What was the issue?

On Mon Dec 30 2013 at 5:10:03 AM, a b <[email protected]> wrote:

> *After I was able to see what was going on, it was easy to correct.*
> *As the saying goes, it's easy once you know how.  I have never been *
> *a big fan of software which just quits without any explanation of the*
> *problem.*
>
> *I now have the test application running on Win7 where GNUstep*
> *is not installed.  It's showing the GNUstep theme instead of the*
> *WinUXTheme, but I think I can fix that now without too much trouble.*
>
> *I have reached the point in the document where the author*
> *says to remove everything from your package which wasn't necessary*
> *after all.*
>
> *That, plus a little better organization of the files should
> finish my learning experience .*
> *Then on to the next experiment.*
>
> *Thanks for the help.*
>
> ------------------------------
> Subject: Re: GNUstep BUFFER OVERFLOWS
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:43:24 +0100
> CC: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
>
>
> You might need to log into the Windows event viewer to see the error logs
> on Windows.
>
> Fred
>
> On the road
>
> Am 29.12.2013 um 15:53 schrieb a b <[email protected]>:
>
> *Your references were spot on.  **Russinovich really explains it well.
> Since I am just *
> *beginning to familiarize myself with GNUstep it can be difficult to know
> what is *
> *due to GNUstep, what is due to Windows, etc.  Trying to absorb everything
> about *
> *GNUstep all at the same time can be a little daunting.*
>
> *Thanks again for the reply.  Now I just need to figure out why the test
> application *
> *closes without even displaying the GUI window but does not display any
> error *
> *message.*
>
>
> > Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:42:22 +0100
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: GNUstep BUFFER OVERFLOWS
> >
> > On 29.12.2013 12:47, a b wrote:
> > >> Does this happen with your "Own" test app only? or also when starting
> > >> Gorm or PojectCenter?
> > >
> > > I am trying to become familiar with GNUstep; it is a test app only.
> > > If GNUstep is already installed, I don't see any problem.
> > >
> > >> If you just compile and run it inside ProjectCenter, does it happen?
> > >>
> > > If GNUstep is already installed, I don't see any problem.
> > > In my opinion, buffer overflow is unusual. That is why I am asking.
> > >
> > >> Where/how do you see these buffer overflows?
> > >>
> > > The overflows were captured using the SysInternals Process Monitor
> tool
> > > made available by Microsoft. Start the process monitor, then set the
> filter
> > > to ignore all the normal background processes. Start the application,
> the
> > > monitor will capture all the activity related to the application.
> >
> > Why didn't you say so before? Getting buffer overflows in that situation
> > seems to be quite common and harmless. See for example:
> >
> >
> http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2005/05/17/buffer-overflows.aspx
> >
> > or
> >
> >
> http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2005/06/04/buffer-overflows-in-regmon-traces.aspx
> >
> > Nothing to worry about, just something you have to live with if you
> > really want to use Windows and look under the hood as well.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Fred
> >
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