[Info-vax] WEENDOZE question

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2018-02-06 kl. 09:25, skrev johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk:
> On Tuesday, 6 February 2018 04:38:50 UTC, Steven Schweda  wrote:
>>> It has occurred to me that if Steven Schweda sees this
>>> post, he's going to have a few things to say about not being
>>> a mind reader, and such.  Could be entertaining.
>>
>>     Sorry.  Too busy trying to deal with:
>>
>>        One of the installers for this device cannot perform
>>        the installation at this time.
>>
>> which stemmed from: VIDEO DXGKRNL FATAL ERROR
>>
>> which stemmed from some kind of Windows Update problem which
>> replaced the AMD (ATI) driver for my old Radeon HD 2400 XT
>> card with a generic Microsoft Basic Display Adapter driver,
>> whose 60Hz refresh rate caused unpleasant flicker on my (old)
>> CRT display.  I replaced the old card with a new card, but
>> now Windows Update apparently can't install any device driver
>> for any device.
>>
>>
>>     As for Windows Explorer, this week it's called File
>> Explorer, and if you can't find it (or "This PC", or "My
>> Computer", ...) on your desktop, the I'd try Trapezoid (in
>> the lower-left corner) > Windows System > File Explorer, and,
>> when you get there, "This PC".
>>
>>     It is pretty entertaining that anyone who does any
>> significant computer work these days can stay so ignorant of
>> the most commonly used OS on the planet.  It may be painful
>> to use/maintain, but some knowledge of it can be useful from
>> time to time.
> 
> Even to those who see MS as the enemy, it may not hurt to
> have recent personal experience of the technical and
> operational reasons *why* they are the enemy (obviously
> there can be commercial reasons too).
> 

The point is that they are not. OF course. That is plain silly
and that attitude just hurts VMS.


> Such experience could save time and money too - spending 3
> elapsed weeks getting some data off a random device is also
> quite entertaining. Travel and time costs would probably
> have funded one or several of Bootcamp/Parallels (or some
> Linux equivalent), or buying an old but maybe Win10-capable
> business-class laptop from a few years ago including a
> genuine authorised Windows installation, or other variants
> on a similar theme. Win7 would still be a far better starting
> point for than Win10 for most people and organisations.
> 

Doens't realy matters much. It is just some minor differences
in the GUI. What VAXman want to do here (look at some malformated
Excel file, I guess. This has something to do with the discussion
a couple of months ago about creating Excel files on VMS, right?),
should be able to be done on any Windows version, as long as it
has an Excel version that shows the issue.

It is probably something in VAXmans own XLS creation routines that
doesn't fully works at the client side. My guess, of course.

But what has changed? Didn't this work late last year? Has the
"client" changed something in their environment? Another (new?)
Excel version?


> Has anyone so far suggested...

Yes, I did that yesterday. Just create a simple Excel file with
some dummy data (that still shows the issue) and let anyone
look at it. If it actually is an Excel file that is the issue.


> that the problematic file in
> question (or even "a simple reproducer") could perhaps be
> uploaded to 'the cloud' and then downloaded to (or remotely
> accessed from) where VAXman is, thus avoiding this
> initial faffing around with USB slots that might or might
> not work as they are often expected to.
> 

I have never had an USB memory stick that wasn't readable. At least
not one that was expected to be readable.

And why use a USB memory stick in the first place? The "client"
can mail one of the trouble file to VAXman and he can move it over
to the Windows laptop in any way that works (for him).

> Still, each to their own.

Yes, it is. It could be just fun to watch VAXmans struggles,
if it wasn't for his attitudes.


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