GNUCASH 2.2.9 WINDOWS XP SP2 DEAD!

[Kim_Wood]

No - I have now loaded some more things on, which run fast and very
successfully.  The problem is definitely GNUCash!  My system has 2 Gb
memory, and a snappy little Atom processor.  The Windows XP SP2 opsys has
all the latest updates.  It's certainly not a pig of a system - very much
the opposite.

Is there anyone out there who was involved in the Windows port that might
have any comments?

Today, the first time I attempted to run GNUCash, it started in seconds, and
ran fine.  Subsequently, back to the same 15 minutes to get the splash
screen up.  Something very strange about this problem!



Hendrik Boom-2 wrote:
> 
> 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
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