[WinMac] Re: Appleshare 6.2, MacOS 8.6 and that Powerpoint pain...

Aaron Ciesar(aciesar[at]stroke.upmc.edu)
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 22:01:26 -0400

Dan,

The ASIP 6.2 upgrade solves many of problems with 6.1.1 (most especially the
LPR print server bug... no more crashes every 4 days...yeah!!). Also ASIP
6.2 adds some cool new features. My favorite is the new additions to the
anti-spam feature of the mail server like the use of the Real Time Black
Hole list (sweet).

However, the PowerPoint bug has not been fixed. This is simply because it
is not an Apple bug, but a Microsoft bug. PowerPoint has problems writing
and reading files from any NOS, not just ASIP. The only work around is to
save the file locally, then copy it manually to the server.

Does anyone know if this bug was fixed in Office 2000? I am just curious, I
will not be upgrading our site until for at least one year.

--
Aaron B. Ciesar
Data Manager/Analyst
UPMC Stroke Institute


I don't suffer from insanity.  I enjoy every minute of it!


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> Subject: Appleshare 6.2, MacOS 8.6 and that Powerpoint pain...
> From: Dan Thurgood <dan@ergo-id.co.uk>
> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 99 17:43:39 +0100
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> Hi!
> Can anyone help? I've recently upgraded my AWS7350 to Appleshare 6.1.1,
> so as my PC's (running Windows 95) can see it, and share files with it.
> Provided they're not Powerpoint files. Which it eats. For breakfast.
>
> Now that Apple has offered the upgrade from IP 6.1.1 to 6.2 for free, has
> anyone actually followed the upgrade path and found that it has solved
> the SMB serving errors? I'm a bit loathe to come into work on a Saturday
> and perform the upgrade if it doesn't actually make any difference to
> this problem, and slightly concerned about the amount of questions
> regarding MacOS 8.6 (which is required for IP 6.2 to work).
>
> So if anyone can help, I'd be very chuffed indeed.
>
> Cheers, Dan Thurgood




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