Re: V6R1 System i Access troubles

[ChadB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

MS support was on with our Windows admin for hours yesterday (making use of
procom for part of the session), they weren't able to determine a
cause/fix.  We got IE7 working again on that server today by a reinstall of
IE7.  Still working with the other vendor to try and get their product
working again.

I got familiar enough with procmon today to see that it will be a very
valuable tool in many cases... nice filtering capability and the built in
'jump to' and search features are very handy.




                                                                       
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:52 PM,  <ChadB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Standard case of Windows apps stomping on each other... just a tougher
one
> to figure out in this case. :(

Which is usually caused by the ISV, not by Windows. Either way, this
is why i recommended you to use Process Monitor to figure out what is
broken - i seriously doubt it's caused by System i Access, as we never
had any issues that looked like this.

<rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I was under the impression that 6.1 access was a rewrite - especially in
> the area of auto update and supposed to get around the users not having
> admin privileges.

Yes and no. V6R1 Access was updated to finally use MSI technology -
which is a good move, theoretically, but it seems that whoever did
develop this didn't really know what they were doing. At least they're
not alone - most applications not made by Microsoft (and even some
made by Microsoft) have heavily flawed and broken installers.

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