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. (CC to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ____________________ 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!!! -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
