And if it doesn't, don't turn it back on so fast next time. :) Cheryl Singhal
J.M. "Jay" Ingalls wrote: > Shut down, restart even worked for a copy (Xerox?) machine about 1965. > > Jay Ingalls > ===================== > On 7/22/2014 9:51 AM, JV Leavitt wrote: >> Whew! Good thinking. "Power-on-reset," a term I used in my old >> profession, has fixed a multitude of problems, over the years. :-) >> >> Joseph Leavitt >> >> >> On 7/22/2014 7:38 AM, Alan Pereira wrote: >>> Joseph, >>> It just sat there with the win 7 circle revolving and doing nothing. I >>> cancelled, tried another 2 fdb files with the same result. >>> I rebooted the machine and it all worked fine. >>> I am not in the habit of leaving my machine on but must have done something >>> before opening Legacy that caused this behaviour. I can't repeat the >>> problem. >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: JV Leavitt [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: 22 July 2014 14:55 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy v8 any build - Windows 7 -- Check/Repair on >>> large database >>> >>> Alan, does Check / Repair process your files okay on other computers? >>> Does C/R just hang, or do you get an error, or do you mean it takes longer >>> than expected? >>> >>> Joseph Leavitt >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/22/2014 1:19 AM, Alan Pereira wrote: >>>> I have Win 7 and File Check / Repair does not work on any of my files. >>>> (1200-10,000 and various sizes between) >>>> i7 processor and 8Gb memory >>>> >>>> Alan Pereira >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: JV Leavitt [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: 21 July 2014 16:17 >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy v8 any build - Windows 7 -- Check/Repair on >>>> large database >>>> >>>> Could any of you who have a very large database, like over 100,000 >>>> records, tell me if check/repair works well for you. I've seen it (on a >>>> file of 169,000 records) finish in three minutes on one system, but on my >>>> system, and a number of others I've tried, it either fails with an error, >>>> or hangs for five to fifteen minutes on various steps along the way, often >>>> hanging right away in the middle of rebuilding indexes. >>>> >>>> I have Windows 7 installed, and I've tried changing many settings and >>>> Services, and eliminating programs that might be interfering, but to no >>>> avail. Anyway, it hangs or fails the same way on many of the new >>>> computers at our local Family History Library. Any PC that has Windows XP >>>> will run Check/Repair without any problem, no matter how big the file is. >>>> I should say that I've not seen any such problem on smaller files ( I >>>> suppose under 10,000 records).. I have many small files which are the >>>> ones I usually work on, and have no difficulties with them. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. :-) >>>> >>>> Joseph Leavitt Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
