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From: timdrouillard on 20 Jul 2010 20:18


"RnR" <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.26afc2949fdf4e0a989682(a)news.giganews.com...
> In article <j9s146pt543sm2cce03v429r5neo0gg94g(a)4ax.com>,
> someone(a)somewhere.com says...
>>
>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:16:13 -0500, RnR <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Nick <tanstaafl(a)pobox.com> wrote in
>> >news:os5q36lmip55f9l9ihi7h0054fni75fgtf(a)4ax.com:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:25:26 -0500, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, RnR
>> >> <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>One of my biggest gripes too was having to give up some of my
>> >>>favorite software like forte agent which while they say works in win 7
>> >>>if you read the fine print, they don't support it in 64bit and I found
>> >>>out why. It's one of those software that's not truly 64bit. Oh well
>> >>>such is the learning curve .....
>> >>
>> >> Huh?
>> >>
>> >> First I've heard about Forte Agent having problems with 64-bit Windows
>> >> 7. Agent was one of the very first programs I moved to this computer
>> >> after it arrived, and it's been running flawlessly for a little over
>> >> four months since then.
>> >>
>> >> (Looking at the headers of some of your older posts here, you were
>> >> using the same version of Agent I'm using, but with a slightly older
>> >> build number.)
>> >>
>> >> Agent may not be a 64-bit program, but what's that got to do with
>> >> anything? Large numbers of 32-bit programs run just fine on 64-bit
>> >> versions of Windows. If they didn't, there'd be a few million people
>> >> screaming bloody murder...
>> >>
>> >> If you did have problems and Forte didn't help, did you try asking in
>> >> the Agent newsgroup? I haven't hung around there for a while, but
>> >> there used to some very helpful and knowledgeable people active there.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >I was having inconsistent problems with pulling headers. I thought it
>> >might be my firewall, etc. but that wasn't the culprit in my case. When
>> >I did more checking, Forte does not support 64bit so I figured they must
>> >have a reason and so I wrote off Agent for the moment. Don't get me
>> >wrong, I like Agent but just not right now. Maybe I need a later
>> >build?? Maybe it's another program I installed too clashing with it??
>> >Appreciate your feedback Nick on this so it gives me hope <grin>. I
>> >know I can make it work in other ways just not the way I want right now.
>> >I'll give it more thought what I want to do. Thanks again.
>>
>>
>> No issues with agent on my system
>
>
> You're lucky and I'm not. I installed the trial version of agent 6 (the
> way Agent suggests in their FAQ) on a virgin vmware OS of win 7 (x64)
> home premium only (nothing else) and after the initial download of
> headers, it stops on the subsequent download of headers. It sees the
> number of new headers but just stops before downloading them. I think
> at this point, rather than emailing Forte and tweaking, I'll just resort
> to another reader. If I'm in the mood, I'll play around with Agent
> within vmware. It's easy and safe to do it this way.

Agent 6.00/32.1186
Running fine on Windows 7 64 on my Dell XPS420


From: RnR on 21 Jul 2010 06:42
In article <HY2dnfmPRIpbodvRnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>,
timdrouillard(a)comcast.net says...
>
> "RnR" <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.26afc2949fdf4e0a989682(a)news.giganews.com...
> > In article <j9s146pt543sm2cce03v429r5neo0gg94g(a)4ax.com>,
> > someone(a)somewhere.com says...
> >>
> >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:16:13 -0500, RnR <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Nick <tanstaafl(a)pobox.com> wrote in
> >> >news:os5q36lmip55f9l9ihi7h0054fni75fgtf(a)4ax.com:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:25:26 -0500, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, RnR
> >> >> <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>One of my biggest gripes too was having to give up some of my
> >> >>>favorite software like forte agent which while they say works in win 7
> >> >>>if you read the fine print, they don't support it in 64bit and I found
> >> >>>out why. It's one of those software that's not truly 64bit. Oh well
> >> >>>such is the learning curve .....
> >> >>
> >> >> Huh?
> >> >>
> >> >> First I've heard about Forte Agent having problems with 64-bit Windows
> >> >> 7. Agent was one of the very first programs I moved to this computer
> >> >> after it arrived, and it's been running flawlessly for a little over
> >> >> four months since then.
> >> >>
> >> >> (Looking at the headers of some of your older posts here, you were
> >> >> using the same version of Agent I'm using, but with a slightly older
> >> >> build number.)
> >> >>
> >> >> Agent may not be a 64-bit program, but what's that got to do with
> >> >> anything? Large numbers of 32-bit programs run just fine on 64-bit
> >> >> versions of Windows. If they didn't, there'd be a few million people
> >> >> screaming bloody murder...
> >> >>
> >> >> If you did have problems and Forte didn't help, did you try asking in
> >> >> the Agent newsgroup? I haven't hung around there for a while, but
> >> >> there used to some very helpful and knowledgeable people active there.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >I was having inconsistent problems with pulling headers. I thought it
> >> >might be my firewall, etc. but that wasn't the culprit in my case. When
> >> >I did more checking, Forte does not support 64bit so I figured they must
> >> >have a reason and so I wrote off Agent for the moment. Don't get me
> >> >wrong, I like Agent but just not right now. Maybe I need a later
> >> >build?? Maybe it's another program I installed too clashing with it??
> >> >Appreciate your feedback Nick on this so it gives me hope <grin>. I
> >> >know I can make it work in other ways just not the way I want right now.
> >> >I'll give it more thought what I want to do. Thanks again.
> >>
> >>
> >> No issues with agent on my system
> >
> >
> > You're lucky and I'm not. I installed the trial version of agent 6 (the
> > way Agent suggests in their FAQ) on a virgin vmware OS of win 7 (x64)
> > home premium only (nothing else) and after the initial download of
> > headers, it stops on the subsequent download of headers. It sees the
> > number of new headers but just stops before downloading them. I think
> > at this point, rather than emailing Forte and tweaking, I'll just resort
> > to another reader. If I'm in the mood, I'll play around with Agent
> > within vmware. It's easy and safe to do it this way.
>
> Agent 6.00/32.1186
> Running fine on Windows 7 64 on my Dell XPS420
>

