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from: CRAIG STRUTT
date: 2019-01-31 19:12:12
subject: RE: WcStart Windows 10

Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 08:45:38 -0400
From: CRAIG STRUTT
To: LEE GREEN
Subject: RE: WcStart Windows 10
Newsgroups: win.server.program
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Sorry so long to reply.  Family health issues.

There are no wait for program to finish boxes checked.   WcStart exhibits
this behavior (locks at 25%) even when run to check it's settings.

On 9/5/2015 1:52 PM, LEE GREEN wrote to CRAIG STRUTT:

-> On 9/3/2015 5:38 PM, CRAIG STRUTT wrote to HECTOR SANTOS:
-> 
-> -> Upgraded to Windows 10.   All is working well (with a lot of effort in 
-> -> between)  One issue left that I can't seem to squash.
-> -> 
-> -> WcStart runs just fine, and starts up all the correct programs in the 
-> -> correct order.  If the system is rebooted and it runs (automatically) 
-> -> WcMail takes up all of the processor time.  If I decrease the CPU 
-> -> affinity to just 2 of 4, it immediately stops the excess CPU usage and 
-> -> I can then bump it back up to all processors and all operates normally.
-> -> 
-> -> If I do a shutdown after reboot, and restart, WcMail works as expected.
-> -> 
-> -> That is minor and I reboot infrequently so not a terrific issue other 
-> -> than Windows 10 auto updates.
-> -> 
-> -> The big issue is that WcStart does not finish correctly, and after all 
-> -> other programs are running correctly, hangs with 25% CPU usage.
-> -> 
-> -> I've run DGView but I'm not understanding the log file, so I'll attach 
-> -> that for you here.  If you need any additional information please let 
-> -> me know.
-> -> 
-> -> Window 10 64bit
-> -> Latest AUP update.
-> -> WcStart is listed as 6.4.454.2 and is running in compatibility mode XP 
-> -> Service Pack 3 as are most other Winserver programs. 
-> 
-> 
-> As far as WC6.4 XP SP3 compatibility mode and Windows 10 from my testing
-> all it does is screw up things, some of my programs wouldn't even function
-> properly with it set and I tried all the different OS modes even the
-> compatibility troubleshooter which I abruptly aborted when I saw where it
-> was going. Have you tried wcMail and wcStart and all the other WC apps for
-> that matter without any compatibility mode on them? That's the way I'm
-> running WC6.4 without any problems on a 2CPU Pentium 4 under W10 Pro 32Bit.
-> 
-> What is your last entry in wcStart? Does it have "wait for program to
-> finish" box checked?
-> 
->  
 
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