Selecting Datasource Location in Crystal XI causes software to lockup

Anytime I click on Set Datasource Location in Crystal Reports XI Release 2, the software locks up. I have to do a CTRL ALT DEL and End Task.
Can someone help me?
Thanks!
Glynn

Don,
The only question that I can answer from the ones that you posed is my operating system: XP.
One of our computer techs installed the software on my computer for me from our school district's network.
BTW, my wife works for a guy by the name of Don Williams down here in Southwest Louisiana.
Glynn

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Edited by: Leonard Mann on Oct 13, 2009 4:25 PM
Edited by: Leonard Mann on Oct 13, 2009 5:23 PM

Hi Teri,
Thanks for the input. I thought I would try this out in the simplest way possible.
The results are a little bizaar but I think they may be helpful in finding a solution.
I simply cannot understand how any one has been able to get this to work as I have tested this on various PCs using different crystal version and service pack combinations. Both crystal 10 and X1. XP and Windows 7. Nothing has worked.
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Second database (TEST_DB) on 'Server 1' with COMPANY_NAME = 'TEST COMPANY S1'
Third database (TEST_DB) on 'Server 2' with COMPANY_NAME = 'TEST COMPANY S2'
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I dont get it...
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USP_RPT_MYREPORT gets a minor update and gets renamed to USP_RPT_MYNEWREPORT...
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Thanks for the response and the attemp to help, but this cannot be quite correct - at least it does not seem so. How do I know this?....
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