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Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re: Warning- Last XP update blocks Metastock 9



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Hi superfragalist;
 You sent the following message to me...is this the one you are referring to. Thanks for taking the time.
Kim
It sounds like you're having one of several problems, but which one
is a guess.

What you are talking about seems to happen with XP service pack 2
compatibility issues. When MS 9.0 is run on service pack 1, I don't
hear about as many problems. You can uninstall service pack 2 and
check MS again. You can change the emulation of XP to win98 or
win2000. Or you can do what I do and run win 2000 only. Even when I
upgrade to new computers I load win 2000. No problems at all--fast
and stable. It's NT without the gloss. Big difference. XP easy is
sometimes a lot harder.

Hyper threading is of little value to MS and seems to cause a lot of
problems. I don't know if your bios would let you change that, or if
it's even enabled.

It could also be a problem with maxlocksperfile settings. The default
is 9500 and you really need 250000 unless you're running Novell
netware which can't handle that change. There are several registry
entries for maxlocksperfile. I think you only need to use the one in
the Equis section. I don't think you need to change the Jet 4 entry.
This requires some tricky registry editing so you'll have to ask MS
tech support help with that. I'm not going to destroy your registry
with something I left out.

It could be another program on your system using too many resources.
MS needs a lot of resources for the tester. The tester is an Access
application so the solution has something to do with Acess
compatibility and XP issues. If you search the Microsoft site for
Acess and XP issues, you might find the answer--among the 10,000
pages of fixes you'll find. It can be stuff like your video card's
accelerator, etc. (Turn off your video acceleration unless you
playing games between systems tests.) You never know what's typing up
systems resources.

One other thing you might want to look at is what's loading when you
boot up. You may have virus, trojan horse or transponder parasites
that are taking up the systems resources MS needs. You can see what's
up on boot with HiJackThis. Don't let HiJackThis fix anything until
you're sure of what's wrong. It's free. You'll be surprised how much
stuff is getting loaded. You can also run a copy of TaskInfo to see
what's reading, writing and typing up CPU time as you run the tester.

If you have a Dell, watchout for the autoupdate feature. Turn that
off. That can cause problems with Access.

You can run the compatibility wizard, but you probably won't get much
out of that.

I saw an earlier post complaining about Equis and asking why they
don't do more to fix every windows compatibility issue. Before I
retired, the company I managed sold complex data acquisition and
instrument control software to network and control almost all of our
200 products. We tested it on dozens of platforms, but it's
impossible to test software on every OS configuration and component
array that a customer might have.

Customer expect miracles. Some wanted our software to work on Apple
computers, some wanted a DOS version, some thought not only should it
control our instruments but it should control instruments from HP and
Tektronics, and some thought it should be free.

I'm not defending Equis. They've left far too many bugs in MS and
frankly they don't care. They've known about issues as far as three
releases back and have done nothing because Reuters doesn't want to
spend programming resources on MS when individual traders are not
where the money is at. It's the institutional market they want.

However, for Equis it's hard to have all the answers to windows
problems when Microsoft doesn't have them--and even if they did, they
wouldn't tell you.

I hope one of these fixes works for you, or you can get a copy of
win2000. I know that works.









--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Kim Blake" <kblake@x...>
wrote:
> Other observations;
> I have 3 computers running ICE 2.02 with Metastock 9.0. My Pentium
4 desktop with XP Home Edition has experienced significant problems,
ie: system crashes, tests performed with only 1 result??. After
removing both programs several times and reinstalling, I have set the
system tester to clean past results every time I open it, however
Metastock is running slower??? It can take up to 30 sec. to move from
1 chart to the next in the same folder??
> My laptop with XP Home Edition has the Centrino chip. I have had to
reinstall both programs on this also, but since having the system
tester set to saving 0 results, it seems to be running fine.
> My third computer is a Pentium 3 750 with Win98 and has not
experienced any problems, so much for the newer technology.
> I too have emailed Equis for answers, the only response I got was
that they wanted more info???
> Maybe this info can help somebody find an  answer.
> Thanks
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Re: Warning- Last XP update blocks Metastock 9


I posted a detailed message about how to fix XP problems but it never
made it on here. I guess it was eaten in hyperspace.

Force XP into win 2000 emulation. Update all video drivers. Turn off
the video acceleration. Block hyper threading in the bios, if you can.

Stop using IE and switch to Mozilla FireFox. That will stop a lot of
the problems with sypware, virus, trojan horses and transponder
parasites.

You can also be having Kernel32 problems also. That's a tough fix.

Win 2000 and Win 2003 are much, much better than XP. XP without SP1
and SP2 is a pretty good OS. Patching always craps up an OS. The same
is true for Win 2000. The patches messed up a lot of stable stuff.

Have fun!





--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, johnm_milton <no_reply@xxxx> wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
> I have experienced a block of the "Open chart"  (Invalid
> parameter function message) after the last automatic update of XP
> window.
> This update consists of many little updates all named with a KB89...
> initial.
> I reinstalled MS many times but without a result.
> Only after I have removed these updates MS is working normally-
> I would like to know if some one of you too have experienced this
> problem.
>
> Thanks





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