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Re: Problems with Lotus Organizer 2.01

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On Friday, June 2, 1995 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Bok Hai wrote:
> Attn : All Users of Lotus Organizer
> LOTUS ORGANIZER 2.01
> Currently, we are testing the use of Lotus Organizer 2.01 in 
> our network. The configuration is as follows :
> (a) Notes Server running the Lotus Organizer Scheduling 
> Agent
> - Lotus Notes Ver 3.2 running on IBM OS/2 2.11, 
> Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2
> (b) File Server containing the Organizer Data and Program 
> files 
> - Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2 running on OS/2 1.3
> (c) Client PC
> - Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2, Windows 3.1, DOS 5.0 or
> DOS 6.22, Lotus Notes 3.2
> The Organizer user's data file (*.OR2) is placed in a central 
> directory on the file server. The Organizer program files 
> (*.EXE) are also placed in a central directory on the file 
> server. The Organizer Scheduling Agent is invoked as an 
> add-in server task on the Notes Server. The user's mailbox
> is located on a different Notes Server.
> We faced the following problems in testing the use of Lotus 
> Organizer 2.01 :
> 1. Performance & Stability
> With the running of Organizer in the background, we
> found there is :
> 1.1 Degradation of the system response on the 
> client PC (15%) 
> 1.2 A client PC also 'hangs' intermittently and
> has to be re-started through a cold re-start.
> 1.1 Performance
> User A sends a meeting notice to user B.
> User B does not open to read this meeting notice 
> within Organizer. If user B continues to do any 
> typing, say within Lotus Notes, user B will 
> experience the situation whereby whatever he types 
> is not reflected immediately on the screen. This 
> synchronization delay between keying and displaying
> on the screen occurs at every 40 sec on user B's PC.
> During this time, we notice that the hard disk 
> activity light flickers continuously and we cannot 
> proceed further until this hard disk activity stops.
> As the no. of unread meeting notices increases, the
> system becomes slower at every 40 seconds interval. 
> The PC's response when switching between the 
> Organizer and Lotus Notes is also affected when 
> there are pending meeting notices which are not 
> read at all.
> 
> 1.2 PC 'hangs'
> We encountered some 'freezing' of the client PC with
> Organizer running in the background. At times the 
> 'hang' occurs when we attempt to do printing, some 
> typing or reading of mails using Lotus Notes.
> 2. Consistency of Software
> At times, as the Organizer Administrator, we are not
> able to create a new Organizer user entry, a resource
> entry or meeting room entry. After attempting this 
> for several days, without any change made in the 
> system settings, it became possible to create such
> entries. A few days later, it was again not possible
> to do this. We are not sure what is causing this 
> inconsistency in using the Organizer's Administration
> program. 
> 3. Resource Requirement
> Whenever the Organizer application is activated and 
> subsequently closed, a network connection to the 
> shared resource which contains the Organizer program
> files (on the network file server) is still maintained
> until the user exits from Windows. The user is not 
> able to disconnect this connection within Windows 
> itself. This connection takes up resources and 
> affects the printing of documents using other 
> Microsoft applications (Word, Excel etc). 
> 
> 4. Execution & Closing of Organizer as Smart Icon in 
> Lotus Notes 
> The Organizer can be invoked as a Smart Icon within
> Lotus Notes. However, it is important that when 
> closing Lotus Notes, the Organizer which is invoked
> as a Smart Icon within Lotus Notes must be closed
> first. Otherwise, Lotus Notes will not be able to 
> close successfully. A message 'Waiting for background
> program to stop ...' will appear. The system will 
> remain in this state until one does a 'warm' or 'cold'
> re-start of the PC itself. One unorthodox method 
> which was discovered to force a proper closure of 
> Lotus Notes if Organiser is not closed before that of
> Lotus Notes is :
> i) Move the mouse pointer to the horizontal menu 
> bar.
> ii) When the mouse changes from a 'clock' symbol to
> that of a pointer, quickly switch to the 
> Organizer application screen (using Alt-Tab). 
> Double click at the control menu box to close the
> the Organiser application. 
> Both steps (i) and (ii) must be done quickly as the 
> mouse pointer changes back to a clock symbol very 
> rapidly. This is not an easy method to use.
> We would like to know if there are other Organizer users who 
> have encountered or are aware of such problems and know of any
> possible solutions that we can adopt. 
> Looking forward to some response on this issue. 
> Thank you. 
> 
> Bok Hai Suan
> CPF Board, Singapore
> (65) 229-3461
klun

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