[AccessD] Odd XP machine

Hey why didn't you mention that before :D.

since we only have dells here too (as you remember), i'll put out the
helpdesk team on it.

On 5/17/06, David Mcafee <dmcafee at pacbell.net> 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.
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> Francisco Tapia <fhtapia at gmail.com> wrote:  ACK! but why just this machine, on her old pc this never occured :(
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> 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?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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