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Re: [ECS] WPDL WARNING Mark Gilmore Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:12:21 -0800

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Carl, I need to know if this problem occurs withOUT
running WPDL (from bootup).

Carl Keyes wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I've  been locking-up regularly after
> a WPDL. The thing is I also do an ED
> edit on the file right after. I've always
> thought it was the ED that caused the
> problem. I've run ED on files on 2 other
> machines and they all lock-up if you
> try to speak the file after the edit.
> Hmmm....
> 
> carl
> 
> >From: Mark Gilmore <omnip@usit.net>
> >Reply-To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> >To: "ecs-list@netbloc.com" <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
> >Subject: [ECS] WPDL WARNING
> >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 07:44:30 -0800
> >
> >I have found that the use of WPDL can trigger a Win
> >"LOCKUP" sometime after it's use (0-90 minutes later).
> >If I press ctrl-alt-del, I get the following after some 5 seconds:
> >       "THIS SYSTEM IS BUSY WAITING FOR THE CLOSE DIALOG BOX TO BE DISPLAYED"
> >If I press ctrl-alt-del again, I get:
> >       "THE SYSTEM IS EITHER BUSY OR HAS BECOME UNSTABLE"
> >A hard reboot is required to recover.
> >
> >Has anyone else experienced similar problems with WPDL ?
> >
> >If so, we may need to use POSTIE to download webpages for us.
> >In WPDL, I'm calling high-level MS functions that I have little
> >control over (this would NOT be something that I could fix).
> >
> >Thanks.
> >--
> >Mark Gilmore
> >Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
> >omnip@usit.net
> >http://www.usit.com/omnip
> 
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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