Zugg Software :: View topic - Can someone test CMUD 2.18 on Windows 2000 for me?

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:51 am

Since several people have reported that CMUD v2.18 works with Linux emulators now that the Theme stuff is removed, I was wondering what happens if you try to run CMUD on Windows 2000. I don't have any Win2000 test systems anymore (and I haven't installed VMware on Vista yet). So if there is someone out there with access to Win2000, I'd be interested in knowing what happens when you try to run CMUD 2.18.

I'm not saying that I'm supporting Win2000 (I'm not), but I'm curious.

Wizard Joined: 03 Mar 2001 Posts: 1127 Location: London

While not definitive, it does run in 2000 compatibility mode inside Vista.
Problem when installing it fresh is that the setup says it requires XP or Vista ;)

Sorcerer Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 715

I put my spare comps in storage, sorry Zugg. I've had it working in 2k3 already though.

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:33 am

Oh yeah, I forgot that the installer checks the OS version.

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

I have many VMs around if needed. Let me know when the installer is fixed and I'll throw one up.

Beginner Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 19 Location: Italy

Reply to this thread when the installer is fixed :-D

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:37 pm

Since the installer probably won't get fixed for a while, what I need to find is someone who is willing to just copy their CMUD directory from an XP system to a Win2000 system and see if it works. The installer isn't doing anything fancy and everything needed to run CMUD is in the CMUD install directory itself.

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:28 pm

Only had Server 2k to test with, it couldn't initialise the sessions panel but the main window came up ok. I'll see if I can find a normal 2k here at work somewhere but I reckon it'll probably do the same.

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:38 pm

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:39 pm

This is what you get if you run the program:

I have a proper 2k system I can test on now so if there is anything you want me to do extra just let me know.

As for the sqlite.dll it is definitely present because I actually installed the product by changing the ProductName and ProductVersion registry keys to match XP so it was a full proper installation plus I checked for it's presence.

EDIT: Decided to add the bug report stack trace.

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:02 pm

Thanks very much for that crash dump Taz! It looks like the Session window is calling one of the Windows Theme API routines to get a color value, and this causes a crash on Win2000 because the theme API isn't present. I don't remember why I was doing this, but looking briefly at the code, it looks like it was mostly commented out, but I missed a line. So actually, this is very promising. The fact that the main window appears makes me think that I'll be able to get CMUD working on Win2000 in the future.

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:25 pm

You're welcome, if you need any more 2k testing just let me know since I'll just leave this system lying around like it has been for the last 6 months.