Actually, I haven't had a problem on WinXP Pro. I installed CFMX with U3 on my laptop which runs WinXPPro with a whole bunch of software and security patches, including McAfee AntiVirus Online installed, along with 30 Gigs of other junk, and it works great. I use it as a development/demo system.
-- Josh Trefethen .:::::[ Exciteworks, Inc ]::[ http://exciteworks.com ]:::::. .::[ cf hosting on linux ]::[ consulting ]::[ expertise ]::. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:27 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Quick note from the CF Team.... > > > NO Dave, thanks for your offer, its very generous. You are > an amazingly helpful fella. But it's not necessary. > > This is a different box. It's a Win2K box - a production box > in a shared > environment in a data centre in the USA. There, we have > CFMX installed, > and we're trying to apply updater3 and that's not working. > > > The one you worked on all those hours, is now working fine. I > had to reformat and reinstall windows for other reasons (I > changed the mother > board) and the end result of that (after a few false starts) > is I have CFMX > working ok with IIs. I learned that you can't install CFMX > on a WinXPPRo > system if it's got anything else installed on it. Not > AntiVirus, not MS Security patches, not anything. (at least > that's the conclusion I'm drawing from what happened in my case). > > The system you worked on is my dev box. For now, it's > working and I'm not wanting to mess with it! > > > Thanks again Dave. I can't believe you are prepared to dip > your fingers into it all over again. You're a sucker for punishment! > > > Cheers, > Michael Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > AFP Webworks. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 2 June 2003 12:07 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Quick note from the CF Team.... > > > So what do I tell my Sysadmin who still can't install > > Updater3 after 3 weeks now? Do we have to reformat our > > hard drive and then reinstall everything else, then > > reload all the web sites and then retest them all? > > > > What happens when I need to install CFMX on my other > > dev server, and it doesn't have a raw, unmodified > > WinXPPro because it's had MS updaters and security > > patches applied? > > Well, first, I'd recommend that you use Windows 2000 Server > for your servers (development and production) instead. I've > installed CFMX on many, many Win2K machines without any problems. > > Second, there may be something odd about your machine's > specific configuration (hardware or software). I know that > it's a real problem, since I tried to fix it myself (and > failed), but I've got to be honest - I've never had that much > trouble with any CFMX install but yours! > > Third, if you want to give me another chance to try > installing it remotely, I'm game. I'd prefer to try on a > machine that hasn't had it installed already, but if that's > not an option, that's ok. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
