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    #1

    WinXP and A4 v2

    Does anyone have this combination working? I have single user version and can't seem to get it working now - get LAN ERROR: adapter malfunction every time I try to start A4.
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    RE: WinXP and A4 v2

    Joe:

    Here's what alpha Says about Windows 2K and WinXP

    "... As a result, Alpha Four Version 6 (and previous versions of Alpha Four) are not compatible with Windows 2000, and XP. Running Alpha Four V6 on these operating systems will corrupt your data. Alpha Four version 7 has been designed to work with all versions of Windows including Windows 2000 and Windows XP, ensuring stable, consistent performance, with no data loss!"

    Read this on the Alpha home page; A4v7 'More Info' button.


    They should know and a bunch of people on this board are having similar random problems with win2K and Xp as noted on this board.

    MIght be time to Upgrade - I did - and it's not worth the hassle to go any other way.

    Ken

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      #3
      RE: WinXP and A4 v2

      I stumbled across a workaround by accident. I had this working when I first installed XP, now I figured out what caused it to stop working, but I'm not sure why. When I unplugged the LAN cable which was connected to another computer XP tells me a network cable is unplugged and from that point on, A4 gives me the LAN error: adapter malfunction. But I found that plugging it back in to another computer let A4 load without the lan error. Taking out the network card altogether didn't help. It does seem to work like it did in Windows 98 now. But I don't want the data corruption - I am curious as to what operations will cause data corruption.

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        RE: WinXP and A4 v2

        Joe,

        My guess is that printdump.exe (which runs when Alpha Four vers. 7 is loaded using a4.bat) interrogates the Windows printers folder to find out what printers are installed on your workstation. If some of those are network printers I suppose printdump goes out on the network to interrogate them in order to assemble the information it needs to be able to use them in your application. If you're disconnected from the network when printdump attempts this I should expect XP to report that the LAN adapter card is not working.

        Here's another guess. If you won't be using network printers, you could probably solve your problem by deleting the installed network printers from the local workstation's printers folder. (Retain the local printer, of course). I would expect Alpha Four to start up just fine then, whether connected to the network or not.

        -- tom

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          RE: WinXP and A4 v2

          Tom:

          This guy is A4 V2 --- He ain't got no printdump.exe

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            RE: WinXP and A4 v2

            Ken,

            Right... my goof.

            -- tom

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