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<DIV><SPAN class=855171112-07032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Don't
know if you received yesterday's message - I had attached a (small) GIF file
showing the screenshot of the crashed program but the list server denied it -
which I understand. Laurent, if you want it, I can send it to you
directly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=988052013-06032006>1) the
interfaces configuration is empty. No COM settings, no LPT, no radio, no
network.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=988052013-06032006>2) the setup window closes, the databases and the QSO
data is loaded, the windows come up and at then the crash message pops up<SPAN
class=855171112-07032006>.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT><SPAN class=988052013-06032006><SPAN
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face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>3) DLPORTIO.SYS is loaded<SPAN
class=855171112-07032006>.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=988052013-06032006>4)
Yes, I have admin rights on this machine.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=855171112-07032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Dominik, HB9CZF, mentioned Firewall or Anti virus software. There is no
firewall configured on this system. Anti virus yes, may be - we use on-demand
access, but the system is configured in such a way that I cannot stop the
service.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=855171112-07032006>Winfried, DK9IP, pointed me to a forum (<FONT
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href="http://www.chip.de/c1_forum/thread.html?bwthreadid=797248">http://www.chip.de/c1_forum/thread.html?bwthreadid=797248</A></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff>) which contains a lot of information regarding this very
problem. It seems to be a very mysterious story. I tried some of the recipies
mentioned but to no avail. Sometimes the program started OK immediately after
changing somthing on the system (like installing a new printer, disabling a
service, renaming a directory) but then failed again with the next try.
</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=855171112-07032006>Today I found that starting the program five times in a
row, there is a 50% chance that in one try it will not crash with this strange
message and run just normal.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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class=855171112-07032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I wonder if the
memory address would tell you guys something? Maybe there is a hidden bug in the
software (dangling pointer, uninitialized memory etc.) and some security
function inside XP prevents the program to continue; but due to some race
condition this is not always detected. Just an idea...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=855171112-07032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>73
Ben, DL6RAI</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>