GNUCASH 2.2.9 WINDOWS XP SP2 DEAD!

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 03:29:18AM -0700, Kim_Wood wrote:
> 
> I am a happy user of GNUCash 2.2.9 on two Windows XP SP2 machines (home and
> work).  I have recently purchased an HP 2140 Mini Netbook, and cannot get
> GNUCash to run.  I have searched the forums and find a number of threads
> about GNUCash not running on Windows successfully - but with no clear
> solution.
> 
> This is what my experience was:
> 
> Brand new HP 2140 mini netbook.
> Fresh Windows XP SP2 install.
> Very little else installed (VLC media player 0.9.9, Eraser 6.0.4.875 RC,
> Windows Live Onecare)
> Installed 2.2.9 and accepted the "run GNUCash?" option at the end of the
> installation.
> It ran once happily with full functionality.
> 
> It has not run again, but some there are one or two GNUCash executables
> running.
> 
> STOP PRESS!  It has run approximately 15 minutes after being started!  It
> just started while I was typing this.
> 
> I am a competent Windows user, and can find my way around a PC.  Does
> anybody have any suggestions as to what I should look for?  I am happy to do
> the investigation and post the results here.  Given the number of posts on
> this issue over the last couple of years - and my mixed experience over
> three PC's (two run 2.2.9 well - one wonky), there is some sort of problem
> here.
> 
> What should I be looking for?  How can I help the community with this
> problem?  BTW, the same issue applies to the portable version of GNUCash
> 2.2.9.  It also will not run on my HP 2140.

Slow computer?  Limited memory?  piggy OS?

I recently bought an ASUS 1000HE (one of the larger EEEPCs), told the 
guy that sold it that I was planning to replace Windows by Linux, and he 
had a good laugh about users that actually try to run the Windows that 
came with it.

I don't know how the HP compares.

-- hendrik