VS2005 and other retail apps

[gene kelley]

I installed VB2005 Pro last week with no particular issues. However,
I have since encountered a problem with one (so far) other retail app
on my system. That application will open and run to a degree, but I
can no longer print. Print launches Just-In-Time Debugger. Closing
the debugger, closes the program. Disabling Just-In-Time simply shows
an unhandled error message which, upon closing, closes the program.

The app in question is Roxio's label creator within their Easy Media
Creator Suite. While recognizing that resolution of the issue
probabaly lies with Roxio, and as VB2005 is still too new, I'm
wondering what other similar issues are out there.

I can hear the clients now after a new deployment. "It worked fine
yesterday".

Gene

 

[pvdg42]

I installed VB2005 Pro last week with no particular issues. However,
I have since encountered a problem with one (so far) other retail app
on my system. That application will open and run to a degree, but I
can no longer print. Print launches Just-In-Time Debugger. Closing
the debugger, closes the program. Disabling Just-In-Time simply shows
an unhandled error message which, upon closing, closes the program.

The app in question is Roxio's label creator within their Easy Media
Creator Suite. While recognizing that resolution of the issue
probabaly lies with Roxio, and as VB2005 is still too new, I'm
wondering what other similar issues are out there.

I can hear the clients now after a new deployment. "It worked fine
yesterday".

Gene

Anything is a guess at this early stage, but as I have software similar to
the Roxio product installed on PC's with VS 2005 and no issues (Nero), I'll
venture an opinion.
Roxio has a long and sordid history of creating software products (primarily
EZ CD Creator and its progeny) that break when new OS versions, major OS
patches, etc. are released. Invariably, Roxio has been quick to point at
Microsoft as the villain. Inevitably, it turns out to be Roxio and customers
are advised that they must "upgrade" to a new Roxio version to solve the
problems.
What, one might ask, is so unique about Roxio software that these issues
arise? Certainly not functionality, as competing products don't suffer from
the same problems.
Try Nero or another competitor, you'll be glad you did.