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2.0 Installation problems - please contribute

Ok, here goes..

MSDE 2000 - fully updated XPSP2 - fully updated .NET 1.1 - fully updated .NET 2.0 - fully updated

PERMISSION ERROR ON MACHINE 1

1-Installed RMS 2.0 under administrator and re-booted 2-Logged on as Administrator, launched POS and entered product key (like I always do with MS products) 3-Logged off Administrator and logged on under the user account I normally run RMS under. 4-Launched POS and got a run-time error 70, writing to the registry error, a license violation error AND IE 7.0 has permission errors and would not launch

I know run-time 70 errors are permission related so I tinkered around with different things and came up with the following.

5-I had to delete the user profile, re-create the user profile. This fixed IE 7.0---- and assign the profile User and Power User privileges. (I know, that shouldn't be necessary, but it was) to get RMS to work.

PERMISSION ERROR ON MACHINE 2

1-4 all the same except IE 7.0 worked fine. 5-I stopped and re-verted to 1.3R fully hot-fixed as I did not have the time to re-create the primary user profile on this machine.(big job)

OTHER During the course of this I upgraded the database to 2.0 and ran the manager application to check out the new Matrix features and noticed that Matrix's that had items added to the Matrix after it's initial creation read the dimensions wrong.

For example, If I created a new matrix for a shoe that had: Dimension 1: Color: red, blue, green Dimension 2: Size: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 etc.. Then 3 months later, after several other items have added to the database, we order the new color Yellow in all sizes, so I make new items for all the new Yellow shoes using the same numbering scheme and add them to the existing matrix bla bla bla. Now my matrix looks like this: Dimension 1: Color: red, blue, green, yellow Dimension 2: Size: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 etc.. Then I upgraded the database and this is what my Matrix looked like (after taking well over 3 minutes to load I should add) Dimension 1: Color: red, blue, green, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow (you get the idea) Dimension 2: Size: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, etc. 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, (all repeated over again)

I know my description of is confusing, but can anyone else confirm either of these thing have happened during their upgrade/test etc... As usual MS can't replicate... yet.

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root
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Another very good reason why we test any upgrade before implementing. Craig

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Craig

Just updated the store last night after we z'd out - copied the 2.0 CD onto the server, logged every machine as administrator and started them all doing MS Update custom, adding all necessary, plus .NET 2.0 and daylight savings and a couple others. Backed up all reports/receipts/data on server just in case. After they all were updated, they were rebooted and started installing RMS 2.0 from the server - the registers and server got the SQL express upgrade, all the others didn't - after all machines were installed we rechecked the MS update and found a couple security updates for .NET which we installed, ran SO admin and double-checked the connection to the database for each machine, rebooted every machine into user mode, did quick check, then went home - We have been running with it all day today without a problem.

The PO situation ( seeing retail on PO while recving ) is a HUGE improvement for us, but the PO comes up with not all columns visible, and no apparent way to save a "view", so that is a PITA, and not being able to temporarily run a register in the warehouse while doing a large paint order will hurt ( we used to scan and put the order on hold in the warehouse, then call it up at the "real" register to complete the transaction ) but in general - no problems so far. But I do wonder why there is a link to the MS website now on the Manager main menu - anyone know how to kill that?

Tad

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Tad L

I have not upgraded yet. What is preventing you from - " not being able to temporarily run a register in the warehouse while doing a large paint order will hurt"

And, wouldn't it have made sense to also >

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Ed Dodd

What's preventing him from being able to temporarily running a register in the warehouse is the new licensing. You now have to designate which machines will be running POS. You can no longer shut one down and open it on another PC. This issue will keep a lot of people from upgrading. For me the only effect is that I won't be able to test any POS functions such as receipts, status.html, etc. on my machine at home. An inconvenience for sure, but it probably won't keep me from upgrading. My VAR is going to give me a 45 day demo license to use to make sure my add-ins will work correctly. Craig

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Craig

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