Along the same lines...
we have had similar problems with Win98 and NT4 and vga drivers (locking up
and not displaying component icons correctly etc). Get the latest driver
from the card manufacturer or try a different card.
I observed problems with cards from Legend as well as S3-based cards.
I ended up buying Riva TNT2 cards and all problems went away.
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Mueller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, 24 January 2000 09:44
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Delphi 3 not working for unknown reasons
>
>
> We had a problem with Delphi 4 (Win98) where it was locking
> up on the logo
> screen. Strangley enough the fix (Bob found it by talking to
> Borland for
> ages and ages) was to reduce the hardware acceleration settings
>
> - press Windows Key + PAUSE
> - select "Performance" page
> - select the "Graphics..." button
> - move slider all the way to the left (none). If it fixes
> the problem, try
> moving it to the right one step at a time until it doesn't
> work anymore and
> then go back a step.
>
> It's erratic - when I first installed Delphi 4 I had no
> problem. Then I
> installed it again & it was stuffed.
>
> Hope this helps..
> Mike.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: gajo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 1995 11:50 AM
> Subject: [DUG]: Delphi 3 not working for unknown reasons
>
>
> > My Delphi 3 is not working for some reason. Here's what happened:
> >
> > Two weeks ago I changed my HDD from 4,2 to 10 Gb, and
> installed Win98 on
> > it. After configuring the whole system, installing the
> standard programs
> > (Office 2000, Real, Netscape 4) I installed Delphi 3
> Client/Server. I
> > started Delphi and started installing the components, but
> when I got to
> > RX Components the whole system just stopped. I mean the
> mouse too, and
> > Ctrl+Alt+Del didn't work either, so I reseted, started
> Delphi again and
> > the same thing happened.
> > Well I thought that maybe I installed Delphi wrong, so I
> removed it and
> > installed it again, but this time the system blocked at the
> Delphi logo.
> > I removed it and a few days later installed Delphi
> Standard. Everything
> > worked, I installed the RX Standard components, but the DB and Tools
> > package I couldn't, cause the system blocked again. Well OK, I can
> > manage without those, I thought, and worked for about one
> week without
> > them. After that the system blocked again. I didn't change
> anything, I
> > haven't even installed another component, but it just stopped. So I
> > restarted in Safe mode, and Delphi worked OK, I even
> managed to install
> > the DB and Tools components. And since then I work only in
> Safe mode,
> > cause there's no way of starting Delphi in Normal mode.
> > But today I put a DBGrid on a form, and Delphi blocked
> again. The system
> > didn't, however, so I didn't have to reset the computer,
> but I had to
> > write off the DBGrid component too from my usage list,
> cause it blocked
> > every time I tried to put it on the form. I don't know,
> perhaps there
> > are other components that would act this way, but I noticed that
> > RXDBGrid, which is the descendent of DBGrid, block Delphi too.
> > Well I backuped all my files and formatted the whole HDD again,
> > installed Windows again etc. but nothing changed, I can work in Safe
> > mode only, and the DBGrid still doesn't work.
> > Since I don't think it's Delphi's fault (I've been using the same
> > program for 2 years now, and this happened only now, for
> the 1st time),
> > it could be the following:
> > - either something's wrong with Windows
> > - there are bad sectors on the HDD
> > - there's a virus
> >
> > But before I start scanning the whole 10 Gb Hard disk for
> bad sectors,
> > could someone advise me or tell me what's wrong? Has anyone had a
> > similar case?
> > If nothing else works, then I will change to Linux and I'll
> probably buy
> > Delphi 4, but I'm not sure if this will fix the problem..
> >
> > Bye, Gajo
> >
> >
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