On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:38:24 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:

> System: Pentium MMX 233MHz on MSI socket 7 mobo with AlI chipset
>    64 Mb of SDRAM recognized by DOS
> Setup:  Ncache allowed 30Mb
>    RAM drive 30Mb
>    Cache is on RAMdrive
>    Temp2Cache=NO

> I had just started reading mail, so cache was next to empty.

> What I did:

> Saw this:

> FINALLY! 3 BETTER WAYS TO VIEW AND PRINT FILES

> Forget Windows' built-in (and hopelessly
>     anemic) file viewers. You need a better way
>     to keep an eye on your documents, and Preston
>     has just the solution: three feature-packed
>     file viewers that'll make reviewing your
>     files a snap.

> Turned of images using the tilde hotkey and went to:

> http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt1022/2819068:18823614

> At the foot of the article are three download links for PCView and two
> other viewers.

> I went to the first link, read what it said, saw it was 10Mb of file and
> used ESC to return to the page with the links.

> I went to the second link; on that page they provided a "screen shot" of
> what the software would look like when running.  I followed that link,
> the file was downloaded, and I hit the tilde hotkey to view it.  I then
> used back arrow, and realized I hadn't turned off images so used tilde
> hotkey so the page would load to screen.

> I got a black screen ... no warnings, no error messages, no xSwap
> problems or anything else showed up... except the "opening screen" for
> booting my computer.

> I'm always told "we can't duplicate the problem" and I seldom can
> remember exactly what I've done before.  This time I *know* what I did,
> and hopefully someone CAN duplicate the problem and find the 'reboot
> bug.'

OK, It took several tries. But...... CRASH!!! :(

You didn't say one way or the other,
but I'll bet you had style sheets enabled.

That's where the problem lies.
Style sheets enabled/images on ------ CRASH!
Style sheets disabled/images on ----- No problem.

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____________________

Michael,


To duplicate the bug.

1) settings
  a) images on
  b) style sheets off

2) visit
http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/zxw.s.kp.000000.00.00.0.000/http://hotfiles.
zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=49667&b=adesk
(line broken for eMail, stitch back together as one line)

3) take the link for the screen-shot.

4) back in history to the above link

Result:

No Problem.
________________________

5) change settings to:
   a) images on
   b) style sheets on

6) visit the link to the page again

7) take the link for the screen-shot.

8) back in history to the above link

Two possible results:

a) CRASH!
b) no crash, but the page will "redraw" very slowly.

If b:
Screen-shot/back to page, Screen-shot/back to page,
Screen-shot/back to page, Screen-shot/back to page....

Each time back in history to the page it will be "redrawn"
slower than the last time untill........CRASH!!!

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 Glenn
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