Windows 10

Just want to send out a warning:

Do not upgrade to Windows 10 any machine that is running XPP (standalone, server or client).

The problem is the MKS Xserver that is delivered with the product. It will stop working after the upgrade.
In its log file it will put the following message:

You are attempting to use the X Server as a full X Server outside of the limited local X Server included in the application.
Please contact MKS for full X Server options - 800-637-8034 or tk_info@mks.com.

And yes we all know that Windows 10 is not an officialy supported platform for XPP.
But just in case you cave in an finally hit that "upgrade to Window 10" button the 20th time it shows up...

PS: In case you did hit the upgrade to Windows 10 button, the workaround is to use another Xserver.
I am currently using X-win32 2014 and it seems to work fine after an initial fight to load the vuem fonts.

PPS: I have opened a ticket with SDL.
Not that I expect a solution (unsupported platform, remember [:)]) but just that they are aware that this is a potential problem.

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Jay Baldwin over 6 years ago

Haha, we just put Contenta 4.2 client on a Windows 10 PC. (Our IT department cannot get "downgradable" new laptops any more.) We're having some strange issues with it. I *think* the core client might be okay. Might. I'm wondering if pieces of the delivered Perl/Tk build (PC side) are not playing well with Windows 10. (Perl 5.10.0 b1004 - build date 03-Sep-2008)
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Dot Steinjann over 5 years ago in reply to Jay Baldwin

Hi Jay - I know this is an old post but wondering if you ever got your 4.2 to work on Windows 10? I was attempting an install of 5.0 on Windows 10 and was not having success.

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Jay Baldwin over 5 years ago in reply to Dot Steinjann

Hi, Dot,
I will have to check with our IT folks. I do know that they have tried to avoid putting Contenta on Windows 10 machines. They have been recycling Windows 7 machines as they are turned in, saving them for the small number of new Contenta 4.2 installs we have had in the past year. So I don't know until I ask if they actually have any Win 10 installations.
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Dot Steinjann over 5 years ago in reply to Jay Baldwin

Thanks for your quick reply. I was hoping for a Windows 10 success story. :) I am due to upgrade soon so this will be moot before too long.
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Jay Baldwin over 5 years ago in reply to Dot Steinjann

Hi again, Dot,

Our I.T. folks say that YES they have installed Contenta 4.2 client software successfully on Windows 10. A "few" users are set up this way and are reporting no problems. The one thing I.T. struggled with was opening up the permissions "properly" under the C:\Program Files (x86)\XyEnterprise\Contenta folder. If security on certain child folders is not wide open, files created or written to from the server portal process may fail to write or update, and client-server or client-only tools will all fail.

If your I.T. people are unwilling to do this due to security policy, you may be able to work around this by changing the paths of these target folders (encaps, temp, logs, checkout) in the client's option settings. I tried this one by changing the paths to a place with no security issues, i.e. C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Contenta\...

Now I am talking about Contenta 4.2 with no knowledge of what has changed in 5.0 and later. Also, I am talking about Windows client installs only, not server installation.

Hope this help!
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Dot Steinjann over 5 years ago in reply to Jay Baldwin

Thank you so much for looking into this on your end. I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to do that. I am going to keep trying to power through here on this client.
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Dot Steinjann over 5 years ago in reply to Jay Baldwin

One last thing....could you please tell me what version of Perl you have on that Windows 10 client?
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Jay Baldwin over 5 years ago in reply to Dot Steinjann

Just the Perl that's bundled with the Contenta 4.2 windows client installation CDROM. This is required in order to match the version of Perl on the Contenta application server: ActivePerl 5.10.0 build 1004 32-bit

Here's what on the CDROM:

_Contenta Explorer Win client\PERL
11/20/2008 09:36 AM 17,923,572 ActivePerl-5.10.0.1004-MSWin32-x86-287188.msi
01/26/2004 09:27 AM 1,822,848 InstMsiW.exe
05/28/2016 02:09 PM <DIR> packages

