how many times have you reinstalled ts 2010

[marlonza]

Installed once, and then again because i bought a new pc...
Thats it, been using the same second install forever, no issues, SP2 all the way. Fuss is what you make of it.

 

[Dug]

Installed 2010 over 2009 on my laptop. Installed 2010 on my desktop. All updates installed on both. Speedtree and Murchison addons on both systems.
No problems at all. Have had every version of trains installed on probably 8 or 9 different computers. Only had to re-install once. That was 2006 or TC, can't remember which one it was. But, that was not a fault with the program, I had a hard drive go bad.

 

[Paulsw2]

Only one re-install - when I moved to my new PC. Since then, no problems at all (though I've held off so far from installing SP2).

Paul (runs off to touch wood, throw salt over the shoulder and touch the 'lucky lace')

 

[RRSignal]

I've been meaning to reinstall, when I have the time, to get rid of the dodgy SP2, and also so I could put Trainz on my D: partition, since my C: partition is basically full.

 

[steve123]

well then i must be doing something wrong then ,can anyone spare 3 dollars for a junior burger, cant earn 5 dollars here for a big mac, HOLD ON dodgy SP2 A i recall a lot of people in this forum claiming sp2 caused more trouble than it was worth ,maybe what i am doing wrong is installing sp2 ? some people say its ok some say it crap

 

[skidmark22]

Twice for me. It is gone for good now.

 

[steve123]

this is from John to me ,Steve,

If you think your software install is fine, then check the hardware. Seriously, programs such as Trainz will push the hardware to its limits and bring out any faults that other programs seem to glaze over. I have another program that will also bring the computer faults out. This too is very hardware intensive as it calculates mesh surfaces for landscapes and tree placement.

Memory problems are pernicious, and can be caused by numerous things and cause other problems such as corrupted data. I've had Trainz (older versions) die on my to the desktop randomly after a short time running, but other programs run fine. After much troubleshooting and hair pulling, which seems to hand-in-hand, I had Word croak on me after placing lots of images in it along with pages of text. (As usual this happened in the middle of a major school project that was due the next day!) As a last resort, after changing other components, like my power supply, I ran MemTest86. Immediately I had memory errors. A faulty DIMM was causing problems all along.

So keep this in mind not all software problems are software problems and can be caused by your hardware. I know you'll argue that this is a brand-spankin new machine, but this is usually when the most problems occur which is during the early lifespan of the hardware unless it was burned in.

John
thanks john, posibly the best advise of all for all having trouble

 

[JCitron]

I've been meaning to reinstall, when I have the time, to get rid of the dodgy SP2, and also so I could put Trainz on my D: partition, since my C: partition is basically full.

This is a very important issue for any computer operating system, whether MS Windows, Linux, or Apple's 'nix flavor of the day. There also needs to be enough space for your programs to install and be able to handle patches, upgrades, and of course your related data.

Here's an article from Microsoft regarding the disk space requirements for Windows 7 and where it goes:

http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/11/19/disk-space.aspx

A full disk partition will cause all kinds of problems with any program particularly one such as an installer that needs to unpack the files for installation such as the service packs. This is not just a Trainz problem, but one that will effect any program and will also cause untold amount of machine performance problems overall because there will be less space for the temporary files, and file defragmentation, which requires space to move the data araound. Space problems can and will cause programs to crash because of the lack of space.

So this is something to consider before installing a program such as Trainz, and wonder why your program then that poor performance. It's not the program that has the problems, it's your machine.

John

 

[JCitron]

this is from John to me ,Steve,

John
thanks john, posibly the best advise of all for all having trouble

You are welcome, Steve. Good luck and let us know what's happening.

John