Re: XyW on a T43 with XP Pro

["Phillip Alder" phillipalder@xxxxxxxx]

Dear Patricia,

Nothing happens when I do run c:\xw\xw.exe.

And when I try to load the program in safe mode, it gets about 30 percent
done, then stops, saying that I must close other Windows applications, clear
out any memory-resident programs, and put the windows temp directory on a
drive with lots of space -- none of which is relevant.

Regards,

Phillip Alder


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia M. Godfrey" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: XyW on a T43 with XP Pro


> Phillip Alder wrote:
> > I have a T43 ThinkPad running Windows XP Professional. I have tried
> > unsuccessfully to install XyWrite for Windows. (I used safe mode, as
> > required by TTG.)
>
> This is the great unsolved mystery. Xywin runs fine on some XP boxes,
> won't run at all on others, and NO ONE has been able to figure out
> why. Somebody had a mo for installing, but if you have a working
> setup, copying it is easier and safer. What happens when you copy and
> then try to run? Zilch? Opens and freezes? What?
>
> I don't think Home versus Pro is the issue, because I can run it on XP
> Pro at the office. Laptops do have a lot of extra services running,
> but many people cannot make it work on a desktop either. Let me see if
> I ever compiled (or started to) an archive on this. Totally
> inexplicable mysteries like this really bug me. Computers are supposed
> to be science, not mumbo-jumbo and jiggery-pokery.
> --
> Patricia M. Godfrey
> PriscaMG@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>