LTspive IV probs

[Robert Baer]

I go to http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/ ans download
LTspiceIV.exe, then install it.
Impossible to update; get error message that 'Could not read web
file: "http://LTspice.linear-tech.com/fieldsync/release.log.gz".
That file, if downloaded and applied, crashes with the error "Fatal
Error: Trouble converting to curly brace notation:
Mismatched single quotes in" [[binary after ASCII part]].

So, now what??

[Bill Sloman]

On Oct 8, 11:38 am, Robert Baer <robertb...@localnet.com> wrote:
>    I go tohttp://www.linear.com/designtools/software/ans download

> LTspiceIV.exe, then install it.
>    Impossible to update; get error message that 'Could not read web
> file: "http://LTspice.linear-tech.com/fieldsync/release.log.gz".
>    That file, if downloaded and applied, crashes with the error "Fatal
> Error: Trouble converting to curly brace notation:
>   Mismatched single quotes in" [[binary after ASCII part]].
>
>    So, now what??

Repost on sci.electronics.cad or go to

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LTspice/

Helmut Sennewald will probably be able to tell you exactly what you
are doing wrong. If it's a real problem, Mike Engelhardt at Linear
Technology will fix it, or see that it gets fixed.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

[Grant]

Uninstall LTSpice and start over. To apply update start LTSpice with
right-click -> Run as administrator, then Tools -> Sync Release.

It works on win7.

Grant.

[Robert Baer]

Uninstall and re-install dew gnott hellp.

Nope; get menu Open / scan with Avast! / Send to / Cut / Copy /
create shortcut / delete / rename / Properties .

Not using Win 7; using Win2K.
Last time i had this problem i found the URL was incorrect; it was
../fieldsync2/.. where at that time the ../fieldsync/.. URL was 404.
They must have fixed that problem because the URL does have the .GZ
file (and the ../fieldsync2/.. is 404).

[Grant]

On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:01:42 -0800, Robert Baer <rober...@localnet.com> wrote:

>Grant wrote:
>> On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:38:02 -0800, Robert Baer<rober...@localnet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I go to http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/ ans download
>>> LTspiceIV.exe, then install it.
>>> Impossible to update; get error message that 'Could not read web
>>> file: "http://LTspice.linear-tech.com/fieldsync/release.log.gz".
>>> That file, if downloaded and applied, crashes with the error "Fatal
>>> Error: Trouble converting to curly brace notation:
>>> Mismatched single quotes in" [[binary after ASCII part]].
>>>
>>> So, now what??
>>
>> Uninstall LTSpice and start over. To apply update start LTSpice with
>> right-click -> Run as administrator, then Tools -> Sync Release.
>>
>> It works on win7.
>>
>> Grant.
> Uninstall and re-install dew gnott hellp.
>
> Nope; get menu Open / scan with Avast! / Send to / Cut / Copy /
>create shortcut / delete / rename / Properties .
>
> Not using Win 7; using Win2K.

Why you stay back in dark ages of win2k?

> Last time i had this problem i found the URL was incorrect; it was
>../fieldsync2/.. where at that time the ../fieldsync/.. URL was 404.
> They must have fixed that problem because the URL does have the .GZ
>file (and the ../fieldsync2/.. is 404).

I really think you ought to catch up to decent windows OS :)

Grant.

[John Devereux]

Grant <o...@grrr.id.au> writes:

> On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:01:42 -0800, Robert Baer <rober...@localnet.com> wrote:
>
>>Grant wrote:
>>> On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:38:02 -0800, Robert Baer<rober...@localnet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I go to http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/ ans download
>>>> LTspiceIV.exe, then install it.
>>>> Impossible to update; get error message that 'Could not read web
>>>> file: "http://LTspice.linear-tech.com/fieldsync/release.log.gz".
>>>> That file, if downloaded and applied, crashes with the error "Fatal
>>>> Error: Trouble converting to curly brace notation:
>>>> Mismatched single quotes in" [[binary after ASCII part]].
>>>>
>>>> So, now what??
>>>
>>> Uninstall LTSpice and start over. To apply update start LTSpice with
>>> right-click -> Run as administrator, then Tools -> Sync Release.
>>>
>>> It works on win7.
>>>
>>> Grant.
>> Uninstall and re-install dew gnott hellp.
>>
>> Nope; get menu Open / scan with Avast! / Send to / Cut / Copy /
>>create shortcut / delete / rename / Properties .
>>
>> Not using Win 7; using Win2K.
>
> Why you stay back in dark ages of win2k?

Hey, he was on Windows 98 for the last 10 years IIRC, he must have just
upgraded!

