Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Tue May 23 11:34:39 CDT 2006
I just checked, and on the good PC, the user is explicitly a Power user (not admin). On the pc w/ the problems it has \everyone in the power users group. So I added her so she is explicitly a power user. maybe this will help out? -- Francisco On 5/19/06, MartyConnelly <martyconnelly at shaw.ca> wrote: > 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. > 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...