Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!

[Art Campbell]

One more thing... .are the files you're working on in the FM11 format?
And if they were converted from an earlier version, have you
MIF-washed them to ensure they're clean?


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On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd second Jeff's recommendations, but IMHO, most of the problems
> you're seeing could be the result of network permissions differences
> between the server and the workstations. Are all the owners in the
> same group, does that group exist on the server AND the workstations,
> and do all members of the group have local (workstation) admin
> privileges?
>
> Also, if the workstations are connecting via wireless or VPN, that
> adds another layer of potential hiccups.
>
> And finally, if your network is, perhaps, not a fairly modern setup
> with good throughput, it may be slowing things down.
>
>
> Art Campbell
>                art.campbell at gmail.com
>   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>                                                       No disclaimers apply.
>                                                                DoD 358
>
> I support www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Jeff Coatsworth
> <jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.com> wrote:
>> I’ve been running Win7 64bit with FM11 for some time now with my FM files on
>> our network drive with no problems or crashes at all. I think the trick is
>> to have a large amount of RAM installed (at least 8 GB) and lots of spare
>> space on your hard drive for temp files. You may find that you need to
>> implement some sort of source control to check out/in files from your server
>> to your local drive.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
>> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly
>> Sent: August-08-13 11:54 AM
>> To: FrameMaker Users List
>> Subject: Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!
>>
>>
>>
>> Due to the addition of 2 new contract writers and the replacement of the
>> hard drive in an existing terminal in my department, we're now stuck with
>> Windows 7 and FrameMaker 11 on those three platforms for the past month or
>> so.
>>
>> And it's been nothing but problems ever since, with unpredictable crashes on
>> the desktop computers used by the two contract writers, even though all
>> three FM 11 platforms have all the Adobe patches.
>>
>>
>>
>> One thing which does seem consistent is that FM11 does not seem to work well
>> with files located on our network server, yet that is really the method
>> here. Symptoms may include _extremely_ long times to open, save and close
>> files and MAY include the abovementioned FrameMaker crashes, though we have
>> not yet confirmed that.
>>
>>
>>
>> The "fix" is for the contract writers to copy files from our 4-terrabyte
>> network drive onto external hard drives cabled to their terminals and for my
>> coworker to copy files directly onto his computer's internal hard drive;
>> then copy the revised file back into place in its location on the network
>> drive.
>>
>> The two contract writer desktop computers have ridiculously internal small
>> hard drives. (One is 29 megabytes and the other is 185 megabytes I've been
>> told.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Me? I'm happy as a clam with Windows XP and FrameMaker 8 working across the
>> network with no FM crashes or other problems -- though I do have to suffer
>> through the long times to open, save and close files because we now must
>> embed all our graphics instead of referencing them. (I've boohoo'd about
>> that here in the past, so I'll not repeat the faulty reasoning for it once
>> again.)
>>
>>
>>
>> But doom is in my future, as all four of us are soon to get new platforms
>> with Windows 7 and FM 11.
>>
>> This I really dread.
>>
>> Who else out there is having what seems to be incompatibility problems with
>> platforms equipped with FM 11 and Windows 7 and how have you gotten around
>> those problems?
>>
>> Off-list accounts, etc, are fine.
>>
>> -- Ken in Atlanta
>>
>>
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