Hi Alison,
 
 
I second Andy's comments even though I didn't "upgrade" my IRMS PC to SP3 of Windows XP.
 
However, I installed SP3 on my office PC and as a result my HP printer ceased working properly.  It still prints but now all pages of a say 16 page document are printed on one and the same sheet of paper.  After the fact I discovered this problem was already well document on HP's website.  None of the bug fixes worked however; net result: purchase of a new printer with SP3 approved drivers.
 
With that observation in mind I never even considered "upgrading" my IRMS PCs.
 
 
Best,
 
Wolfram

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From: Stable Isotope Geochemistry on behalf of Andy Ross
Sent: Fri 01/05/2009 23:05
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ISOGEOCHEM] Isodat NT V2.0 Problem



I've recently installed isodat 2.5 (starting at sp 0.10; our original) and
updated to 1.13 under windows SP3 without any noticable issues (a few
symptomless months) - though lately a re-installation of the isodat 2.5 did
not go according to plan and now have constant lockups (may or may not be
related to SP3).  If what you've got works (SP2?), I'd stick with it.

Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: Stable Isotope Geochemistry [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Alison Pye
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 10:46 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ISOGEOCHEM] Isodat NT V2.0 Problem

I recently went through the same installation fun, thanks to a computer
failure. I too tried to set up things using separate user accounts, but I
quickly determined that it simply wasn't going to work. Our computer is set
up using domain logins, which allows access to the computer from elsewhere
for data backup purposes. I set up an administrator account that can be used
for operating the MS. Isodat was installed while logged in to this account
and this is the only login account that Isodat will work with. I too tried
to work around it by trying to redirect Isodat, editing the registry, etc,
but to no avail. So I had to settle with the administrator setup.

Maybe there is a gifted wizard out there who can set it up differently, but
this muggle had to cut her losses and move on.

On another note, has anyone upgraded Windows XP to SP3 with Isodat 2.0
and/or 2.5? My disastrous computer failure mentioned above happened right as
I tried to do an update to SP3. So I was afraid to try to do it again on the
new computer and settled for SP3. 

--Alison
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From: Stable Isotope Geochemistry [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Rich Berger
Sent: April 30, 2009 11:30 AM
To: Alison Pye
Subject: Isodat NT V2.0 Problem

I have been working to replace the old REAL32/Isodat computer system on our
Delta+ XL with the latest Windows XP/Isodat NT V2.0 (SP 2.67) data system.
It has been a FUN experience but with Roger Husted's (Thermo) expert
assistance and occasional reference to the Isogeochem archives, I have been
able to get things up and running.

I have run into one problem which has both Roger and I puzzled. When I set
up the system, I did so under an administrator account. As is my custom, I
created a user account for the operators to use. When I tried to run the
Isodat program logged in on this user account I got the following error
messages:
Fiberline not detected, using fake (we know this, we don't have fiberline
communications)
Error by open file
D:Finnigan\Isodat\Global\~Graphics\\Meta_Mass_Spectrometer.emf
Error by open file D:Finnigan\Isodat\Global\~Graphics\\Turbo_Pump.emf
Error by open file D:Finnigan\Isodat\Global\~Graphics\\Rough_Pump.emf
Error by open file D:Finnigan\Isodat\Global\~Graphics\\Small_Arrow.emf

Note the use of "D" for the drive; this is the DVD, not the hard drive.
After
these errors, nothing else occurs; the program stops.

I tried upgrading the user account to administrator status and putting the
Isodat directory in the path but neither worked.

Any suggestions/ideas?

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