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    XP vs Windows 2000

    Which operating system does alpha5v5 works best on XP or Windows 2000? I have been using windows 2000, but I have heard that XP pro is pretty good to.
    Willie
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    RE: XP vs Windows 2000

    A5 works well on all windows operating systems.
    Aaron Brown
    Alpha Software Development Team

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      #3
      RE: XP vs Windows 2000

      XP Works better with A5v5..to me.

      I've always had a problem with printers when using a5 over a network..
      ex: I have 4 workstations using win98 and one station using win 2000...my server is using NTServer..when ever I network or optimize the database the workstation using win2000, printer doesn't work in a5.."message no printer configured"..All stations are sharing the main network printer.

      I never figured out the problem.

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        RE: XP vs Windows 2000

        Robert,

        My truck runs on mix fuel, 87 octane no lead and 90 octane no lead. It doesn't run all that well though when I mix the fuels.

        My truck is supposed to run an all three fuels as is A5 but when the OS' are 'mixed', perhaps it's one OS not wanting to mix completly with another? I also know it takes a bit of $$ to upgrade the OS on the computers but if you did, I think you'd solve the problem.

        kenn
        TYVM :) kenn

        Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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          #5
          RE: XP vs Windows 2000

          I've been runing A5 on 2000 and have noticed that the system goes into a 90% processor utilization mode. The system runs on XP about the same. I don't know where the resource hog is but it's getting a pretty good meal from A5.

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            RE: XP vs Windows 2000

            mkelly

            If you check the FAQ (at the top of this forum page) you will see the solution to freeing up system resources

            Glen
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              #7
              RE: XP vs Windows 2000



              Robert Mann wrote:
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              "All stations are sharing the main network printer."

              Yes, but each workstation still has to have its own printer drivers for the network printer. Win 2k (and presumably XP) uses entirely different printer drivers than those used by win98, and your app is probably assuming (or specifying) the win98 printer setup. I would be interested to know if XP solves that problem, as I assume it uses printer drivers more closely related to the w2k drivers.

              Raymond Lyons

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                RE: XP vs Windows 2000

                Yes that is true..each station has it's own printer driver,, the cp with win2000 on it would not..I would have to manualy go into the shadows folder and reset the printers for my a5 applications forms.. Also the names of the network printers were renamed....I have to do this every time I re optimize the systems.

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                  #9
                  RE: XP vs Windows 2000

                  I won't even reply to that one..

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                    #10
                    RE: XP vs Windows 2000

                    Robert,

                    You misunderstood. I was merely trying to point out that with a system such as yours with the number of Operating Systems you're using, it's realistic to expect that not everything is going to run as it should. I used my truck as an example of what is supposed to work but doesn't work all that well under certain conditions.

                    Additionally, with several OS on the same network, trouble shooting is considerably more complicated, as you found out.

                    kenn
                    TYVM :) kenn

                    Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                      #11
                      RE: XP vs Windows 2000

                      Where I work we have a big network with a variety of operating systems on the local stations. This has never been a problem for me.

                      Bill
                      Bill Hanigsberg

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                        RE: XP vs Windows 2000

                        This is a huge problem for me with a v4.5 app.

                        With A5V5 there is theoretically a way to deal with this problem (invloving a setup for each workstation specifying its printer and thus its specific printer driver instead of whatever the development machine had). If I ever get enough money saved up to be able to afford v5 (I don't want to talk about that!) I am going to build a what is needed to get around the problem. Maybe soemone else has already done it.

                        Raymond Lyons

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