Brian - well, congratulations to you! I swear that Rhoda and I will get back to Australia to see a bit more of you than we did on the last pass through.
Don 2011/9/29 Brian Hancock <[email protected]> > ** > > Hi Laurie,**** > > ** ** > > When you say running from a Netware Server or running from a Windows 2003 > Server, I presume you mean that you are using these as file servers, and you > are actually running the applications on some client machine. I really > suspect this is what you are doing, and if so I do not think it is simply a > memory issue as you are not executing any DP code in the memory space of > these servers but only in the client. If the client is exactly the same as > when you were previously using Netware then I would think it is either a > locking, file handles, permissions issue or some other vaguery of the > Windows networking**** > > ** ** > > By the way everyone, I have just become a daddy again. Mum and baby boy > (Robert) are doing well, 3.5kgs (7lb 12oz), 53cm (almost 21 inches), lots of > dark hair (no metric-imperial conversion J), blue eyes. (likewise). **** > > ** ** > > Like 2 of my other 3 boys he was late, but this one needed a c-section. ** > ** > > ** ** > > Bye**** > > Brian**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Laurie Corvacho > *Sent:* Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:03 PM > *To:* **[email protected]** > *Subject:* Re: [Dataperf] Problems with Shell and XP Pro/Windows Server > 2003**** > > ** ** > > Hi, Tim,**** > > **** > > Thanks for your response. I am already using the /w-50K startup switch, > which had worked fine for years until now. :-(**** > > **** > > (You were probably the person who told me about that years ago - thanks!)* > *** > > **** > > I'm not sure if it's a memory issue or not, but it just seemed to me that > it might be. The only other time I have had a problem like this, I finally > figured out that the PC that it was happening on had a non-Intel CPU that > was apparently overheating, and that was somehow causing it to suddenly > whack out while running complicated macros. However, this is now happening > on all the PCS on my (Windows 2003) network, not just one.**** > > **** > > Do you have any other ideas of things it might be?**** > > **** > > Thanks!!**** > > **** > > Laurie**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > ----- Original Message ----- **** > > *From:* Tim Rude <[email protected]> **** > > *To:* [email protected] **** > > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2011 13:57**** > > *Subject:* Re: [Dataperf] Problems with Shell and XP Pro/Windows Server > 2003**** > > ** ** > > Laurie,**** > > **** > > Have you tried using the command line option to increase the memory > available for macro execution?**** > > **** > > If I'm remembering correctly, the command line was /w-xx where xx is the > number of kb to allocate for the macro processor.**** > > **** > > Try starting up Shell with the following command line: mc /w-30 shell**** > > **** > > See if that makes any difference.**** > > **** > > Tim Rude**** > > ----- Original Message ----- **** > > *From:* Laurie Corvacho <[email protected]> **** > > *To:* [email protected] **** > > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:45 PM**** > > *Subject:* [Dataperf] Problems with Shell and XP Pro/Windows Server 2003** > ** > > ** ** > > Hello, all,**** > > **** > > I have some DP apps that I have been running for years off a Netware file > server with no problems. Now I have to make them also work on a Windows > 2003 server. (All workstations are running XP Pro.) When I run them from > the Windows 2003 server, the shell macros for my DP program are crashing, > and I have the impression it is because they are running out of memory in > the DOS window. What happens is that after a short time running, it starts > typing garbage on the screen instead of what is supposed to be typing, and > shortly thereafter it just freezes the screen and gives up the ghost.**** > > **** > > The macros are rather large - In the past I have broken some of the macros > up into smaller sub-macro files in order to get them to work when there have > been apparent memory issues, but doing that again doesn't seem to help this > time.**** > > **** > > All memory settings seem to be the same on the workstations. The only > thing I can see that seems to be a major difference is the network client. > Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be the problem or, more > importantly, how it can be fixed? **** > > **** > > Thanks!!!**** > > **** > > Laurie**** > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf**** > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf**** > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > -- *Don Friedman ProfessionalRecords.Com LLC PRS Data Systems 205 S Main Street Pittsburgh, PA 15215 412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE 412-784-1615 Fax*
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