>
>> Last time i had this problem i found the URL was incorrect; it was
>>../fieldsync2/.. where at that time the ../fieldsync/.. URL was 404.
>> They must have fixed that problem because the URL does have the .GZ
>>file (and the ../fieldsync2/.. is 404).
>
> I really think you ought to catch up to decent windows OS :)
>
> Grant.

--

John Devereux

[Robert Baer]

The OS has nothing to do with the bad URLs or bad .GZ files.

Win7 release has removed many useful features that Win2K (or even
WinXP which was more stunted than Win2K) had.
You CANNOT search for files with a given text.
You WILL NOT find all files with a given search parameter; you may be
lucky to find one or two and the chances of finding the file that you
damn well know exists, is virtually ZERO.
You have to toss all older programs and _buy_ new versions that are
so crappy and/or different that you would be better off learning the
language of the sand lizards of Alpha Centauri.

You have absolutely ZERO control as to which processes will run in
the background and AFAIK cannot even kill a process if something goes
tits up.
Undesirable processes (ie should be disabled): Messenger, Alerter,
Clipbook, Distributed Link Tracking Client, Distributed Transaction
Coordinator, Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing, Routing and Remote
Access, Smart Card, Smart Card Helper, Telnet, and if do not have UPS or
UPS has no computer link), disable Uninterruptible Power Supply.
Perhaps disable Wireless Configuration,if hardwired Ethernet.

[Robert Baer]

Harumph!!
That was Win98SE, i will have you know!
**
Win2K gives the user the most control of processes, ability to search
for files (AND FIND THEM..which Win7 does not find but one in 10-15), etc.
One does not have to buy all new programs - a number of which are so
different as to be like Greek written in Chinese.

[John Devereux]

:)

> **
> Win2K gives the user the most control of processes, ability to
> search for files (AND FIND THEM..which Win7 does not find but one in
> 10-15), etc.
> One does not have to buy all new programs - a number of which are so
> different as to be like Greek written in Chinese.

I suspect that using windows 2k now will be a constant battle if you
ever intend to install any modern software, it has dropped off everyones
roadmap.

XP is almost as old but still enjoys some vendor support since there are
many companies still using it. Vista is a dog but 7 is OK IMO.

Pretty sure you can in fact search by file content in 7, though not
something I use. For sure there are "desktop search" programs which do
this, as well as search emails.

--

John Devereux

[MrTallyman]

On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:15:10 -0800, Robert Baer <rober...@localnet.com>

You are an absolute idiot.

You CAN search for individual file names, dork. AND it WILL find all
instances.

You DO have control over processes, it is called Task Manager, and
never went anywhere.

You do NOT have to "toss all older programs and buy new versions"

Fucking retards like you are what need to be "tossed".

And a Centaurian Sand Lizard is 500 times more intelligent than you are
as well.

[Martin Brown]

I can't offhand think of anything you could do on Win2k that you could
not also do on WinXP more reliably. The latter was very much more stable
and became and still is an industrial/corporate standard.

Mickeysoft had to provide XP compatibility in Win7 to get corporate
users to even consider upgrading. There are a few quirks with legacy
software (mostly drivers but some installers) on Win7 esp 64 bit.

> You CANNOT search for files with a given text.
> You WILL NOT find all files with a given search parameter; you may be
> lucky to find one or two and the chances of finding the file that you
> damn well know exists, is virtually ZERO.

That is down to your mistakes and clueless user error.

I doubt if any modern software distributions are tested to install on
anything earlier than WinXP so you are on your own with Win2k.

> You have to toss all older programs and _buy_ new versions that are
> so crappy and/or different that you would be better off learning the
> language of the sand lizards of Alpha Centauri.

The only things that do drop off is support for ancient and not quite so
ancient peripherals which can be annoying. Most applications will run
fine on most later versions of windows. I still have some Win95 programs
that run perfectly happily on Win7. The odd legacy program needs careful
handling where long filename defaults are concerned.

Have you considered writing a travelogue based on your experiences with
the sand lizards of Alpha Centauri - it could be a best seller.

> You have absolutely ZERO control as to which processes will run in
> the background and AFAIK cannot even kill a process if something goes
> tits up.

You evidently don't know very much then.

> Undesirable processes (ie should be disabled): Messenger, Alerter,
> Clipbook, Distributed Link Tracking Client, Distributed Transaction
> Coordinator, Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing, Routing and Remote
> Access, Smart Card, Smart Card Helper, Telnet, and if do not have UPS or
> UPS has no computer link), disable Uninterruptible Power Supply.
> Perhaps disable Wireless Configuration,if hardwired Ethernet.

You can choose what runs and what doesn't. The method of doing this in
Windows is clumsy but it is provided.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

[josephkk]

I think OP is having serious download problems. I run LTSpice in several
different versions of wine under different versions of linux and it works
just fine, including updates. I can even get it to run in Win98 native.

