[THIN] Re: Office 2003 applications hang

  • From: "Michael Pardee" <pardeemp.list@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:35:11 -0500

checking our version right now.  UPHClean is installed everywhere here.

On 3/15/06, Jeff Pitsch <jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I don't remember what version it was.
>
> Jeff
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> On 3/15/06, Jeremy Saunders <jeremy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Interesting. I can't believe that no one has come across that before. So
> > what version of UPHClean were they using?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jeremy.
> >
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> >
> >             "Jeff Pitsch"
> >             <jepitsch@xxxxxxx
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> >                                       [THIN] Re: Office 2003
> > applications
> >             16/03/2006 04:18          hang
> >             AM
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> >             Please respond to
> >                   thin
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> >
> > Ok, in the final analysis from Microsoft, the problem was the simple
> > fact
> > that the customer was using an older version of UPHCLEAN.  UPHCLEAN was
> > deleting some registry entries too early and Office was trying to write
> > to
> > them after they were removed sending the process into a nasty little
> > loop.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > On 3/14/06, Michael Pardee < pardeemp.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Jeff, just following up on this one.  Did disabling the error Reporting
> > Service eventually fix the issue?
> >
> >
> > On 1/25/06, Jeff Pitsch < jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> >   No.  It's other applictions as well as Outlook and it affects
> >   applications that don't necessarily access the network.
> >
> >   Jeff
> >
> >
> >   On 1/25/06, Ruben Spruijt < Ruben.Spruijt@xxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> >     Hi Jeff,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     It's not this issue ..? (below)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     Ruben
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     > > If you have any Servers with HP NC7781 NIC's installed (Hp DL
> >     > 380's, DL 360's and others), you may experience excessive
> >     > retransmits, Outlook hangs, file copy performance issues, cluster
> >     > failovers, etc.
> >     > >
> >     > > Cause:
> >     > > The driver defaults to "Offload TCP transmit Checksum"
> >     and "Offload
> >     > Ip Transmit
> >     > > Checksum". This is a performance enhancement designed to relieve
> >     > the TCP and IP
> >     > > components of the IP checksum calculation overhead and assign
> > that
> >     > duty to the NIC.
> >     > > Normally this is a preferred method of operation. The HP NC7781
> >     > NICS periodically
> >     > > miscalculate the TCP checksum. This causes connection timeouts
> >     > periodically and
> >     > > more importantly, Outlook hangs between 10 and 20 seconds. With
> >     the
> >     > latest firmware
> >     > > and drivers installed, the issue is still prevalent. The box
> > that
> >     > receives a
> >     > > response with an incorrectly calculated checksum simply throws
> > the
> >     > malformed
> >     > > response away, never delivering the data to the application.
> >     > > Resolution:
> >     > > In the Netcard driver configuration dialog box, disable Offload
> >     > checksum
> >     > > calculations. This will allow the TCP and IP components to
> >     > calculate their own
> >     > > checksums.This change does not require a reboot or involve a
> >     > service interruption, normal
> >     > >
> >     > > change control procedures should of course, always be followed!
> >
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