RE: [BLACKBOX] Windows 7

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Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:52:14 +0000

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Hi Bob,

[...]
> so I generally install to "D:\BlackBox",
[...]
> For my latest Windows 7 experiments I didn't install at all, I just clicked
> on a memory stick copy: "F:\BlackBox\BlackBox.exe".

Then you should not be affected by the strange VirtualStore stuff at all

[...]
>
>I would not have thought that a missing or lost file should cause hundreds of
>memory access violations.
>
>I can not think why the programs that crash require files that the test
>programs do not.
>

I would not think either, but

>[Sudden idea as I write this; yes I can!. They use a 64-bit version of HostFiles -
>written by Oms - maybe the problem is there. I need to investigate!]
>

that sounds very reasonable, tiny errors in HostXYZ modules are prone
to trap avalanches.

[...]
>
>As an aside I have a colleage, who uses C# on XP, who is confused why his
>customers have missing files messages on 7. I suspect that
>your link will give him some ideas. (We are radar engineers, not software
>professionals, and struggle with all things Windows!).
>

Absolutely. I really have also difficulties to understand MS with this behavior.

But it is caused by blowing up a single user/administrator OS to a fully fledged
multiuser/server OS without redesign. Now MS is delegating the redesign
to the end user (if he is writing his own programs), by saying
"New applications designed for Microsoft Windows 7 should NOT
 perform write operations to sensitive system areas, nor should they
 rely on virtualization to provide redress for incorrect application behavior."

Good Luck in tracking down the problems ...

Regards

--
  Bernhard
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