[AccessD] Odd XP machine

MartyConnelly martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Fri May 19 21:48:18 CDT 2006


Hmm, just wondering if user is running under a admin account or not?

Francisco Tapia wrote:

>I tried that, the user still managed to get it to "poof" out of the
>screen as she put it.
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>On 5/18/06, MartyConnelly <martyconnelly at shaw.ca> wrote:
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>>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.
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>>David Mcafee wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>>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:
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>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>On 5/17/06, Stuart McLachlan  wrote:
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>>>>>On 17 May 2006 at 13:50, Francisco Tapia wrote:
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>>>>>>I have an application that is used accross the company here.  It was
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>Great technical term, very detailed description of the symptoms - just
>>>>>
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>>>>>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
>>>>>
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