Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Thu May 18 17:36:18 CDT 2006
I tried that, the user still managed to get it to "poof" out of the screen as she put it. On 5/18/06, MartyConnelly <martyconnelly at shaw.ca> wrote: > Try running Belarc on the two machines and compare the two lists. > http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html > > It builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, > missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, etc. and > displays the results in your Web browser > One other thing it lists your Windows and Office activation Keys > just in case you forgot them > > You could also run the actual ADP on the machine to find a possible > untrapped error. > > David Mcafee wrote: > > >We had issues here some Dells would reboot (the whole computer would restart) some users computers when using Access and others wouldnt. It was driving us nuts. > > > > It ended up being that the problem machines had a certain firmware on their ethernet or video card ( I cant remember which) and a certain driver for the card. Others users with just the firmware or just the driver (but not both) wouldn't have the problems. > > > > > > > > > > > >Francisco Tapia <fhtapia at gmail.com> wrote: ACK! but why just this machine, on her old pc this never occured :( > > > >On 5/17/06, Charlotte Foust wrote: > > > > > >>If it isn't an MDAC issue or a Jet service pack issue, it sounds like > >>garbage collection. I've seen that behavior before and have a wretched > >>time tracking it down to things like trying to use the value of a > >>checkbox as an implicit boolean in code. Good luck. > >> > >> > >>Charlotte Foust > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > >>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Francisco > >>Tapia > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:40 PM > >>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > >>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Odd XP machine > >> > >>the "system just closes out" is defined as: > >> > >>the user will be in her order entry screen either inputting a line item, > >>or header info, or the main status screen when the system for no > >>explainable reason closes and there is no error message displayed, "OR" > >>even logged in event log or anywhere else, its' not a BSOD, or a GPF or > >>an OS lockup, it's just "now you see it now you don't". > >> > >>The app is an ADE format, there are no LDB files, When the app dies, it > >>is not on the task manager, so it's not hung up in the background and > >>just not redrawn. The computer seems to run every other applications > >>just fine w/o fail, it's just this app, and when I run it on her > >>neighbor's pc who also has a windows xpsp2, it runs fine w/o fail, they > >>both type about the same words per minute, and fly past the screens at > >>about the same speed. If I trade this user to the other pc, the problem > >>does not surface so it's not her work method. About the biggest > >>diffrence is that the user with the problems has a newer dell than the > >>other user. > >> > >> > >> > >>On 5/17/06, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > >> > >> > >>>On 17 May 2006 at 13:50, Francisco Tapia wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I have an application that is used accross the company here. It was > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>written in Access2000 as an ADP. This app works on all windows > >>>>2000/XP machines running SP4 and SP2 (respectively). I do have a > >>>>newer XP machine that was just issued to a user and her system just > >>>>closes out for no reason after just some usage. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Great technical term, very detailed description of the symptoms - just > >>> > >>> > >>>what we love to hear from users when trying to diagnose problems. > >>> > >>>What does "system just closes out" mean? > >>> > >>>Application closes itself? > >>>Application fails with an error message? > >>>Application disappears with no warning and without cleaning itself up? > >>>Application disappears but task manager shows it is still running? > >>>OS locks up? > >>>BSOD? > >>>Computer reboots spontaneously? > >>> or something else entirely? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Stuart > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>AccessD mailing list > >>>AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >>>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >>>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>-Francisco > >>http://pcthis.blogspot.com |PC news with out the jargon! > >>http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More... > >>-- > >>AccessD mailing list > >>AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >>-- > >>AccessD mailing list > >>AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > Marty Connelly > Victoria, B.C. > Canada > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- -Francisco http://pcthis.blogspot.com |PC news with out the jargon! http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More...