FW: CA/400 & Windows 98

I forwarded the original message to some operators I work with as a heads
up. This is his reply:

Dale Draper
Sega Enterprises, Inc. (USA)
Dale.Draper@seu.sega.com
650-632-7555


> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> Cc:   Draper, Dale
> Subject:      RE: CA/400 & Windows 98
> 
> I have windows 98 installed on my home PC with CA and have had no problem
> (has been running on PC for about 5 months)    .   I do not know what
> problems that the below have had.  I do know if you do not have the
> correct version of CA loaded on you PC running under windows 98 this is
> possible.    I am running the correct version on my PC and all is fine.  I
> don't think it is time to panic yet (could be there install configuration
> has a problem) and remove CA from all of [Draper, Dale]  deleted .
> 
> 
> I know you will have a problem running CA version 3.1.2 on windows 98 (
> should be running CA version 3.2.0 or newer and have the latest PTF fix
> loaded).
> 
> For additional information Just ask me I have been there.
> 
> Russ
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Mullins [SMTP:jmullins@sundash.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 2:56 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: CA/400 & Windows 98
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I know that this doesn't answer your question; however, you touched on
> something that has bothered me for a long time.  When we went to
> Windows98,
> all machines running CA began having problems shutting down properly and
> some even had problems booting up!  This has been a recurring problem for
> us
> for some time now.  Every few months, either we will get a CA PTF which
> prohibits us from shutting our PC's down or after upgrading to a newer
> version of Windows or CA, the machines start having problems.  Either way,
> if we uninstall CA, the problems go away and the machines run fine.  Put
> CA
> back on and down go the machines again.  In the past, we could usually
> download a PTF and fix the problem, but, frankly, it began to get under
> our
> skins.  So, recently we began removing CA from all PCs in our company,
> permanently.  For the cost of one CA license, we were able to purchase a
> site license of Mochasoft's Mocha for Windows 5250 telnet client and do
> away
> with the headache called Client Access!  Mocha doesn't have all the
> features
> that CA has, but, it has enough to allow users of all levels to work
> comfortably and it's not bloated like CA.  We still have our CA licenses
> for
> cases where we might need them, but, we are using CA less and less as time
> goes by.
> 
> My 2 cents worth,
> 
> 
> Jack Mullins
> Sun Industries, Inc.
> P.O. Box 2026
> Jonesboro, AR 72402
> http://www.sundash.com
> jmullins@sundash.com
> jmullins@hurtcompanies.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >Hi people,
> >
> >Anything special I should know when installing CA/400 onto a Windows 98
> >PC?  We're on V4R2.
> >
> >TIA.
> >
> >Glenn Gundermann
> >Ronald A. Chisholm Limited
> >Toronto
> >ggundermann@rachisholm.com
> >
> 
> 
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