THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
rodwelch@pacbell.net


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: August 23, 2004 03:08 PM Monday; Rod Welch

Gary called about problems running SDS on an XP operating system.

1...Summary/Objective
2...DOS & DOSE Commands Failing to Open Prompt Under XP


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SUBJECTS
W98 CMD Batch Commands Fail on Gary's Home Computer CMD NTVD Not Sup
Windows XP Installed on Gary's Home Computer Solves Prior Problems R
XP OS Installed on Gary's Home Computer Solves Prior Problems Runnin
Group Manager SDS Failing to Launch and Run 04702 Correctly
HTML Conversion of SDS Records 070405 Failing on Gary's Computer
SDS Record Convert into HTMl for Display on Internet is Broke 070405

1108 -
1108 -    ..
1109 - Summary/Objective
1110 -
111001 - Follow up
111002 -
111003 - Gary has switched the operating system on his home computer from
111004 - Windows 98 to XP.
111005 -
111006 -     [On 040920 Gary configured autoexec.nt to run SDS with maximum
111007 -     memory. ref SDS 11 0001
111009 -  ..
111010 - This will solve prior problems running SDS on computers with the
111011 - Windows 98 operating system, reported previously on...
111012 -
111013 -        Windows Start Command in
111014 -        070405a.bat failing................... 030420, ref SDS 2 EW88
111015 -
111016 -        Redirection commands in batch
111017 -        fails in W98.......................... 040705, ref SDS 7 L16N
111019 -  ..
111020 - Program launch is failing to run the backup function.
111022 -  ..
111023 - On 040317 worked this issue. ref SDS 6 HJ5H
111024 -
111025 -      [...below, problem is caused by XP failing to run DOSE commands.
111026 -      ref SDS 0 U27K
111027 -
111028 -      [On 040902 Morris fixed the problem. ref SDS 9 U27K
111030 -       ..
111031 -      [On 040913 Gary reported another SDS launch problem using XP,
111032 -      which was solved by switching from 4DOS to running cmd.exe for
111033 -      DOS that is provided by Windows XP. ref SDS 10 ZE5H
111035 -  ..
111036 - Gary transferred his files so we could work on the same set of data
111037 - to test the backup op.
111039 -  ..
111040 - This seems to have resulted in overwriting POIMS, NWO, and the Aerospace company
111041 - ASB filing in the directory for 040720, reported on that date.
111042 - ref SDS 8 0001  This lost several days work.  Was able to partially
111043 - recover by restoring files from the backup yesterday, and then use the
111044 - version on the Internet to try and find additions made today, since
111045 - yesterday.
111047 -  ..
111048 - Gary may be able to compare the files and find any further
111049 - differences.
111051 -  ..
111052 - Took a day or so to restore POIMS and NWO.
111053 -
111054 -
111055 -
111056 -
1111 -

SUBJECTS
XP DOS DOSE Medit Commands Failing
DOS and DOSE Commands Failing to Execute DOS Commands
DOS DOSE Medit Commands Failing Windows XP Installed on Gary's Home

1505 -
150601 -  ..
150602 - DOS & DOSE Commands Failing to Open Prompt Under XP
150603 -
150604 - Follow up
150605 -
150606 - The problem seems to be that the Medit commands dos and dose are not
150607 - running commands at the DOS prompt under Windows XP.
150608 -
150609 -     [On 040902 Morris fixed the problem. ref SDS 9 U27K
150611 -      ..
150612 -     [On 040913 Gary reported another SDS launch problem using XP,
150613 -     which was solved by switching from 4DOS to running cmd.exe for DOS
150614 -     that is provided by Windows XP. ref SDS 10 ZE5H
150616 -  ..
150617 - Gary did an experiment by entering at the command line in Medit...
150618 -
150619 -                     CMD>dos
150620 -
150621 - ...this should open a dos prompt, but Gary reported that is not
150622 - occurring.
150624 -  ..
150625 - This problem has occurred in various ways over the years; most recent
150626 - experience shows...
150627 -
150628 -
150629 -          Morris reviews problems with
150630 -          dos commands under Windows
150631 -          2000................................021230, ref SDS 1 0001
150633 -           ..
150634 -          Random problems getting dos
150635 -          command to run......................030810, ref SDS 3 DE9O
150637 -           ..
150638 -          CMD batch op switched from
150639 -          bat so dose will run................031102, ref SDS 4 ON6K
150641 -           ..
150642 -          XP running DOS, Morris makes
150643 -          program changes.....................031112, ref SDS 5 0001
150645 -  ..
150646 - The main problem here is that Gary is not getting a DOS prompt
150648 -  ..
150649 - See if Gary can force a dos prompt with a param, like
150650 -
150651 -       CMD>dose /c i:\00\02\system32\cmd.exe
150652 -
150653 -       CMD>dose /c i:\00\02\system32\command.com
150654 -
150655 -     [On 040902 Morris modified Medit to fix this problem.
150656 -     ref SDS 9 0001
150658 -      ..
150659 -     [On 040913 Gary reported another SDS launch problem using XP,
150660 -     which was solved by switching from 4DOS to running cmd.exe for DOS
150661 -     that is provided by Windows XP. ref SDS 10 ZE5H
150662 -
150663 -
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150665 -
150666 -
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1507 -