Re: Client Access Express and Windows 95

["John Taylor" <john.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Janet,

I have CA Express working happily under Win95. Each of the Win95 machines
has SP1 applied, and several "hot-fixes" as well. Unfortunately, I can't
tell you which one of the fixes is the one you need. They were all applied
prior to installing CA Express, so I didn't experience the problem that
you've described.

If you don't find a better alternative, contact me off-list and I'll get the
various fixes over to you.


Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: <jcrowley@ifasys.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 15:26
Subject: Client Access Express and Windows 95


>
>
> We have just started implementing Client Access Express on some of our
PCs, and
> I've been frustrated because some, but not all, of the Win95 PCs I've
installed
> CA Express on absolutely cannot print workstation output to an AS/400
network
> printer. I get a SPOOL32 error, the printer disappears, the machine
sometimes
> locks up, but amazingly the printer and the printout reappear when the
system is
> rebooted.
>
> Today I finally decided to do some research on this at the Microsoft
website,
> and, guess what? This is a documented Win95 bug that appears whenever you
have a
> Win95 machine with the service pack loaded. There is a fix apparently, but
> Microsoft doesn't make it downloadable (at least nowhere I can find)
because it
> isn't fully regression-tested (or somesuch) and they want you to get the
fix
> only if you're really in need of it. Oh, and by the way, the problem is
solved
> in Win98.
>
> The documentation implies the problem is with a specific DLL, but when I
pulled
> a newer version of the DLL from a newer PC, the problem was not resolved,
so
> there must be some other pieces parts to the resolution.
>
> I am not going to buy Win98 licenses for these PCs at this time -- I'd
have to
> buy more memory as well even if I were so inclined -- so my options are to
stick
> with CA 95/NT or try to track down someone at Microsoft who can provide me
with
> the supposed fix. I can't find any way to obtain the fix without
contacting
> Microsoft Technical Support, which probably involves a fee of some sort.
>
> So, before I jump through Microsoft hoops, is there anyone out there who
> actually got and installed the fix, and does it work?
>
> Janet Elam Crowley
> Systems Analyst
> IFA Systems
> Boise, Idaho
>
>
>
>
>
>
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