?-)

[Robert Baer]

Win2K has as a part of its search capability to search by name,
drive, included text, and date range or ANY combo.

Win7 as far as i was able to use was search by file name ONLY and it
DID NOT find the 2 files i damn well knew was on the drive (just forgot
where); it found ONLY TWO other files out of a total 20-22 that (after i
found them) were obvious matches to the given criteria.
I proved that by re-booting to Win2K and doing the SAME search on the
same drive with the same parameters.

So, it seems by your response,one must BUY an extra program - one
that WRT Win7's dim past, was not needed.

[Martin Brown]

Win2k might just be the exception.

Is he still on wet string with a modem that cannot do 33k reliably?

Is there a published MD5 digest or CRC32 for the download he is having
trouble with? That would confirm that the download is corrupt.

Usually ZIP files test their self integrity well enough that you don't
have bother. I have only once seen a bad self extracting ZIP file that
ran for quite a while before finding a piece that was bad (and that was
on a genuinely defective installer disk for a product).

Not sure how well gz self integrity checks perform in practice but I
have yet to see one fail.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

[Robert Baer]

* YOU are the idiot; i had ALREADY said that one could search by file name.
You are purposely IGNORING that the (ASCII) contents cannot be used
for search.
And from my experience,i say you lie; there were about 20 or so files
that matched the filename criteria and ONLY TWO of them were found.

>
> You DO have control over processes, it is called Task Manager, and
> never went anywhere.

* Can you disable: Alerter, Messenger, Distrubited Link Tracking
Client, Distributed Transaction Coordinator, NetMeeting Remote Desktop
Sharing, Routing and Remote Access, Smart Card, Smart Card Helper, and
almost a half a dozen others that most people do not use or want?
Task Manager DOES NOT have control over those i listed; there are
about 50 of those i CAN control in Win2K.

>
> You do NOT have to "toss all older programs and buy new versions"

* Really? Then how come that _something_ always complains that you MUST
"upgrade"??

[JW]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:24:04 -0800 Robert Baer <rober...@localnet.com>
wrote in Message id: <Duuds.11871$vv4....@newsfe02.iad>:

>MrTallyman wrote:

[...] AlwaysWrong being AlwaysWrong.

>* YOU are the idiot; i had ALREADY said that one could search by file name.
> You are purposely IGNORING that the (ASCII) contents cannot be used
>for search.
> And from my experience,i say you lie; there were about 20 or so files
>that matched the filename criteria and ONLY TWO of them were found.

You are correct. Even XP is pretty lame and misses stuff. I gave up on the
explorer shell and use Xplorer2. It's pretty reasonably priced at $30 and
quite powerful.

>> You DO have control over processes, it is called Task Manager, and
>> never went anywhere.
>* Can you disable: Alerter, Messenger, Distrubited Link Tracking
>Client, Distributed Transaction Coordinator, NetMeeting Remote Desktop
>Sharing, Routing and Remote Access, Smart Card, Smart Card Helper, and
>almost a half a dozen others that most people do not use or want?
> Task Manager DOES NOT have control over those i listed; there are
>about 50 of those i CAN control in Win2K.

Right click on "My computer" and select manage. It's in there.

[JW]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:29:38 -0400 JW <no...@dev.null> wrote in Message id:
<d4pd78lc0h68222o4...@4ax.com>:

>On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:24:04 -0800 Robert Baer <rober...@localnet.com>
>wrote in Message id: <Duuds.11871$vv4....@newsfe02.iad>:
>
>>MrTallyman wrote:
>
>[...] AlwaysWrong being AlwaysWrong.
>
>>* YOU are the idiot; i had ALREADY said that one could search by file name.
>> You are purposely IGNORING that the (ASCII) contents cannot be used
>>for search.
>> And from my experience,i say you lie; there were about 20 or so files
>>that matched the filename criteria and ONLY TWO of them were found.
>
>You are correct. Even XP is pretty lame and misses stuff. I gave up on the
>explorer shell and use Xplorer2. It's pretty reasonably priced at $30 and
>quite powerful.

Hmmm... There is this:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/windows-search

But I can't vouch for it, and it *is* MS product...

[Jim Thompson]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:29:38 -0400, JW <no...@dev.null> wrote:

>On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:24:04 -0800 Robert Baer <rober...@localnet.com>
>wrote in Message id: <Duuds.11871$vv4....@newsfe02.iad>:
>
>>MrTallyman wrote:
>
>[...] AlwaysWrong being AlwaysWrong.
>
>>* YOU are the idiot; i had ALREADY said that one could search by file name.
>> You are purposely IGNORING that the (ASCII) contents cannot be used
>>for search.
>> And from my experience,i say you lie; there were about 20 or so files
>>that matched the filename criteria and ONLY TWO of them were found.
>
>You are correct. Even XP is pretty lame and misses stuff. I gave up on the
>explorer shell and use Xplorer2. It's pretty reasonably priced at $30 and
>quite powerful.

