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Thank you all for your feedback.
I have no requirement to run both versions concurrently, rather one or the
other at different times.
The feedback suggests it is a grey area. Even putting the two MS versions on
different drives, would still result in the common files (normally residing
in the op system areas) to be shared. Installing two versions of the same
operating system (as suggested by some) seems over the top, and although I
am reasonably computer literate, the registry is an area I would prefer to
stay away from.
I think the bottome line is back up all formuli stuff, uninstall one version
and re-install the next. This means I lose template files and is just too
much pain.
At the moment I run different versions on a different computers (networked)
which is fine, its just one machine is only a fifth of the speed of the
faster one and I wanted to be able to run both MS versions on the faster
machine.
Thank you again for your feedback. It is encouraging to see the prompt
responses to my question.
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "manohohman" <no_reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 5:17 AM
Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Running two copies of MS at the same time
> Registry conflicts sometimes occur when you have two copies of
> Metastock running at the same time, even if you have them on two
> different hard drivers. If you have to run two versions of MS at the
> same time, you can partition your two hards (or divide one large one)
> so you can have two separate operating systems, one in each
> partitiion. The operating systems can both be the same version of
> windows, or whatever.
>
> I ran Metastock EOD and Intraday at the same time. I had a few
> problems but nothing I couldn't manage. However, I have heard stories
> of people who were running two intraday copies on one operating
> system getting the crap blown out of the registry. Metastock registry
> entries are no big deal, if you know how to edit the registry. I've
> only had to do that a couple of times, and nothing I had done did any
> damage to any registry entries outside of the Metastock ones.
>
> The stories I've heard were second hand so who knows what really
> happened. Half of the people who buy MS can't copy a file from one
> directory to another. They might have stuck a baloney sandwich in the
> CD drive!
>
> You can clear most Metastock registry entries by holding down the
> ctrl and shift key at the same time you click on the MS icon to start
> it up. Just type your name into the code box and keep going. All the
> defaults will be reset and a couple of other minor entries will be
> deleted. Doing this sometimes speeds up MS significantly, and other
> times it doesn't. If I get a few crashes or bog downs, I sometimes
> try this as well as rebooting to purge upper video memory. Works like
> a charm most of the time.
>
> Cleaning out the temp files every few days is a good idea. Mine are
> automatically cleaned everyday.
>
> ~msfl.star can cause major problems. Make sure that's not lurking
> somewhere, if you notice issues.
>
> Video cards with accelerators have been known to cause crashes. If
> you turn off the acceleration, the problems usually go away. If
> you're running two copies of Metastock at the same time, you may get
> crashes caused by video memory management. The problems aren't
> permanent but they are frustrating.
>
> Good luck--watch out for smoke--that's always a bad sign! Don't use
> water to put out the fire, however. If you do, MS will be the least
> of your problems.
>
> JO
>
>
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, pumrysh <no_reply@xxxx> wrote:
> > Martin,
> >
> > I have both installed but not on the same hard drive. With the
> price
> > of hard drives these days it really is not very expensive to add a
> > second drive...you should consider it. As far as conflicts or
> > problems and how best to avoid them, my suggestion is to make sure
> > the equis files for both versions are well seperated.
> >
> > One other suggestion is to make a backup copy of everything in the
> > Equis files before you start.
> >
> > Preston
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Haesler <abin@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Due to the difficulties with the system tester in MS8, I would
> like
> > to install both MS8.0 and MS7.2 onto the same hard driver on a Win
> > 2000 system.
> > >
> > > Can anyone confirm that these two programs co-exist happily, or
> do
> > they confilict ??
> > >
> > > I would not be surprised if the sharing of some of the routines
> > called and .dll files might cause problems.
> > >
> > > Someones past experience, may prevent me from spending needless
> > hours recovering from the mess this could create.
> > >
> > > Martin
>
>
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