On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 10:46:12 -0700 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Scott favored us with...
> Sometimes, when trying to install a program (on Windows XP/SP2), I receive
> this message: "xxx.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are
> sorry for the inconvenience." I also have the option to send or not send the
> error report. Since this doesn't happen much, I'm guessing there is a
> conflict with some other software installed on my machine. Could there be a
> generic conflict that interferes with the installation of only certain
> programs?
Please don't post the same query twice.
The roots of your problem might be some sort of software conflict,
but it's more likely Windows is working as designed.
I greatly reduced the frequency of these troubles with one simple
expedient: when booting, or when opening or closing a program, I
don't do anything else till the disk light stops flashing. (That
includes plugging and unplugging devices.)
For all its touting as multithreaded, Windows XP seems _very_
vulnerable to synchronization problems during program open and close,
though it's much less vulnerable to running a bunch of programs at
once in what we might call "steady state".
I also try to shut down all programs and log off before going into
Hibernate -- I've found programs behave erratically when I return
from Hibernate and they're still open.
--
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http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"You find yourself amusing, Blackadder."
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