On Mark/qrk's recommendation, I've been using "Agent Ransack" (FREE).
Works great.

>
>>> You DO have control over processes, it is called Task Manager, and
>>> never went anywhere.
>>* Can you disable: Alerter, Messenger, Distrubited Link Tracking
>>Client, Distributed Transaction Coordinator, NetMeeting Remote Desktop
>>Sharing, Routing and Remote Access, Smart Card, Smart Card Helper, and
>>almost a half a dozen others that most people do not use or want?
>> Task Manager DOES NOT have control over those i listed; there are
>>about 50 of those i CAN control in Win2K.
>
>Right click on "My computer" and select manage. It's in there.

...Jim Thompson
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[Robert Baer]

Thanks.
Answer to this question is pivotal concerning me moving to Win7: How
can one have small icons on desktop (like Win2K had)?
Reason: i have about 70 shortcuts now and have space to add as i need.
The name "shortcut" is a true indication of functionality and
usefulness and a great timesaver.
Thanks for answer ahead of time.

[Robert Baer]

JW wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:29:38 -0400 JW<no...@dev.null> wrote in Message id:
> <d4pd78lc0h68222o4...@4ax.com>:
>
>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:24:04 -0800 Robert Baer<rober...@localnet.com>
>> wrote in Message id:<Duuds.11871$vv4....@newsfe02.iad>:
>>
>>> MrTallyman wrote:
>>
>> [...] AlwaysWrong being AlwaysWrong.
>>
>>> * YOU are the idiot; i had ALREADY said that one could search by file name.
>>> You are purposely IGNORING that the (ASCII) contents cannot be used
>>> for search.
>>> And from my experience,i say you lie; there were about 20 or so files
>>> that matched the filename criteria and ONLY TWO of them were found.
>>
>> You are correct. Even XP is pretty lame and misses stuff. I gave up on the
>> explorer shell and use Xplorer2. It's pretty reasonably priced at $30 and
>> quite powerful.
>
> Hmmm... There is this:
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/windows-search

* This proves my proposition that Win7 does not give the capability that
Win2K had and that there is a need for something to help.
Please note the lie on that page "Few people store all their files in
one place these days. So Windows 7 is..".
Even in Win2K almost always one is pushed, shoved and kicked to "My
Documents" - i count that as ONE place.
The few times i used Win7, i found that it was even more pushy.
One has to kick and scream ("NO..NO...GO _HERE_") to put and/or get
files.

>
> But I can't vouch for it, and it *is* MS product...

* At least it "looks" good..
Thanks.

[Robert Baer]

Thanks.

[JW]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:51:56 -0800 Robert Baer <rober...@localnet.com>
wrote in Message id: <K_Pds.14685$w_2....@newsfe12.iad>:

>JW wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:24:04 -0800 Robert Baer<rober...@localnet.com>
>> wrote in Message id:<Duuds.11871$vv4....@newsfe02.iad>:
>>
>>> MrTallyman wrote:
>>
>> [...] AlwaysWrong being AlwaysWrong.
>>
>>> * YOU are the idiot; i had ALREADY said that one could search by file name.
>>> You are purposely IGNORING that the (ASCII) contents cannot be used
>>> for search.
>>> And from my experience,i say you lie; there were about 20 or so files
>>> that matched the filename criteria and ONLY TWO of them were found.
>>
>> You are correct. Even XP is pretty lame and misses stuff. I gave up on the
>> explorer shell and use Xplorer2. It's pretty reasonably priced at $30 and
>> quite powerful.
>>
>>>> You DO have control over processes, it is called Task Manager, and
>>>> never went anywhere.
>>> * Can you disable: Alerter, Messenger, Distrubited Link Tracking
>>> Client, Distributed Transaction Coordinator, NetMeeting Remote Desktop
>>> Sharing, Routing and Remote Access, Smart Card, Smart Card Helper, and
>>> almost a half a dozen others that most people do not use or want?
>>> Task Manager DOES NOT have control over those i listed; there are
>>> about 50 of those i CAN control in Win2K.
>>
>> Right click on "My computer" and select manage. It's in there.
> Thanks.

NP.

> Answer to this question is pivotal concerning me moving to Win7: How
>can one have small icons on desktop (like Win2K had)?
> Reason: i have about 70 shortcuts now and have space to add as i need.
> The name "shortcut" is a true indication of functionality and
>usefulness and a great timesaver.
> Thanks for answer ahead of time.

Right click on your desktop, select "view" then left click on "small
icons"