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. > >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 >> >> >> > > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. 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