swx04sp3 + xpsp2: any crash-related known issues?

It's hard to say. I did see some wierdness when I upgraded one box to xp sp2, but a reinstall of SW fixed it. It wasn't crashes, it was just templates not showing up when the path in File Locations was set, something kind of random. Of course my installation had some other stuff going on with it like an administrative image upgraded to sp0.1

It might also depend to some extent on web access settings in SW, such as searching for new SPs, web folders, 3D ContentCentral or whatever. XP sp2 automatically turns on a firewall which might be interfering with some of those functions. You can turn off the function, turn off the firewall or set the firewall to allow SW to access the web without your intervention.

You could spend a lot of time troubleshooting it or you could just do a SW reinstall. It might not be necessary, but in the end it might save you a lot of time and headscratching and back-and-forth with the VAR.

matt

Gianni Rondinini wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Shouldn't have to reinstall the whole workstation - Why can't you just revert back to the previous service pack and see if that clears up your problem. XP Should allow you to do that fairly easily...I'd tell you how, but I can't off the top of my head (too early and only 1 cup coffee) and my PC is still Win2KPro. I'm sure someone will post telling you how..

Good Luck,

Scott

I recall reading that SP2 would be supported in 2005 SP5 which has not been released yet.

sp2 was a bomb sp3 is much better sp4.2 seems to revert to another bomb though not as bad as sp2. Atleast that is what we noticed here.

Corey

wow forget I said anything I was reading your post all wrong. There is a script that you can run to ensure noone else can install xp SP2 untill you release it. It is posted on microsoft. Let me know if you need the link.

Corey

As I understand it, the main difficulty with SW and xp sp2 is the Windows Installer. SW service packs prior to the supported ones (sw04 sp5 and sw05 sp0.1) cannot be applied on xp sp2.

matt

Gianni Rondinini wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

it would be appreciated, if you remember where to look to find it without spending hours. microsoft's website is huge and not always easy to navigate.

thanks in advance.

to remove sp2

Corey

i've been able to remove xp sp2. swx04sp3 now doesn't crash anymore, and we're very happy of it. now the pc falls asleep sometimes, but waiting 5 or 10 seconds is far better than loosing minutes and minutes of work due to a crash.

thank to all of you!

thank you so much.

regards,

Falls asleep??? You do know that you have to pour coffee into it once in a while, don't you? :-)

WT

err... i remember the thing about the cdrom drive used as a cup holder, but when i press the "close" button, the drive closes and the cup remains outside the case... how can i have my workstation stay awake using coffee? :)

regards,