which version do you have?
I'm running Abby FineReader 6 Pro, which I got free, on Win 10 Pro x64.
No problem, it runs fine.
Can you upgrade your version for free? Or remove it and install it in W7
compatible mode?

Fokke

The version I have is 4.0b1 Pro. I don't think I can upgrade it for
free. Where did you get your free version of 6 Pro?

I think I got it from the UK computer magazine Pc Pro.

I don't suppose you fancy uploading a copy somewhere where I can access it?


I'm not sure what you mean by installing it in W7 compatible mode. You
can set compatibility with anything back to W95 *after* installing it
- but that doesn't work. Is there some other way of installing it?

When you want to install an application, you can select Troubleshoot
compatibility with a right mouse click. Here you can define a
compatibility mode.

Fokke

But surely that's *after* you've installed it, when you try to run it?
That's the only place I've come across it - and none of the
compatibility options makes any difference to FineReader4.0 - it still
immediately crashes.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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Roger Mills wrote:

... none of the compatibility options makes any difference to
FineReader4.0 - it still immediately crashes.

If the app is crashing, there should be events in the Event Viewer.

VanguardLH wrote:
Roger Mills wrote:

... none of the compatibility options makes any difference to
FineReader4.0 - it still immediately crashes.

If the app is crashing, there should be events in the Event Viewer.

You could also try looking in the HealthReport or whatever it's called.

Here, I have a program I use, which crashes on
purpose by dereferencing location 0 in memory.
Then I can see how the HealthReport handles it.

https://i.postimg.cc/DZqnr3fm/some-k...port-thing.gif

control panels :
security and maintenance :
View Reliability History :
Click entries near bottom...

Grab a copy of the error decoder while you have a chance. It
can convert 0xC0000005 into text, and there can be several
interpretations, only one of which is correct for the
context/situation. Still, it's fun to see the effort someone
put into this at Microsoft. They probably wore off significant
tooth enamel while writing this.

https://download.microsoft.com/downl.../Err_6.4.5.exe

It's not that this method is good. That's not why I included it.
It's that I've lost control over Windows 10 and its
eating habits, and I'm not sure that some of my
other techniques even work any more.

I really wanted to see one of these in Windows 10, but
no such luck. This is from some other OS.

https://i.postimg.cc/d02HRfB1/crashzero.gif

They've removed the control to stop Dr.Watson style crash
reporting, and if that happens, there may not be a
..dmp file on the computer in C:\Windows\Minidmp etc.

Paul

On 29/12/2019 21:26, Roger Mills wrote:
On 29/12/2019 11:55, Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 27/12/2019 20:31, Roger Mills wrote:
On 27/12/2019 15:43, Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 08/12/2019 17:18, Roger Mills wrote:
I've been running AbbyyFineReader OCR software (for producing editable
text from scanned images) for many years. It was free on a magazine
Cover Disk. It used to run fine on Windows XP and, more recently, on
Windows 7 32-bit professional.

I've just bought a new computer which runs Windows 10 64-bit
Professional, and FineReader won't run on it. It appears to install ok
but opens very briefly and them immediately closes. I've tried all the
compatibility options, and running as Administrator - all to no avail.

Any clues as to how I can make it work? OK, I know that newer versions
are available, but these cost hundreds of pounds (I'm in the UK).

Alternatively, can anyone recommend free or inexpensive software which
does a similar job. I've installed NAPS2 but that seems only to
produce PDF files, and I can't see how to get editable text from it.

T.I A.

Which version do you have?
I'm running Abby FineReader 6 Pro, which I got free, on Win 10 Pro x64.
No problem, it runs fine.
Can you upgrade your version for free? Or remove it and install it
in W7
compatible mode?

Fokke

The version I have is 4.0b1 Pro. I don't think I can upgrade it for
free. Where did you get your free version of 6 Pro?

I think I got it from the UK computer magazine Pc Pro.

I don't suppose you fancy uploading a copy somewhere where I can access it?

I was wrong. I got it in 2008. I got the mail and serial number from
Abbyy themselves. Perhaps I purchased it, I can't remember. I guess I
got the previous version (4.0 Pro) from the UK magazine PC Pro.

I don't mind sending you a copy of Pro 6.0, but you'll need a
registration number. And I don't think it's a good idea to register two
versions with the same serial number. I'm sorry ...

I'm not sure what you mean by installing it in W7 compatible mode. You
can set compatibility with anything back to W95 *after* installing it
- but that doesn't work. Is there some other way of installing it?

When you want to install an application, you can select Troubleshoot
compatibility with a right mouse click. Here you can define a
compatibility mode.

Fokke

But surely that's *after* you've installed it, when you try to run it?
That's the only place I've come across it - and none of the
compatibility options makes any difference to FineReader4.0 - it still
immediately crashes.