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Vista & Encompass

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Mortgage and Lending with Mortgage Advisory Group CL-36130

Finally back to business and the blog with a little advice for those of you thinking about uprading to Vista.

MAKE SURE YOUR LOS SUPPORTS IT.  Most don't, and I found that one out the hard way.  Our company is moving from Genesis to Encompass.  Genesis is absolutely supported with Vista and Encompass is on the way.  The newest release, version 3.0, will take care of the issues.

I first received the CD to install the software, which does not work for compatibility.  It needs to be downloaded from the Ellie Mae website through a link and patched with another couple of downloads.

Even after all of this, I could still not access EPass and Desktop Underwriter.  It took three weeks from there until a fix was available.  The fix is an ocx file download to replace another within Vista and then registering the file.  No problems since.

I know others will have the same problem I did, and if you are into the tech stuff like I am, hop on board and email me if you have any questions.  Good luck to all!

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Joseph Grabowski
Keller Williams Preferred Real Estate - Yardley, PA
REALTOR - 4saleinbucks.com

People should stay away from Vista. I can't believe people are upgrading to it. Whenever Microsoft unleashes a new operating system, it is no good for about a year or so. I would advise everyone to wait about a year. Then they can upgrade with the Vista version that will have the service packs and updates in it. Every computer I have seen so far with Vista on it, has some sort of problems. And I have already seen people lossing data because of it.

Jun 07, 2007 08:58 AM
J Perrin Cornell
Coldwell Banker Cascade Real Estate - Wenatchee, WA
Broker, ABR, VAMRES

I was considering it but thought I'd wait a little longer...now I may wait a lot longer!

Thanks!

Jun 14, 2007 01:19 AM