[cvsnt] Re: cvslock.exe crashes on Windows XP with fast user switching

Tony Hoyle tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Wed Oct 12 23:10:07 BST 2005


Dr. Matthias St. Pierre wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> when multiple users are logged into a Windows XP computer (with fast user
> switching) then cvslock.exe  crashes on every execution of an arbitrary cvs
> command with an access violation in advapi32.dll (see attached excerpt of
> Dr.Watson dump).
> 
> Of course this is not an issue during regular use of cvs. However, for
> testing and learning purposes it would be convenient if one could switch
> between different users on the same machine rapidly.
> 
>
Looks like howl isn't compatible.

You can switch it off in the control panel...  it's increasingly looking 
like I'll have to write an mdns server too :( (Apple has a restrictive 
license & I couldn't distribute it, howl is buggy, and there are no 
other Win32 compatible ones...)

Tony



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