SWx 2007 & m$ Outlook 2003

bob z. works with a bunch crazed, install freaks. they all decided to
install SWx2007 as soon as the discs hit their desks. so, in order for
good ol' bob z. to keep up with the joneses, he had to install also.

bob z. installed '07 at home and it didn't go very well. some of you
may remember from another thread that SWx07 wouldn't start. bob z.
found out sorta by accident that it was because his C: drive was full.
swx is installed on another drive. no errors were given! as soon as
bob z. deleted some files, swx ran just fine.

back to point of this post. bob z. installed SWx2007 on this work
machine. it installed beautifully and runs beautifully.
microsoft outlook does not. it will not start. it gives an error
about the business contact manager. is this a known issue?
it may be too early for this issue to be common place. this issue may
not even be swx related. bob z. just thought he would throw it out
there (to the wolves?) to see how it shakes out.

the naughty bits:
Dell dimension 8400
3ghz P-4
2gb ram
cd-rw
ATI Radeon x300 -128mb
xp sp2 (32bit)

latest greatest drivers, etc.

bob z.
ps here comes the pain, you're no different than the rest...

 

Muggs has had no problems with Outlook 2003 since installing SW2007 on his
new laptop.
However Muggs has not heard from bobzee in quite a while and he misses his
witty input.

Muggs

 

bob z. has not stopped perusing THE newsgroup. bob z. just hasn't felt
right about adding his 2 cents - the mood has to be right for bob z.
bob z. likes to keep it 'light'.
:~)>

bob z. did some digging and found an issue with outlook 2003 and .Net
framework v2.0 so, good ol' bob z. uinstalled the .net framework.
outlook still doesn't work. now, bob z. is starting to get a little
nervous. bob z. hasn't worked at this company very long and doesn't
want to be bothering the IT dude so soon. (bob z. doesn't like being
the blacksheep of the company.) swx2007 ran fine after the uninstall
of .net 2.0, so why does swx2007 install it? why is automatic? is
there an option to not install?

bob z.'s ex-coworker (in another state) suggested the windows rollback
feature. that works. bob z. has used it once before on his home
system. outlook now works, but bob z. is back on swx2006.

bob z. figures he should stop messing around and try to get some work
done. bob z. fires up swx2006 and hits the assy he was working on.

FUTURE VERSION

technology rocks your face off...

bob z.
ps save, save as, save as previous.

 

I think that markB should recommend to our SolidWorks World events
committee that BobZ make a special stage appearance in New Orleans in
2007. I think that at least half the crowd would get it and roar with
laughter.

Thanks for making me laugh at the end of my day; Your the best.

But seriously, please let me know if your problem persists and I'll ask
development to look into it.

Mark

 

As a perennial lurker and learner, I too always look forward to bob
z.'s observations and his amazing ability to make me laugh about
problems while still moving forward. I second Mark's suggestion to have
bob z. receive his due recognition by the SolidWorks community.

Don

 

I'm a bob z. fan from way back, please post more often!

BTW, I see that you are using the ATI Radeon X300, I bought a Dell for home
with that card, the SW site lists it as not recommended becuase of limited
amount of accelerated windows. I'm just wondering if you've run
into any problems.

 

Freedom Elz wrote:

Oh no!!! This video card is a killer. Productivity killer. bob z.
doesn't recommend this card for swx at all. This thing is so bad, bob
z. can force a BSOD just by opening too many swx files. Seriously -
takes this beast to it's knees!

bob z. was talking to the IT dude. The IT dude wants to help, so he is
looking at the firegl cards from ATI. The prices of those don't look
too outrageous. bob z. has always been a(n?) nVidia fan, so this ought
to be fun.

bob z.

 

bob z. just did a bit of research this morning. This was required
because of some more issues. bob z. was working and went to put a hole
in a part using the wizard of wizards (the hole wizard) and got an
error about the database being the wrong version. (quick recap - swx07
install yesterday - outlook won't run - rolled back xp - hole wizard
database didn't rollback)

bob z. knows he has to figure out why the swx07 install killed his m$
outlook, so off we go.
bob z. went to the micro$oft update page and found the .net 2.0 update.
applied it and KA-BLAM-OH (sorta like torsion spring on his garage
door this morning...). m$ outlook doesn't work. Back to the update
page. The error in outlook is a business contact manager database
failure to load or something equally as repulsive. The business
contact manager update is only 177mb. Two reboots and two seperate
updates later, m$ outlook is running like water through a race horse.

The DOT NET TWO POINT OH is what is killing outlook with the business
contact manager. If you are not running the business contact manager,
you probably won't see this issue. It, also, appears to be a known
issue with micro$oft. Is this another case of micro$oft's left hand
not knowing what the right is doing?

In all fairness, if good ol' bob z. had been keeping all of his
software up to date, it probably would not have been an issue. As it
turns out, this probably shouldn't have even been put into a SolidWorks
newsgroup. Hopefully, it will help someone anyway.

bob z. is now ready to rock with a fresh install of SolidWorks 2007,
baby!!!

bob z.
ps I think that someone is trying to kill me
Infecting my blood and destroying my mind

 

He should appear like the neighbor does in Tool Time and never show his
face.

 

I've heard rumors that you can take an x800, the FireGL driver installer and a
little magic thingie from a Russian fellow called "Unwinder" and KA-BLAM-OH (Just
like the garage door spring) you've got yourself a FGL7100...

skrev:

 

(Resending this)

We have some FireGL cards and I like them - it's just the Radeons that I shy
away from.

WT