"Andrew Virnuls" <foren***@surname.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hello all!
>
> I am an ICT teacher, and used VB5 to create an application to allow
students
> to create, search and sort simple databases as they haven't all got
Access.
>
> The application is pretty simple - a form, tabs, database controls and a
> grid to view and query an Access database.  I've installed it under
Windows
> 2000, Windows XP and Windows XP x64 with no problems - it must be
installed
> on at least 30 machines now.
>
> One of my students now tells me that when he installed it at home he got a
> warning that some hardware would not work properly and now his CD-ROM
drive
> and USB ports don't work.
>
> I can't really see how this could have anything to do with a simple
> application.  Is it just a coincidence, or have any of you heard of such
> problems?  I've searched in Google and the Microsoft Knowledge Base and
> haven't found anything similar.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew Virnuls
>

"Ralph" <nt_consultin***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Andrew Virnuls" <foren***@surname.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Hello all!
>>
>> I am an ICT teacher, and used VB5 to create an application to allow
> students
>> to create, search and sort simple databases as they haven't all got
> Access.
>>
>> The application is pretty simple - a form, tabs, database controls and a
>> grid to view and query an Access database.  I've installed it under
> Windows
>> 2000, Windows XP and Windows XP x64 with no problems - it must be
> installed
>> on at least 30 machines now.
>>
>> One of my students now tells me that when he installed it at home he got
>> a
>> warning that some hardware would not work properly and now his CD-ROM
> drive
>> and USB ports don't work.
>>
>> I can't really see how this could have anything to do with a simple
>> application.  Is it just a coincidence, or have any of you heard of such
>> problems?  I've searched in Google and the Microsoft Knowledge Base and
>> haven't found anything similar.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andrew Virnuls
>>
>
> Not knowing exactly what is included in your install or anything about the
> target box it is impossible to say for sure - but it is highly doubtful
> that
> simply installing a VBc application could have such a drastic effect on
> another machine. It is more likely that the target was already in an
> unstable state (unmatched drivers, etc) and then the installation and
> attempts to write to the registry and to special folders, or installation
> of
> MDAC (OLE handlers) may have just put it over the edge.
>
> [There is always the possiblity of mal-ware of some kind - you are virus
> checking your package and media, right?]
>
> Suggest that your student run the approprate clean-up on his machine.
>
> -ralph
>
>

> "Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]" <i.get@enough.spam> wrote in message
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>> "Andrew Virnuls" <foren***@surname.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:43e20a8a$0$6954$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
>>
>>> I am an ICT teacher
>> "ICT"?
>
> Information and Communication Technology - it's what the DfES needlessly
> renamed the subject previously known as IT to about five years ago.
> Apparently it reflects the increased use of the internet, or something!
>
> Thanks for everyone for their suggestions - we're a "virtual academy" (i.e.
> distance learning), so it's difficult to get exact details of what happened,
> but no-one else has reported any problems.
>
> Andrew
>
>