family history

About this tag
The family history tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about using genealogy software and managing family history documents on Windows. Users seek help with Windows Defender blocking family history recording programs like RootsMagic, and with sharing family history Word documents across user accounts on Windows 7. The tag also includes a thread about a man discovering his grandfather's connection to the TV show Mad Men, linking family history to pop culture. Common themes include troubleshooting software compatibility, file sharing between users, and preserving family records on Windows systems.
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    Windows 10 Windows Defender blocking programs

    I use a long established family history recording program but can no longer enter data or shut down without using Task Manager, unless I disable Defender. To see if the problem was my program I installed the free Roots Magic program and tried to enter data, but again I could not until I disabled...
    • mike21
    • Thread
    • antivirus blocking data entry defender family history program issues roots magic settings task manager windows 10
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  2. Windows 7 making documents available to multiple users

    How can I make a Word document that was saved by a guest user available to all users? Its an interesting family history written by my aging mother. My daughter had to use my laptop while hers was in repair - she loggind in as a guest and saved the word document from an email. I can switch to...
    • LaurieB
    • Thread
    • document access document properties family history file sharing microsoft word office 2007 public folder windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Software

  3. Man Finds His Grandfather in Don Draper's Show

    Over the past four seasons, "Mad Men" has become a pop culture phenomenon, putting viewers in a martini-soaked time machine back to the golden age of the advertising industry. But for one viewer, the show is more than a glimpse back in time -- it's a glimpse into the family photo album...
    • cybercore
    • Thread
    • 1960s advertising ben laitin business development chappaqua cultural don draper draper daniels entrepreneurship family history golden age historical figures influence leo burnett mad men memoir pop culture television tv shows young rubicam
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Water Cooler