60pro.exe ??

[jhg]

I recently had to reinstall Win2K, and during the reinstall of

Retrospect 6.0 I found a file 60pro.exe in my Dantz downloads

folder. This file contains a file called patch.rpx, and looking

around in my backup copy of the old C drive I find that it

was installed in the Retrospect directory.

 

However, I cannot find any mention of this patch on the

Dantz website. What does it patch? Do I need it? The

file dates are:

 

retro_60_pro_ug.exe 7/23/2002

pro60.exe 8/7/2002

 

If I had to guess, I'd say the version of the upgrade I have

needs the patch but the current one on the website

incorporates it. Correct?

[AmyJ]

This patch addressed a license issue with tape drives when upgrading from 5.6 Express to 6.0 Professional. If you are doing a clean install of Retrospect 6.0 (not an upgrade) this patch should not be needed.

 

 

[jhg]

The version I installed is the "6.0 Upgrade" that I purchased and downloaded

from the website. However, I was installing on a cleanly formatted C: partition

and it never asked to see the 5.6 media and installed OK even though

5.6 wasn't installed at that point. Does this version need the patch?

[FuzzyJohn]

Quote:

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This patch addressed a license issue with tape drives when upgrading from 5.6 Express to 6.0 Professional. If you are doing a clean install of Retrospect 6.0 (not an upgrade) this patch should not be needed.

 

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I was probably the one who found this issue back in August 2002 when Retro 6 was released. My proble was not related to an upgrade. I encountered it on a clean install of Retrospect Professional. If I remember right, when started for the first time the program asked for the license code. I would enter it and the code was not accepted. From my discussions with Matthew Hanagan of Tech Support it appeared that this was an issue only when certain backup devices were present. I was using the OnStream DI-30 tape drive. A day later Dantz came up with the patch. The patch is now incorporated in the downloaded file.