RETAIL PRO GETS STUCK IN A LOOP WHEN LOADING

this happened on a new 2003server with R2. after installing rpro, tried to launch it,. as expected, it says that files need to be created. upon trying to create them it gets stuck in a loop of trying to create files, and saying that files need to be created.

to resolve right click on MY COMPUTER, go to PROPERTIES. once in SYSTEM PROPERTIES, go to ADVANCED tab, then under PERFORMANCE click on SETTINGS. Click on th DATA EXECUTION PREVENTION tab, and there are two settings. the correct setting is TURN ON DEP FOR ESSENTIAL WINDOWS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. this used to be the windows default, but now the default is TURN ON DEP FOR ALL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES EXCEPT THOSE I SELECT.

after changing this setting, all was well.

Karen Page

As VP of Sales & Marketing, Karen has been helping to break sales records since 1994! That’s almost 30 years of award-winning sales, helping to build Big Hairy Dog as a leading POS Software and Service provider…worldwide. She has a degree in fine arts (with a minor in business) from the University of Oregon, and with three amazing children and saint of a husband, Karen is still loving life in the Northwest—where she works from home in the Portland, Oregon area.

Her favorite pastime is tailgating at college football games with friends and family. Go Ducks!

Karen Page

As VP of Sales & Marketing, Karen has been helping to break sales records since 1994! That’s 25 years of award-winning sales, helping to build Big Hairy Dog as a leading POS Software and Service provider…worldwide. She has a degree in fine arts (with a minor in business) from the University of Oregon, and with three amazing children and saint of a husband, Karen is still loving life in the Northwest—where she works from home in the Portland, Oregon area.

Her favorite pastime is tailgating at college football games with friends and family. Go Ducks!