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Again XP really slow opening interbase database and crashing my appusing crystal reports.
Ran fine on xp sp1 and win2k sp4
What dll's were radically changed by MS between theses OS issues. How do I find out? |
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Again XP really slow opening interbase database and crashing my app using crystal reports.
MrT wrote:
Ran fine on xp sp1 and win2k sp4 What dll's were radically changed by MS between theses OS issues. How do I find out? Have you contacted those who support Interbase/Crytsal Reports and verified you are using a compatible version/updated version of their software? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Again XP really slow opening interbase database and crashingmy app using crystal reports.
Shenan Stanley wrote:
MrT wrote: Ran fine on xp sp1 and win2k sp4 What dll's were radically changed by MS between theses OS issues. How do I find out? Have you contacted those who support Interbase/Crytsal Reports and verified you are using a compatible version/updated version of their software? Hi: Thanks. It was running fine on 2k SP4 and XP sp1. Are you implying that MS issues SP/updates that can compromise existing apps? |
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Again XP really slow opening interbase database and crashing myappusing crystal reports.
It looks like you have a classic problem of dos programs running in XP
with SP2 or higher. I was running Borland Pascal on XP SP2 at one time in the past and the solution was to make the installed directory of the program readable and writeable by everybody. To do this you need to make the folder "share this folder on the network" and also "Allow network users to change my files". Database, by its very nature is dynamic and so the data is changed dynamically and so the folder should be writeable. hth MrT wrote: Ran fine on xp sp1 and win2k sp4 What dll's were radically changed by MS between theses OS issues. How do I find out? |
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Again XP really slow opening interbase database and crashing my app using crystal reports.
MrT wrote:
It was running fine on 2k SP4 and XP sp1. Are you implying that MS issues SP/updates that can compromise existing apps? I'm saying that Microsoft does not support the third party applications you choose to run - thus their patches may change something a third party application you use has chosen to utilize for its own purposes. If you purchase a vehicle and get an after-market part for it and later - a recall on the car (something has been deemed dangerous in some way) changes the part your after-market part fits on in such a way that the after-market part no longer fits... Well - it's not the original manufacturer's responsibility to make your after-market part fit (nor will the after-market part manufacturer do much but offer to sell you a new after-market part that does the same thing except fits the new situation.) Your third party applications, your hardware, etc - all of those things are supported by the manufacturers. Microsoft makes and patches their part of the equation and they cannot (think of the millions of applications and the millions of versions on top of that for the many different OSes out there) make sure someone else has not linked into some component they are changing to make the OS run better, faster, more secure, etc. An application is written for a specific OS and sometimes a specific Service Pack (when speaking of Windows OSes.) Check out the packaging of the applications in the stores someday... "Requirements: Windows XP SP3 or greater" and the likes. ;-) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Again XP really slow opening interbase database and crashing my app using crystal reports.
sometimes there are programs
that need to be reinstalled or updated when the o.s. is updated. not all programs are engineered that way but yours could be. but it seems that the makers of crystal reports or the program that has it as an add-in/module, should have a solution, since it is likely that they incurred the same problem like yours. incidentally, try a clean booting normal mode and see if it helps any with the performance of windows and your database. -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - @Hotmail.com - nntp Postologist ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "MrT" wrote in message ... Ran fine on xp sp1 and win2k sp4 What dll's were radically changed by MS between theses OS issues. How do I find out? |
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Again XP really slow opening interbase database and crashingmy app using crystal reports.
Shenan Stanley wrote:
MrT wrote: It was running fine on 2k SP4 and XP sp1. Are you implying that MS issues SP/updates that can compromise existing apps? I'm saying that Microsoft does not support the third party applications you choose to run - thus their patches may change something a third party application you use has chosen to utilize for its own purposes. If you purchase a vehicle and get an after-market part for it and later - a recall on the car (something has been deemed dangerous in some way) changes the part your after-market part fits on in such a way that the after-market part no longer fits... Well - it's not the original manufacturer's responsibility to make your after-market part fit (nor will the after-market part manufacturer do much but offer to sell you a new after-market part that does the same thing except fits the new situation.) Your third party applications, your hardware, etc - all of those things are supported by the manufacturers. Microsoft makes and patches their part of the equation and they cannot (think of the millions of applications and the millions of versions on top of that for the many different OSes out there) make sure someone else has not linked into some component they are changing to make the OS run better, faster, more secure, etc. An application is written for a specific OS and sometimes a specific Service Pack (when speaking of Windows OSes.) Check out the packaging of the applications in the stores someday... "Requirements: Windows XP SP3 or greater" and the likes. ;-) Thanks. Understand. I did a compare between older (win2k sp 4) and newer xp (sp2) dll's. Fo the newer version in xp I will put the old dll in the local directory where the app is located so it will find those first. Worth a try. |
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Again XP really slow opening interbase database and crashingmy app using crystal reports.
