SPSS 16.0.2.1 Terminating Abruptly and Vanishing

[Wesley Joe]

Twice this morning, I have run a battery of 9 or 10 logistic regression
models.  I change the page setup to create a document to print, and send the
document to the printer.  Then, SPSS has completely vanished.  All of the
windows--syntax, data, and output--just disappear.

This does not happen with any other application that I am running.  My OS is
Windows XP, SP2.

Has anyone else had this happen?  If so, what did you do to fix the
situation?  Only one thing on my system has changed recently: I installed
the hotfix for 16.0.2.1 at the end of the day on Monday.  Thanks.

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[msherman]

Yes, I have the exact same problem and no one seems to know how to fix it. It happens all the time.  martin

Martin F. Sherman, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director of Masters Education: Thesis Track
Loyola College
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>>> Wesley Joe <[hidden email]> 7/31/2008 10:44 AM >>>
Twice this morning, I have run a battery of 9 or 10 logistic regression
models.  I change the page setup to create a document to print, and send the
document to the printer.  Then, SPSS has completely vanished.  All of the
windows--syntax, data, and output--just disappear.

This does not happen with any other application that I am running.  My OS is
Windows XP, SP2.

Has anyone else had this happen?  If so, what did you do to fix the
situation?  Only one thing on my system has changed recently: I installed
the hotfix for 16.0.2.1 at the end of the day on Monday.  Thanks.

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[Graham Wright-2]

Does anyone know if SPSS is planning to release some kind of "no longer
sucks" patch for 16?
I've lost count of the number of things wrong with it.

-Graham


Martin Sherman wrote:

> Yes, I have the exact same problem and no one seems to know how to fix it. It happens all the time.  martin
>
> Martin F. Sherman, Ph.D.
> Professor of Psychology
> Director of Masters Education: Thesis Track
> Loyola College
> Psychology Department
> 222 B Beatty Hall
> 4501 North Charles Street
> Baltimore, MD 21210
>
> 410 617-2417 (office)
> 410 617-5341 (fax)
>
> [hidden email]
>
>
>
>>>> Wesley Joe <[hidden email]> 7/31/2008 10:44 AM >>>
>>>>
> Twice this morning, I have run a battery of 9 or 10 logistic regression
> models.  I change the page setup to create a document to print, and send the
> document to the printer.  Then, SPSS has completely vanished.  All of the
> windows--syntax, data, and output--just disappear.
>
> This does not happen with any other application that I am running.  My OS is
> Windows XP, SP2.
>
> Has anyone else had this happen?  If so, what did you do to fix the
> situation?  Only one thing on my system has changed recently: I installed
> the hotfix for 16.0.2.1 at the end of the day on Monday.  Thanks.
>
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[Wesley Joe]

It's a good question.  I am going to have a VERY hard time avoiding the
temptation to rely exclusively on STATA unless there is either a) such a
patch, or b) a virtually free upgrade to a hopefully stable version 17.

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
Graham Wright
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:50 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: SPSS 16.0.2.1 Terminating Abruptly and Vanishing

Does anyone know if SPSS is planning to release some kind of "no longer
sucks" patch for 16?
I've lost count of the number of things wrong with it.

-Graham


Martin Sherman wrote:

> Yes, I have the exact same problem and no one seems to know how to fix
> it. It happens all the time.  martin
>
> Martin F. Sherman, Ph.D.
> Professor of Psychology
> Director of Masters Education: Thesis Track Loyola College Psychology
> Department
> 222 B Beatty Hall
> 4501 North Charles Street
> Baltimore, MD 21210
>
> 410 617-2417 (office)
> 410 617-5341 (fax)
>
> [hidden email]
>
>
>
>>>> Wesley Joe <[hidden email]> 7/31/2008 10:44 AM >>>
>>>>
> Twice this morning, I have run a battery of 9 or 10 logistic
> regression models.  I change the page setup to create a document to
> print, and send the document to the printer.  Then, SPSS has
> completely vanished.  All of the windows--syntax, data, and output--just

disappear.
>
> This does not happen with any other application that I am running.  My
> OS is Windows XP, SP2.
>
> Has anyone else had this happen?  If so, what did you do to fix the
> situation?  Only one thing on my system has changed recently: I
> installed the hotfix for 16.0.2.1 at the end of the day on Monday.
Thanks.

>
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[John Fiedler]

I have never installed Version 16 because I fear encountering many of the
problems so many have experienced.

Does anyone know if 17 is likely to be materially different or any more
stable, especially after the first bug catching?

JOHN

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[zstatman]

The beta looked promising, hopefully the final release will continue to be.

WMB
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-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
John Fiedler
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:03 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: SPSS Version 17

I have never installed Version 16 because I fear encountering many of the
problems so many have experienced.

Does anyone know if 17 is likely to be materially different or any more
stable, especially after the first bug catching?

JOHN

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