SiberLynx
2007-07-09, 10:53
Greetings to SB S&D community,
I am a long term user of you program.
I never had any issues with it.
What I will try to describe below may not be the SB problem by itself but nevertheless…
Recent version of a-squared Free has some problems with update. It is all over their forum.
Symptom: when the new version of main program a2free.exe and/or recently introduced a2service.exe being downloaded from the site in order to update, those files are not overwritten as a result. The Updater declares “success” though.
In addition to that I have some unique implication. If I restart computer after such an update one or both mentioned executables (update may not be offered for both at the same time) will be removed (!without a trace!) from a-squared directory.
Long hours of investigation ended with a surprising result:
As soon as I shut down TeaTimer before update everything will be updated overwritten etc. and you may switch On TeaTimer back straight after update...and no fear of Restarting and disappeared files as well.
I was hesitant to write this request and probably would wait and explore a bit longer but another event came along. I went to MS site to check for updates (I sometimes visit there despite having AutoUpdate). It happened that MS offered to download and install some “New” update facilities prior to any subsequent updates. I agreed. That failed with that weird 0x8xxxx whatever error. After a few unsuccessful attempts I tried described trick with TeaTimer shutdown and the next try of Update succeeded.
Thanks in advance for any comment and ideas.
Regards
I am a long term user of you program.
I never had any issues with it.
What I will try to describe below may not be the SB problem by itself but nevertheless…
Recent version of a-squared Free has some problems with update. It is all over their forum.
Symptom: when the new version of main program a2free.exe and/or recently introduced a2service.exe being downloaded from the site in order to update, those files are not overwritten as a result. The Updater declares “success” though.
In addition to that I have some unique implication. If I restart computer after such an update one or both mentioned executables (update may not be offered for both at the same time) will be removed (!without a trace!) from a-squared directory.
Long hours of investigation ended with a surprising result:
As soon as I shut down TeaTimer before update everything will be updated overwritten etc. and you may switch On TeaTimer back straight after update...and no fear of Restarting and disappeared files as well.
I was hesitant to write this request and probably would wait and explore a bit longer but another event came along. I went to MS site to check for updates (I sometimes visit there despite having AutoUpdate). It happened that MS offered to download and install some “New” update facilities prior to any subsequent updates. I agreed. That failed with that weird 0x8xxxx whatever error. After a few unsuccessful attempts I tried described trick with TeaTimer shutdown and the next try of Update succeeded.
Thanks in advance for any comment and ideas.
Regards