jv16 PowerTools 2005 (1.5.1.311) hangs near end of Snapshot

fchateau

I installed the evaulation tools package a few days ago. All the tools worked well until I tried to run a couple of registry snapshots.

First time, I tried a full snapshot and the program hung right after the status bar showed completion. At that point the status bar disappears from the dialog and the program just sits there doing nothing indefinitely. When this occurs, the program doesn't even seem to be consuming CPU cycles, and responds immediately to the Cancel button.

On the second try, I reduced the snapshot to Current User & Local Machine. That time it worked, so then I tried a snapshot of Users & Current Config and it hung again, same scenairo as above. After it hung the third time, I gave up and decided to post this message here.

I'm running a new Dell Precision 470 (Dual Xeon 3.2 GHz HT Processors - 2 GB RAM) with Windows XP Pro SP-2. I have a debug dump file of the code at the point it hangs. If you're interested in reviewing it, let me know and I'll send it to you.

jepe

Hello Fred,

Don't worry anymore about this!

This is an issue which is now resolved in the upcoming version of Powertools 2006. For the moment in RC, the final release will be soon and the upgrade will be free for registered user of PT 2005.

Jean-Paul

fchateau

Just out of curiosity, was it a threading issue?

This is my first experience with high-speed hyper-threaded multi-processors and I was wondering if I could expect to see more race conditions and other threading problems in applications that previously functioned normally on a single threaded machine.

Also, I'm currently developing an application that requires a COM interface, which is why I'm interested in jv16. I'm spending a good deal of time in the registry (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT) and it's comforting to have the registry snapshots, and know I have automatic backups of anything I do.

I still have 26 days left on my evaulation copy and was going to wait before asking my company to purchase a license, with the idea that I'd give you as much time as possible to test the 2006 beta, while at the same time I would have better information to support my request for purchase. But, I can't afford to damage the registry on my development machine and I was wondering whether I'd be better off moving to the 2006 beta now.

jepe

Hello Fred,

fchateau wrote
Just out of curiosity, was it a threading issue?

If you did mean threating issue = an aggressive behaviour, I can reassure you that this was an annoying, but inoffensive issue.

In the new version it's running like a good "Swiss watch" since the first Beta.

Jean-Paul

redseujac

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