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Number   :  4746
Date     :  2003-06-04
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: /wv0
Size(KB) :  2


Jack wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm a big fan and user of xxcopy. I use it to back up to
> a second hard drive on my Dell computer. I'm using XP, SP1
> and kept getting the "...at least one sys DLL has a newer
> date..." until I included the /wv0 switch.
> I down loaded version 2.84.0 of xxcopy which in the
> change highlights said took care of the dll message.
> To make a long story longer I still get the message
> without the /wv0 switch.
>
> Am I missing something? Thanks for any replies.
>
> Jack

The first thing you check is whether you are still running
your old copy of XXCOPY. Downloading the new version is
one thing but to install it properly so that the new version
is really invoked is still in question (for some reason,
many people seem to keep old version somewhere it is still
invoked.

I have a hunch that your installation or the invocation
was not right. That's because no one else has reported
the /WV related warning on WinXP SP-1 with XXCOPY v.2.84.0.

If you read my earlier message here, I was telling
someone to locate and remove old versions of XXCOPY.EXE
files (or rename them) so that you are always running
the correct version of XXCOPY.

Three things control the warning message:

1. The XXCOPY.EXE program is older than the OS.

Please check the version number just by observing
the first line that XXCOPY display on the screen.
Is it really v.2.84.0?

2. Windows Version is newer than those we are aware of.

Please type the following command at the DOS prompt:

ver

If you see something other than

Microsfot Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

then, you do have a newer version that we don't
know anything about.

3. The following files that XXCOPY relies on are
newer than XXCOPY itself.

C:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
C:\windows\system32\user32.dll

Please check the file date of the above:

dir c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
dir c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

The filedate of these files are checked against
the filedate of XXCOPY.EXE. If they are newer
than XXCOPY, then, the environment (could be
recently released by Microsoft).

If any of the three conditions is detected, XXCOPY
will give you the warning. You may suppress this
warning if you own the XXCOPY-Pro site license.
Freeware users will have to download the latest
version to avoid the warning if the OS environment
is newer than XXCOPY.

This feature is to reduce tech support calls
by Freeware users who complain problems with old
versions of XXCOPY. To support very old versions
of our product is really pain in the neck (to
repeatedly tell them to download the new version
that has fixed the reported problem long time ago).
Even though the same is true with paid licensees,
we have more tolerance to paid customers.

Kan Yabumoto



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