Gnucash v2.2.0 failing to launch (Windows version completely broken?)

[jcport67]

I have been searching for info on GnuCash on Windows Vista and found this
post.
I installed 2.2.1 and have 1 and only 1 transaction so far entered into the
application.
It is unworkably slow. Example, I can't even see what is in the reports menu
as the application just hangs.
Has anyone used GnuCash on Vista? Am I missing an important point?
What is this "Microsoft Lookback Adapter"?




Charles Duffy wrote:
> 
> John Roberts wrote:
>> Just tried installing the "Microsoft Loopback Adapter", but it didn't
>> work 
>> for me.  On my system gnucash-bin.exe seems to be waiting for a response 
>> from another program (gconfd-2.exe possibly?) -- the following is from
>> the 
>> output from netstat -a -b while gnucash is sitting around failing to
>> start:
> 
> ...[examples showing some process connecting to localhost and others 
> bound to "[MyCurrentDhcpIpAddress]"]...
> 
>> I'm not sure why some of the connections say "localhost" and others use
>> the 
>> IP address of the loopback connection adapter.
> 
> Wait a moment -- is the loopback adapter using your DHCP-assigned IP? It 
> should typically be something static off in RFC1918 space.
> 
>> Before banging my head against this too hard, perhaps I should ask
>> whether 
>> ANYONE has managed to get the Windows version to work on a clean Windows
>> XP 
>> (or Windows 2000) install?  I've tried googling for success stories, 
>> reviews, etc. but haven't found any...
> 
> Works great for me now that that one issue is fixed. (It also works fine 
> out-of-the-box on my wife's clean Vista system, though that's hardly the 
> same thing).
> 
> The first time I ran it after I installed the Loopback Adapter, the 
> Windows Firewall asked permission for GnuCash to access the network; I 
> granted it, and everything has worked swimmingly since.
> 
> I *did* delete the orbit-my_username and gconfd-my_username directories 
> from c:\Documents and Settings\My Username\Local Settings\Temp after 
> making the network-configuration changes (as I'd been doing on testing 
> every attempted fix).
> 
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