PawPrint.net Forum

wow, i´ve been on a few forums previously, but this one is in a class all by itself... this one doesn´t support anything.  

Have been viewing this forum since I became a member, (which hasn´t been very long) and can´t say that too many people are being helped.  there are many questions/concerns, but no replies or solutions to their issues.  

Don´t suppose there is any other way to get support for questions that users have other than this forum?

I have Win XP with SP2.  I am running WT 6.0.0.937 and no real problems.

The issues I have are that sometimes, about every three or four weeks, WT freezes and has to be restarted.  I have a batchfile to do this.  The contents are:

taskkill /f /im worldtime.exe
"C:Program FilesPawPrint.netWorldTimeworldtime.exe"

I think this problem is caused by the particular combination of my computer being on all the time and going to sleep sometimes and then getting woken to run virus checks etc.

Also it puts its log in one directory (C:Program FilesPawPrint.netWorldTimedata) and tries to read it from another.(C:Program FilesPawPrint.netWorldTime)

I do not use the log much so I just copy the file to where it wants it to be if I want to do this (about every four months).

Generally I consider this is an excellent utility for my needs.

I have been using just about every iteration of World Time since I can remember.  I have three versions of World time on XP Pro and with the exception of the current beta version (6.0) I´ve had absolutely no problems with any of them (Note: only one will run at a time) In fact I´ve had no real problems with the operation of 6.0 once I read the forum and overcame a few items.

For any 9x, NT, 2K, or XP Windows OS, I´d recommend downloading the 5.5.2.748 version for beginners. I´ve used WT on Win all 9x, ME, 2K, and XP Pro.  I´ve not tried WT with XP using SP2, as my machine bogs down after installing SP2; I have a glitch in my system somewhere and need to format the hard drive and install XP and SP2 from scratch. If anyone has SP2 and WT running please add to this.  

There may still be a pre-6.0 beta version (5.9.0.845) available that I´ve had running on my PCs since it came out in 2003 without any problems.

If you come across a version that resides between 5.5.2.748 and 5.9.0845, or between 5.9.0845 and 6.0.0.941, I´d skip them.  They really didn´t offer any more than the three versions.  

IMHO, the 6.0.0.941 still needs some work (such as the application being able to locate the file used to identify clock drift, improve ability to modify locations and time zones, etc., etc., and a few other nuances), and should remain in beta until cleared up for the average user.

Hello Gerry. I am new on this site. I have XP and based on some other comments, it seems that version 5 may not be stable as it sounds.  DO you recommend doanloading it?  Thanks.

Doc

It is easy to blast a site because you didn´t get your question answered. However, you´ll notice that most of the questions have been answered way back in the past, including how to change clock titles.  

It should be remembered that 5.9 and the subsequent 6.0.xxxx are pre-release versions and are ingrained with bugs and other nusances that will be eventually woked out.  There may or may not be an answer to these problems at this time.  If I´m not mistaken this is not the author´s full-time job, so answers, if forthcoming will be slow.  I would suggest that instead of sitting waiting, perhaps trying to fix a simple fix yourself and helping everyone else.

If all else fails....download the stable version that has been top dog for eons.