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Re: [ECS] Problem starting ECS Mark Gilmore Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:35:33 -0800

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Jerry, This one REALLY has me stumped.
It COULD be caused by very low sys resources at the
time of startup, but I doubt it, given that you have
tried it on 2 PCs.
Please re-create the problem and email me DBG.TMP.

Jerry Swords wrote:
> 
> Ok, let's hear what the experts have to say....
> 
> I installed ECS for Windows about 1 week ago, and have had a recurring
> problem with starting the program.  Whenever I hit the ECS program icon in
> the Omnipotence folder, the "Console" DOS screen appears, minimizes, then a
> small but elongated "ECS:"  window header appears, the computer bell clicks,
> and then the ECS window immediately closes, the Console DOS screen
> dissappears, and all I'm left with is the Omnipotence folder.  If I continue
> to try to start ECS, eventually (after 5-10 tries) the program will open and
> operate normally.
> 
> I thought that there might be some garbage on my computer causing the
> problem, but the problem is still happening on the computer I just bought
> and installed for home automation purposes only.  Nothing is running except
> Windows98, and the problem is identical on the 2 computers.  Any ideas what
> might be causing this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jerry Swords

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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