P3.exe generated a General Protection Fault in mod

Hello,
Please advise which Windows release is on your PC. P3 3.1 does not work well with Windows XP SP2
Regards

We are using Windows 2000 Professional w/ SP4.

This will end up being a major issue in the future, affecting virtually everyone using P3. Let me explain the dilemma of “Upgrading Your Computer.”

Many people are using P3 and have been for years. After the first year, Primavera charges $800 a year to maintain your support contract. Many people have been happily using P3 for years without the addition expense of $800 a year for support.

Finally, those fast-and-fancy computers at way-low prices becomes too much of an allure and you spring for the $1000 new computer, one that comes with the current version of Windows XP or 2000. However, you need to keep performing the same tasks, so you re-load your old software on the new machine.

Suddenly, P3 no longer works; you get general protection faults. You would call Primavera but your support license has expired. Someone tells you that Primavera has a Service Patch 2 for P3 Version 3.1 that will ‘cure’ your problem with the new operating system. To get SP2, you need to renew your service license with Primavera. After all, it is not Primavera’s fault that Windows XP is designed to not work with many of the existing 16-bit software on the market.

Here is the real problem; Primavera requires that you pay-up all of your missed service updates in order to become active again. At $800 a year, this means that it might be cheaper to go out and buy a new copy of P3 (with the accompanying 1-year service agreement) that it would to renew your service license again.

The end result? You new $1,000 computer comes with a $4,000 software upgrade cost. Final cost: $5,000.

Hello,
I should have mentionned that using the compatibility box in Windows 2K / XP helps a lot.
I have used P3 3.1 with XP Pro SP1 and XP Home SP2 without any problem or freeze; I have setup the compatibility to Windows 98SE.
Good luck

So you’re telling me that they have the fix? There’s nothing that the end user can do to alleviate this issue? If that’s the case, I’ll recommend that we purchase the support from them... (it’s not my money ;}). Thanks.

Seng

I think that is a good idea to maintain the maintainance deal with Primavera. "HOWEVER"
Primavera also decided to stop developing P3 any further under its existing database platform.
What that means it, dont expect any additional function from the next release (If there is one)

Time to move on, use something else.
A lot of government awarded contracts had updated their requirement from P3 to P3e - May be its time for the remaining private sector to move on.

Cheers
Alex

Thanks for the reply guys. You may very well be correct about P3 coming to an end. At this point, we are waiting for the various projects to end first before we move on to P3e. Maybe now the schedulers won’t be so reluctant to change over to the newer version.