_Contenta Explorer Win client\PERL\packages
10/22/2010 04:29 PM 1,588 ContentaPerlPkg.bat
10/22/2010 04:27 PM 1,443 ContentaPerlPkg.bat.orig
12/03/2008 05:22 PM 2,236 Email-Date-Format-1.002.ppmx
12/03/2008 05:20 PM 8,865 Error-0.17015.ppmx
12/04/2008 08:56 AM 23,827 IO-stringy-2.110.ppmx
11/26/2008 12:22 PM 29,211 libxml-perl-0.08.ppmx
10/25/2010 02:57 PM 346 loadpkg.bat
10/25/2010 02:53 PM 146 loadpkg.bat.orig
12/03/2008 05:23 PM 33,070 MailTools-2.04.ppmx
12/04/2008 09:29 AM 991 MIME-tools-6.200_02.ppd
05/28/2016 02:09 PM <DIR> MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
12/04/2008 10:01 AM 1,065 SOAP-Lite-0.710.08.ppd
12/03/2008 05:19 PM 16,611 TimeDate-1.16.ppmx
12/01/2008 11:16 AM 1,840,379 Tk-804.028.ppmx
11/26/2008 12:22 PM 3,339 Tk-StayOnTop-0.12.ppmx
12/03/2008 05:21 PM 479,505 Unicode-Map-0.112.ppmx
11/26/2008 12:15 PM 46,956 XML-DOM-1.44.ppmx
11/26/2008 10:23 AM 6,049 XML-NamespaceSupport-1.09.ppmx
12/01/2008 11:08 AM 2,869 XML-RegExp-0.03.ppmx
11/26/2008 12:16 PM 38,671 XML-SAX-0.96.ppmx
10/15/2010 04:53 PM 4,306 XML-SAX-Expat-0.40.ppmx

_Contenta Explorer Win client\PERL\packages\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
12/04/2008 09:24 AM 222,350 MIME-tools-6.200_02.tar.gz
12/04/2008 09:58 AM 278,505 SOAP-Lite-0.710.08.tar.gz
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Jay Baldwin over 5 years ago in reply to Dot Steinjann

Just the Perl that's bundled with the Contenta 4.2 windows client installation CDROM. This is required in order to match the version of Perl on the Contenta application server: ActivePerl 5.10.0 build 1004 32-bit

Here's what on the CDROM:

_Contenta Explorer Win client\PERL
11/20/2008 09:36 AM 17,923,572 ActivePerl-5.10.0.1004-MSWin32-x86-287188.msi
01/26/2004 09:27 AM 1,822,848 InstMsiW.exe
05/28/2016 02:09 PM <DIR> packages

_Contenta Explorer Win client\PERL\packages
10/22/2010 04:29 PM 1,588 ContentaPerlPkg.bat
10/22/2010 04:27 PM 1,443 ContentaPerlPkg.bat.orig
12/03/2008 05:22 PM 2,236 Email-Date-Format-1.002.ppmx
12/03/2008 05:20 PM 8,865 Error-0.17015.ppmx
12/04/2008 08:56 AM 23,827 IO-stringy-2.110.ppmx
11/26/2008 12:22 PM 29,211 libxml-perl-0.08.ppmx
10/25/2010 02:57 PM 346 loadpkg.bat
10/25/2010 02:53 PM 146 loadpkg.bat.orig
12/03/2008 05:23 PM 33,070 MailTools-2.04.ppmx
12/04/2008 09:29 AM 991 MIME-tools-6.200_02.ppd
05/28/2016 02:09 PM <DIR> MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
12/04/2008 10:01 AM 1,065 SOAP-Lite-0.710.08.ppd
12/03/2008 05:19 PM 16,611 TimeDate-1.16.ppmx
12/01/2008 11:16 AM 1,840,379 Tk-804.028.ppmx
11/26/2008 12:22 PM 3,339 Tk-StayOnTop-0.12.ppmx
12/03/2008 05:21 PM 479,505 Unicode-Map-0.112.ppmx
11/26/2008 12:15 PM 46,956 XML-DOM-1.44.ppmx
11/26/2008 10:23 AM 6,049 XML-NamespaceSupport-1.09.ppmx
12/01/2008 11:08 AM 2,869 XML-RegExp-0.03.ppmx
11/26/2008 12:16 PM 38,671 XML-SAX-0.96.ppmx
10/15/2010 04:53 PM 4,306 XML-SAX-Expat-0.40.ppmx

_Contenta Explorer Win client\PERL\packages\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
12/04/2008 09:24 AM 222,350 MIME-tools-6.200_02.tar.gz
12/04/2008 09:58 AM 278,505 SOAP-Lite-0.710.08.tar.gz
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