|
PureBytes Links
Trading Reference Links
|
Machine came configured with 512MB of memory!
Sp1 is a possibility since I know for a fact that it was not installed.
Regards
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Jagow" <bjagow@xxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 2:39 PM
Subject: RE: Win2K and MS Pro?
> Could your problem be insufficient memory for win2k?
>
> Another possible cause could be that sp1 isn't installed.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sivaraj.K
> > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 6:54 PM
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Win2K and MS Pro?
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I recently bought IBM Thinkpad T20 with Windows 2000 preloaded. When I
> > reinstalled MetaStock 7.01 EOD version, everything seemed OK at first.
But
> > then I started to notice some strange behavior with MetaStock
> >
> > Explorer was about 4 time slower and it appeared as though there were
more
> > disk i/o and MetaStock was struggling with each counter.
> > Intermittent problem of MetaStock "crashing" when File>Open menu was
> > selected
> > Also after extended use say about 2 hours, MetaStock would "crash"
> >
> > To confirm this, I reconfigured the ThinkPad T20 by installing
> > Windows 98SE
> > and ran MetaStock again.
> > The Explorer was back to the normal speed and was able to complete
complex
> > searches 4 times faster
> > No more "crash" when File>Open was selected
> > Extended use does not cause MetaStock to "hang" or "crash"
> >
> > However, I did notice one problem in Windows 98SE though, once a while
if
> > you select "indicator builder" without a chart opened, MetaStock would
> > "crash". This was happening on both my new ThinkPad and Desktop running
> > Windows 98SE.
> >
> > At the moment, I have decided to use Windows 98 SE for various
> > reasons over
> > Windows 2000. I may switch back to Windows 2000 later.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Siva
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Owen Davies" <owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 8:39 AM
> > Subject: Win2K and MS Pro?
> >
> >
> > > It's been a while since I had time to watch the list closely, so
> > > if this has been done to death when I wasn't paying attention,
> > > my apologies to all. However:
> > >
> > > Suddenly, I need to replace a machine that died horribly
> > > when its power supply went bad. Now that folks have more
> > > experience with running Metastock Pro under Windows
> > > 2000, does anyone know of any reason not to switch from
> > > Win 98 to Win 2000? I've been running 7.02 and would
> > > upgrade at least to 7.03. Not sure about 7.2 yet.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Owen Davies
> > >
> >
>
|