[texhax] Compiling Issue (Barbato 3-22-10)

[Axel E. Retif]

Mary Ann,

On  22 Mar, 2010, at 13:08, Mary Ann Barbato wrote:

Sorry for the late reply, and maybe you've already received advice privately, but anyway...

> I just installed MiKTEX, WinEdt, Ghostscript and GSView on my new HP laptop using TeX disks that I recieved back in 2005.  
>  
> After the installation [...]
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> ! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file
> ! That is more than five years old.

Wouldn't it be possible for you to install a modern TeX distribution instead?

You can install MiKTeX

http://miktex.org/

or TeXLive

http://www.tug.org/texlive/


Best,

Axel