--- In [email protected], "stardust_hr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "Sheri" <sherip99@> wrote:
>
> > I was unfamiliar with SystemMeter. Its not in the Yahoo file
> > archives but I found version 1.35 on pcrei.
> >
> > I'm having a bad time just getting it to work properly in XP.
> >
> > I found that I had to do what was described here to get anywhere
> > with it.
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/message/16861
> >
> > Some of the stuff still isn't showing up or getting shaded as it
> > should and PowerPro crashes if I try to quit PowerPro without first
> > unloading SystemMeter.
> >
> > You might want to see if all is well for you with PPro 4.8 and
> > SystemMeter on your XP system.
> >
> > I don't have a Vista system, I just occasionally try things on a
> > neighbor's system.
>
>
> I was also suprised not to find SystemMeter plugin in Yahoo file
> archives since it is, by far, the best plugin for Ppro. (imho)
> Version 1.35 is latest and works on XP without any previous
> installation of programs described in that link you posted. Sure
> enough, SystemMeter allways produces that error if one tries exiting
> Ppro without first unloading SystemMeter bar. But it's not an issue
> for me, since I never exit Ppro. :) Following your sugestion, I
> upgraded WinXP PowerPro to v4.8, but it works just fine, as it did in
> version 4.1 So I guess it must be something in Vista that is cousing
> SystemMeter to fail.
>
> It's such a shame, right now I'm considering scraping Vista,
> formating my hard-drive and installing XP on laptop just because of
> SystemMeter plugin. :) I've set it up so nicely, so that it displays
> all important info (cpu usage graph, incoming adsl trafic, outcoming
> traffic, and ADSL spped graph) in one little bar. Here are
> screenshots...
>
> http://free-zg.htnet.hr/stardust7/screenshots/40tudeDialog.gif
> http://free-zg.htnet.hr/stardust7/screenshots/Opera.gif
>
> (SystemMeter bar is in upper right corner of the screen, bellow
> that Ppro bar displaying online time, ram, uptime, and clock)
>
> Once I got used to this setup, now I can't be withought it. Do you
> know any other program that can display that stuff that Sysetm Meter
> does on those screenshots? :)
>
Are you using the same files for script and system meter skin in both
xp and vista as well as the same paths? Please post your skin so I can
try it.
I am thinking it is not accessing the xml file. I get no response in
XP if SystemMeter starts a non-existent xml. In Vista, there could
still be a permission issue or a combination of permission and quoting.
> And in that "script.txt" I have...
> SystemMeter.start ("C:\Program
> Files\PowerPro\skins\SystemMeter\skin.xml")
Try doubling up the \ in the file name, e.g.,
SystemMeter.start ("C:\\Program
Files\\PowerPro\\skins\\SystemMeter\\skin.xml")
By running powerpro as administrator, powerpro can access files in the
Program Files tree, but SystemMeter still may not be able to (e.g., if
internally it uses Rundll.exe). If above doesn't work, try moving your
skins into your user files (and changing the start command for the new
file location).
Regards,
Sheri
