[cvsnt] Re: cvslock.exe crashes on Windows XP with fast userswitching

Dr. Matthias St. Pierre St.Pierre at adcam.de
Thu Oct 13 11:47:15 BST 2005


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>> when multiple users are logged into a Windows XP computer (with fast user
>> switching) then cvslock.exe  crashes on every execution of an arbitrary 
>> cvs
>> command with an access violation in advapi32.dll (see attached excerpt of
>> Dr.Watson dump).
>>
>> Of course this is not an issue during regular use of cvs. However, for
>> testing and learning purposes it would be convenient if one could switch
>> between different users on the same machine rapidly.
>>
> Looks like howl isn't compatible.
>
> You can switch it off in the control panel...  it's increasingly looking 
> like I'll have to write an mdns server too :( (Apple has a restrictive 
> license & I couldn't distribute it, howl is buggy, and there are no other 
> Win32 compatible ones...)
>

I unchecked the 'Enable Zeroconf publication' option on the 'Advanced' tab, 
but this did not have an effect, cvslock.exe still crashes.


Matthias





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