Hello
I thought I would pass along my excellent adventure.....
We are running WinXP Isodat 2.0 for a Delta EA system.
I downloaded and installed the WinXP SP2 update since it is a critical
patch. This lead to some issues and I was wondering if anyone has
seen any problems doing this.
While I could still control everything through the Aquisition window,
when I used the Instrument control window I had no response from the
Conflo Ref1/Ref2 at all. The system would also crash during the final
steps of a Mass Calibration.
I am not sure if the SP2 patch is causing problems with Isodat 2.0
directly (blocking communication with the spec), the National
Instruments GPIB Card or the Dell computer this is running on.
I would get various Microsoft error report messages which provided
reams of Techno gobble-de-goop - but no real insight as to what was
happening. Opening the new Microsoft Security window caused a total
computer lock-up.
Other WinXP (non-mass spec, non-Dell) workstations have patched
just fine with no problems.
I have since rolled back the SP2 update and all Isodat functions seem
to be back to normal.
I haven't been able to find any word on using or avoiding the SP2 patch
anywhere, so I am curious to hear from anyone out there regarding
Isodat 2.0 or the WinXP Masslynx 4.

Cheers,

Bill Mark
Isotope Technician
Environmental Isotope Lab
University of Waterloo
Phone (519)-885-1211 Ext 6747
FAX (519)-746-0183
http://sciborg.uwaterloo.ca/research_groups/eilab