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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 9, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Stephen, I am using MaxThink on Windows XP SP3 but do not experience the problem you mentioned, even though I keep Windows updated.
Note that my installed version of Maxthink is rather old (2.47 of 18 December 2008) so it may be a combination of Maxthink version and Windows update that’s causing the issue.
Unfortunately, though I haven’t yet updated the working program, I have downloaded a much more recent version of Maxthink’s installation file replacing my previous one.
You may however note my experience to Neil and he can perhaps provide you with an earlier version of Maxthink if this is the issue.
Alexander
Posted by Cassius
May 9, 2009 at 06:08 PM
Alex’s ideas sound “spot-on.” Since I could not run MaxThink’s latest version during a trial, there may be a problem in the section of coding that permits/denies proper running of MaxThink based on the existence/non-existence of a registration code. (Note: I always keep the setup of at least the next-to-most recent version of programs, as I’ve occasionally had new versions “bomb.”
-c
Posted by Stephen R. Diamond
May 12, 2009 at 06:15 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Stephen, I am using MaxThink on Windows XP SP3 but do not experience the problem you
>mentioned, even though I keep Windows updated.
>
>Note that my installed version of
>Maxthink is rather old (2.47 of 18 December 2008) so it may be a combination of Maxthink
>version and Windows update that’s causing the issue.
That’s actually the latest version. Since my suspicion about Windows updating wasn’t based on anything substantive in the first place, I abandon the update theory.
>
>Unfortunately, though I
>haven’t yet updated the working program, I have downloaded a much more recent version
>of Maxthink’s installation file replacing my previous one.
>
>You may however note my
>experience to Neil and he can perhaps provide you with an earlier version of Maxthink
>if this is the issue.
>
>Alexander
>
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 12, 2009 at 08:24 PM
I suspect that for some reason after you save the first time, the file “locks” and MaxThink can’t access it again. The situation sounds familiar but with some other program, probably MS Word. I’m not sure what had happened or what I did at the time.
Any chance that you’ve installed some new antivirus before you experienced the issue? They sometimes identify files as contaminated when they are not and will not let you access them.
Alexander
Posted by Stephen R. Diamond
May 14, 2009 at 09:38 PM
After reading this, I turned off anti-virus and firewall protection without affective the problem.
Here’s the present status. I can save only with “Save as,” but I _can_ save to the same file name. Simply, “Save” is broken; “Save as” works. But not completely, which maybe is a clue, although I don’t know to what. I have to call “Save as” twice for the menu to appear; nothing happens the first time.
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>I suspect that for some reason after you save the first time, the file “locks” and
>MaxThink can’t access it again. The situation sounds familiar but with some other
>program, probably MS Word. I’m not sure what had happened or what I did at the
>time.
>
>Any chance that you’ve installed some new antivirus before you experienced
>the issue? They sometimes identify files as contaminated when they are not and will
>not let you access them.
>
>Alexander
>