From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On Monday, January 1, 2024 at 11:08:36¨AM UTC, Matthew C E Bamber wrote:
> On Monday, January 1, 2024 at 5:10:53¨AM UTC, Digital Man wrote: 
> > To: Matthew C E Bamber 
> > Re: Really struggling with windows install pls help :) 
> > By: Matthew C E Bamber to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm 
> > 
> > > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet 
> > > 
> > > Hi everyone! 
> > > I am brand new to aynchronet BBS and trying to install it for the forst time 
> > > on windows, i go though the setup windows installer but at the end when it 
> > > say launch synchronet i get a window popup saying. 
> > > 
> > > sbbsctrl.exe - application error 
> > > the application was unable to start correctly click ok to close the 
> > > application? 
> > > 
> > > any ideas? 
> > > 
> > > Ive tried reinstalling several times. 
> > Things to check: 
> > - does running sbbs.exe instead of sbbsctrl.exe make any difference? 
> > - do you have any "security software" installed that might be killing Synchronet because it's opening and listening on TCP/UDP ports? 
> > -- 
> > digital man (rob) 
> > 
> > Rush quote #59: 
> > He's got a force field and a flexible plan, got a date w/fate in a black sedan 
> > Norco, CA WX: 52.1¨F, 90.0% humidity, 0 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs 
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> Thanks for coming back to me, i really appreciate your help. 
> 
> i am running Microsoft Windows 10 Home 
> version 10.0.19045 build 19045 
> 
> I have turned off (as best I can) windows defender, thats the only security software I have installed its a pretty bare bones install. although I do have the net frameworks installed. 
> 
> This is the Synchronet version i am using 
> Installer: sbbs319b.zip [ftp] [mirror] (11MB) (January 2022) 
> CRC32: cef7558f 
> MD5: 3c5e28d62aea3c437f4cc4f9e6080f76 
> SHA1: e38f973ebbc816942588adfcb044c1a644c26a94 
> 
> I tried running the sbbs.exe (in sbbs exec folder) i get "sbbs.exe - application error the application was unable to start correctly, although this time a black window pops up, black window goes when i click the OK box. 
> 
> I had no issues during install, only at the end when its finished installing and try and run the software. 
> 
> When i uninstall i get error sbbsNTsvcs.exe application error 
> 
> Hope this information helps. 
> Thank you for your time 
> Matt
update....
I tried it on another machine and it works perfectly so did a complete fresh install on the machine i want to run it on and installed c++ 2010 and C++2015 and tried installing and now get
scfg.exe system error
the code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found.
Any ideas?
Appreciate all your help :)
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