I believe you !! Just bewilders me right now why even in vmware it
won't work when it's stripped of all other programs in that OS. Maybe
it's a hardware - software conflict ??? Do you remember how you
installed it? Anything special you did to make it work... settings,
etc... ?
From: Tom Cole on 21 Jul 2010 18:12
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:42:21 -0500, RnR <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>> >> >snip

>> >> >I was having inconsistent problems with pulling headers. .

It sounds like your issues were more to do with throughput problems,
rather than Agent itself. Maybe your ISP was indulging in 'traffic
shaping' (marketing term for throttling your connection). Maybe your
newsgroup provider was not reliable at that time.

You'll see that I use Agent as well, although I run it on XP.
From: timdrouillard on 21 Jul 2010 20:11


"RnR" <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.26b08ad1e0198eed989685(a)news.giganews.com...
> In article <HY2dnfmPRIpbodvRnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>,
> timdrouillard(a)comcast.net says...
>>
>> "RnR" <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.26afc2949fdf4e0a989682(a)news.giganews.com...
>> > In article <j9s146pt543sm2cce03v429r5neo0gg94g(a)4ax.com>,
>> > someone(a)somewhere.com says...
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:16:13 -0500, RnR <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Nick <tanstaafl(a)pobox.com> wrote in
>> >> >news:os5q36lmip55f9l9ihi7h0054fni75fgtf(a)4ax.com:
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:25:26 -0500, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, RnR
>> >> >> <rnrtexas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>One of my biggest gripes too was having to give up some of my
>> >> >>>favorite software like forte agent which while they say works in
>> >> >>>win 7
>> >> >>>if you read the fine print, they don't support it in 64bit and I
>> >> >>>found
>> >> >>>out why. It's one of those software that's not truly 64bit. Oh
>> >> >>>well
>> >> >>>such is the learning curve .....
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Huh?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> First I've heard about Forte Agent having problems with 64-bit
>> >> >> Windows
>> >> >> 7. Agent was one of the very first programs I moved to this
>> >> >> computer
>> >> >> after it arrived, and it's been running flawlessly for a little
>> >> >> over
>> >> >> four months since then.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> (Looking at the headers of some of your older posts here, you were
>> >> >> using the same version of Agent I'm using, but with a slightly
>> >> >> older
>> >> >> build number.)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Agent may not be a 64-bit program, but what's that got to do with
>> >> >> anything? Large numbers of 32-bit programs run just fine on 64-bit
>> >> >> versions of Windows. If they didn't, there'd be a few million
>> >> >> people
>> >> >> screaming bloody murder...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If you did have problems and Forte didn't help, did you try asking
>> >> >> in
>> >> >> the Agent newsgroup? I haven't hung around there for a while, but
>> >> >> there used to some very helpful and knowledgeable people active
>> >> >> there.
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >I was having inconsistent problems with pulling headers. I thought it
>> >> >might be my firewall, etc. but that wasn't the culprit in my case.
>> >> >When
>> >> >I did more checking, Forte does not support 64bit so I figured they
>> >> >must
>> >> >have a reason and so I wrote off Agent for the moment. Don't get me
>> >> >wrong, I like Agent but just not right now. Maybe I need a later
>> >> >build?? Maybe it's another program I installed too clashing with
>> >> >it??
>> >> >Appreciate your feedback Nick on this so it gives me hope <grin>. I
>> >> >know I can make it work in other ways just not the way I want right
>> >> >now.
>> >> >I'll give it more thought what I want to do. Thanks again.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> No issues with agent on my system
>> >
>> >
>> > You're lucky and I'm not. I installed the trial version of agent 6
>> > (the
>> > way Agent suggests in their FAQ) on a virgin vmware OS of win 7 (x64)
>> > home premium only (nothing else) and after the initial download of
>> > headers, it stops on the subsequent download of headers. It sees the
>> > number of new headers but just stops before downloading them. I think
>> > at this point, rather than emailing Forte and tweaking, I'll just
>> > resort
>> > to another reader. If I'm in the mood, I'll play around with Agent
>> > within vmware. It's easy and safe to do it this way.
>>
>> Agent 6.00/32.1186
>> Running fine on Windows 7 64 on my Dell XPS420
>>
>
> I believe you !! Just bewilders me right now why even in vmware it
> won't work when it's stripped of all other programs in that OS. Maybe
> it's a hardware - software conflict ??? Do you remember how you
> installed it? Anything special you did to make it work... settings,
> etc... ?
I didn't do any special at all.
Downloaded the current (at that time) version, installed it with all the
default settings and registered it.
been running just fine ever since.
Go figure.


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