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Possible answer: Windows Service Pack 2 has problems with Metastock on
some machines.
Claud
johndoetrader18 wrote:
>I have a couple of interesting issues that came up when I migrated MS
>onto a new computer.
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>I moved V 9 from Win 2K to WinXP Pro installed on a completely
>different computer. Everything works fine except for two small problems.
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>In the Open with Template window, by default it comes up in the
>details screen. I click on the windows menu and chose List which
>reconfigures the the window. However, in Win 2K the list stayed that
>way and everytime I opened the Open with Template window it was set to
>show the templates in the List format. In WinXP Pro it won't save the
>setting. It resets itself back to the details format everytime I
>reopen it.
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>I checked the registry to see if there was a key I had to reset and I
>can't find one. All the other windows that open will allow the reset
>from details to list and they keep the setting.
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>This is an odd problem. I've reset the files view on the folder
>several different ways. It doesn't matter what view is set in the
>explorer it doesn't change what appears in the MS window.
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>I thought I knew the contents of all the MS registry files, but maybe
>I'm missing one somewhere that has the key instructions in it.
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>The other problem is the downloader Select Securities window has the
>correct current list that I was using before I moved MS open in it
>under the folders tab, but when I click on the lists button below, my
>previous lists have all disappeared. I've brought the correct EQ List
>file over and I've brought the correct ComList but it won't recognize
>either of them.
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>I thought maybe listmaster had a path name in it that was messed up,
>but that wasn't the case.
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>If the lists are created using the favorites or an exploration they
>move with the EQ list. If they're made from the folders in the
>Metastock Data file, they don't move with the EQ List. Another
>interesting anomaly. All of this is caused by the patch work of code
>that MS has gone through.
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>If anyone has a clue about what's up with these two problems, let me
>know.
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>I put MS on a Dell XPS 700 with a Core 2 Duo E6300 processor and some
>other speedy stuff like dual graphics cards which I use to control
>multiple monitors. Amazing difference in speed. I ran two XPS 700
>machines, one with a Pentium D 930 3.0 GHZ chip (hot as hell) and this
>one. The Core 2 is a lot cooler about 40 degrees C when I'm pushing it
>hard vs the 65 to 80 degrees C on the Pentium D. The E6300 is only a
>1.86 GHZ but the way it processes and uses it's cache it actually
>edges out the Pentium in speed with out the power grab. The E series
>are 65 watt spec chips while the D chips are 95 watt.
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>Right now the XPS can flip charts so fast (no matter what indicators
>and experts are on them) it out runs MS's ability to keep up and it
>locks out MSwin. I have to flip through them slower than the computer
>is able to handle to keep MSwin working right. How sweet that is! My
>other machine didn't create that particular problem.
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>One hint for those that use esignal. When you download esignal you
>should alwasy keep the install files for the older versions. Sometimes
>when esignal creates an update, it can generate errors in MS and you
>won't be able to fix the problem any other way than to install and
>older verions of esignal without the errors. Upgrading to new verions
>of esignal buys you very little. Equis wants you to drop esignal and
>use the Quote center to keep the revenue stream coming in so don't
>expect them to complain to esignal about coding errors.
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