db wrote: sometimes there are programs that need to be reinstalled or updated when the o.s. is updated. not all programs are engineered that way but yours could be. but it seems that the makers of crystal reports or the program that has it as an add-in/module, should have a solution, since it is likely that they incurred the same problem like yours. incidentally, try a clean booting normal mode and see if it helps any with the performance of windows and your database. What is clean booting normal mode??? Isn't that the normal boot??? |
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Again XP really slow opening interbase database and crashing my app using crystal reports.
a clean boot is a method
to disable automatic programs from starting with windows. sometimes it is the automatic programs/startups that are loaded into memory and inhibit windows performance. it is not all that different from booting into safe mode because the automatic programs are disabled for safe mode operations. that is why if windows performs better in safe mode but not as well in normal mode, then the problem could be attributed to the automatic programs/startups. ------------------ if you want to initiate a clean boot here are the steps that can be done while in either normal mode or safe mode. click on startrunmsconfig after you type and run msconfig a window will pop up. then under the startup tab you will find those programs that automatically start with windows. you can uncheck them and they will become disabled, then click apply. you may want to jot down which ones you disabled, just for future reference. afterwards go to the services tab and "hide" all microsoft services. then what remains can be disabled as well. click apply and reboot into normal mode. what should occur is that windows will launch without those third party programs and services. if you find that windows works better than before, then you successfully disabled the problem. the next thing you should do is to figure out what exactly should be started automatically with windows. my suggestion is to only have one anti virus program automatically startup with windows. let us know what you discover. ------------- incidentally, go ahead a make a system restore point for today and before you make changes to the msconfig. that way you can easily revert back windows to a former state, if you choose to. -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - @Hotmail.com - nntp Postologist ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "MrT" wrote in message ... db wrote: sometimes there are programs that need to be reinstalled or updated when the o.s. is updated. not all programs are engineered that way but yours could be. but it seems that the makers of crystal reports or the program that has it as an add-in/module, should have a solution, since it is likely that they incurred the same problem like yours. incidentally, try a clean booting normal mode and see if it helps any with the performance of windows and your database. What is clean booting normal mode??? Isn't that the normal boot??? |
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Again XP really slow opening interbase database and crashingmy app using crystal reports.
Speed problem solved by setting affinity on ibserver using imagecfg.exe.
Problem with the dual core. Hopefully it will solve problem on deployed machine with HT. Thanks. Best regards db wrote: a clean boot is a method to disable automatic programs from starting with windows. sometimes it is the automatic programs/startups that are loaded into memory and inhibit windows performance. it is not all that different from booting into safe mode because the automatic programs are disabled for safe mode operations. that is why if windows performs better in safe mode but not as well in normal mode, then the problem could be attributed to the automatic programs/startups. ------------------ if you want to initiate a clean boot here are the steps that can be done while in either normal mode or safe mode. click on startrunmsconfig after you type and run msconfig a window will pop up. then under the startup tab you will find those programs that automatically start with windows. you can uncheck them and they will become disabled, then click apply. you may want to jot down which ones you disabled, just for future reference. afterwards go to the services tab and "hide" all microsoft services. then what remains can be disabled as well. click apply and reboot into normal mode. what should occur is that windows will launch without those third party programs and services. if you find that windows works better than before, then you successfully disabled the problem. the next thing you should do is to figure out what exactly should be started automatically with windows. my suggestion is to only have one anti virus program automatically startup with windows. let us know what you discover. ------------- incidentally, go ahead a make a system restore point for today and before you make changes to the msconfig. that way you can easily revert back windows to a former state, if you choose to. |
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