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Windows XP SP2 Fix for MapCreate™ 7

Problem: MapCreate and CardPrep hang upon execution after the installation of service pack 2 (SP2). SP2 introduces conflicts with the current MMC\SD card drivers.

Work-Around: To run MapCreate without lock up, follow these directions:

  1. Make sure the card reader is installed and that a card is fully in the drive.
  2. Make sure there is no MapCreate, CardPrep, SonarViewer, or MMC Browser process running (locked up or not). To check the TaskManager for these processes, do the following:

  1. Right click on the task bar and click on Task Manager.
  2. Click the ‘processes’ tab and look for MapCreate.exe, CardPrep.exe, SonarViewer, or MMCBrowser.
  3. If any of the programs in the previous step were present, reboot.
  • MapCreate should now load properly.