[Equest-users] FW: equest errors and settings RESULTS!

Kathryn Kerns kathryn.kerns at bceengineers.com
Wed Nov 21 11:20:24 PST 2012


This is very strange. We loaded a copy of the eQuest model and ran it on
the troublesome PC's C: drive and it worked! Stranger still, after we
ran that model successfully, we tried running the original model in its
original location using the troublesome PC and it suddenly worked! We
then tried to save the original model in its original location and then
got an access denied error message saying eQuest could not find an
unnamed file. We then did a Save As of the original model as a Rev1
model in the original location and it ran successfully and then Saved
properly.

 

So, I am beginning to think that somehow the office network operating
system (the original model's location) is somehow affecting eQuest, but
only on this PC, since this does problem does not happen to anyone else
in the office.

 

The upshot is we are going to run the eQuest model on the C: of our
troublesome PC for a while and see if it behaves.

 

Thanks everyone for their insight and if the PC starts having issues
using the C: drive as a storage location, I will be contacting everyone
again. 

 

 

 

Kathryn Kerns

Systems Specialist

BCE Engineers, Inc.

| Ph: 253.922.0446 | Fx: 253.922.0896 | 

 

 

________________________________

From: James Hansen [mailto:JHANSEN at ghtltd.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 10:16 AM
To: Kathryn Kerns
Subject: RE: [Equest-users] FW: equest errors and settings

 

Just to be safe, is there any chance you can move the file somewhere
where the file path/name will not be so long?  Just to check and make
sure that's not the issue?

 

GHT Limited
James Hansen, P.E., LEED AP
Senior Associate
1010 N. Glebe Road, Suite 200
Arlington, VA  22201-4749
703-243-1200 (office)

703-338-5754 (cell)
703-276-1376 (fax)

www.ghtltd.com <http://www.ghtltd.com/> 

 

From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Kathryn
Kerns
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 1:06 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Cc: Oleg Chernov; Nick Scherdnik
Subject: [Equest-users] FW: equest errors and settings

 

Everyone, we are still having errors on our troublesome PC running
eQuest. We tried Robby's suggestion of turning on the Windows XP Service
Pack 2 and the PC ran the eQuest model file several times successfully
and then stopped. Does anyone have any ideas? We are stumped. The eQuest
model file does run with eQuest 3.64 combined with Vista on other 64 bit
PCs in our office, so as far as I can tell, the model files are fine.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
===============================================

On 11/12/2012 10:29 AM, Kathryn Kerns wrote:

Robby, you are correct! I changed the eQuest compatibility in the
properties to Windows XP Service Pack and off it went. Thank you so
much.

 

 

 

Kathryn Kerns

Systems Specialist

BCE Engineers, Inc.

| Ph: 253.922.0446 | Fx: 253.922.0896 | 

 

 

________________________________

From: Robby Oylear [mailto:robbyoylear at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 9:54 AM
To: Kathryn Kerns
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org; Oleg Chernov
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] FW: Equest 3.63B error on Nick's computer

 

I've received this error on Windows 7 machines.  It is fixed by right
clicking on eQUEST, going to Compatibility tab, and running the program
in Compatibility Mode for Windows XP Service Pack 3.  I assume Vista has
a similar feature.

 

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Kathryn Kerns <
kathryn.kerns at bceengineers.com> wrote:

Everyone, we are having issues getting a particular eQuest Wizard model
to run on a certain set of computers. We can run this model in eQuest
3.64 and 3.63b on other Vista 64 bit operating system computers in the
office, so we are pretty sure it is not a Vista problem.  The attached
file is a computer that successfully runs the eQuest Wizard model. The
JPEG image shown below shows the specs for a computer that does not
successfully runs the eQuest Wizard model in either 3.64 or 3.63b. Both
computers use Vista and both are 64 bit operating systems. We have
discovered that the error message occurs on another computer we have in
the office with the same parameters as listed below. Does anybody know
what is going on and how do we fix it? Waiting for eQuest 3.65 to maybe
fix the problem is not a successful option.

 

Thanks.

 

 

Kathryn Kerns

Systems Specialist

BCE Engineers, Inc.

| Ph: 253.922.0446 | Fx: 253.922.0896 | 

 

 

________________________________

From: Oleg Chernov 
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 3:24 PM
To: Kathryn Kerns
Cc: Steve Butros
Subject: Equest 3.63B error on Nick's computer

 

Here is a summary.

I installed Equest 3.63b on Nick's computer and he still gets "an
invalid argument encountered".

His computer specs below. I also installed Equest 3.63b on computer
similar to Niks's (same specs) and I received same error  "an invalid
argument encountered".

Thanks

 

 

 

Oleg Chernov

BCE Engineers, Inc.

| Ph: 253.922.0446 | Fx: 253.922.0896 | 

 


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________________________________

From: Nick Scherdnik 
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:38 AM
To: Kathryn Kerns
Subject: equest errors and settings

 

Here are the two errors that come up when I try to open my equest file.
Also attached are the settings under properties that seemed to have
fixed it earlier.

 

 

Thanks for the help.

Nick

 

 

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