Hi John,
From the support.spss.com Knowledge Base:
The result is either a missing or corrupt spssd.conf located
in the SPSS directory. This problem can be resolved by replacing the file
either by reinstalling SPSS, obtaining a new copy of that file from a working
version of SPSS, or from the SPSS FTP site. To download the file from the ftp
site, please enter the following address into the address line in your browser:
ftp://ftp.spss.com/pub/spss/windows/26567 and select the corresponding SPSS
version.
Also, please verify you do not still have the SPSS Demo or Evaluation Installed
simultaneously on your machine with the full version of SPSS Base for Windows.
If running SPSS 15 on Windows Vista, please do the following to avert the
problem:
1. Right click the SPSS 15 shortcut in the SPSS for Windows Program group and
choose "Properties" from the context menu.
2. Select the "Compatibility" tab.
3. Within the "Privilege Level" section, check the "Run the program
as an administrator" and click OK.
Hope this helps.
Kylie.
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of J P
Sent: Tuesday, 15 December 2009 2:50 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Fw: SPSS 15 quit
I am curious if anyone can tell me what just happened!
I had been running a copy of SPSS 15 (even though PASW 17
has been installed on my machine for about three months). On Friday, while in
the middle of doing something my computer froze and I had to manually shut it
down. Upon reboot SPSS 15 no longer worked. When I click on SPSS 15 icon I
get a screen asking me for "Server Login: (none): Local
computer" if I click on Local computer I get a message that "The
client software could not initialize on Local Computer. Verify the integrity of
the SPSS Registry file: spssd.conf ....". My office has a lic copy of SPSS
15, but PASW 17 was installed via college server.
The spssd.conf file is in the SPSS program folder.
Any idea if I can get SPSS 15 back??
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