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   Message 721 of 1,004   
   Alan Beck to Tim Schattkowsky   
   Locked up install ver 4   
   11 Apr 22 08:25:00   
   
   MSGID: 1:229/426.36 5bdb0905   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0300   
   REPLY: 2:240/1120.29 5b97ab86   
   I am going to install again as admin, good idea   
      
      
    TS> //Hello Alan,//   
      
    TS> on *10.04.22* at *11:32:40* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT* to *ALL* about   
    TS> *"Locked up install ver 4"*.   
      
    AB>> When I install version 4 of Winpoint on my 64 bit Windows 10 machine I   
      
    TS> Actually for WP its version fourhundredsomething (for historical   
    TS> reasons), as I do no longer do major releases (as in the 90s), but   
    TS> publish based on the internal version number, which (for consistency)   
    TS> remains at the fast counting scheme I invented for it in the 90s.    
      
    AB>> end up with all the buttons to the left greyed out.    
      
    TS> What does that mean? Screenshot?   
      
    AB>> The software sometimes is locked to the point I have to reboot.   
      
    TS> ?   
      
    AB>> Polling is very limited, like 3 lines.   
      
    TS> What means 3 lines?   
      
    AB>> I have uninstalled and upraded, downgraded and reinstalled countless   
    AB>> times, to no avail. Thoughts?   
      
    TS> As usualy: Funny antivirus software? I once had a strange issue, where   
    TS> certain software stopped working on my machine because Acronis True Image   
    TS> (wrongly) classified its behavior as ransomware ... (not that I think WP   
    TS> would fit that pattern).   
      
    AB>> Why does this happen to me?   
      
    AB>> Alan   
      
    AB>> -+- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)   
    AB>> * Origin: Winpoint (1:229/426.36)   
      
    TS> Regards, Tim   
      
    TS> -+- WinPoint 408.3   
    TS>  @ ORIGINAL: Original WinPoint Origin! (2:240/1120.29)   
      
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