> Is this with a QDOS or PC format floppy, or does it also happen if the drive > is empty? Not if the drive is empty. QDOS format floppy.
> One problem I know with the MS Office suite is that on loading it seems to > check all files that are in the recently accessed list. Therefore if you > have saved a file to a floppy it will try and access the floppy drive. I > tend to notice it even at work where it tries to access a network share that > is no longer available - and can take a long time before it gives up. I've noticed this, but it seems inconsistent. Another hiccup we get is that even though the Brother printer diver is installed and happily driving the printer via USB001 (which is shared) it still insists on showing the 'Found New USB Hardware Connection' wizard even though both the computer having the printer connected and the other two networked ones are happily printing away! Plug and Pray indeed - makes me quite glad to be a QLer! And in my present job I have no IT guy to back me up either...a die hard QLer in charge of a network of PCs. Eeek! Fortunately I do have a good laugh when it all goes belly up even though it is usually me who has to pick up the pieces. Quite funny really, the poor little QL emulator is the one which NEVER crashes in that office! (Hate to have to say it, but Win2K does survive just about anything the crappy company software throws at it!) > Unfortunately I do not have a Win9x system where I can check out your > scenario so can only offer some thoughts. I can check out the scenario on > NT4/W2K/XP if you want - but you seem to think that you do not have problems > on those OS. No. It's known not to happen on NT and 2K. Not been able to try XP though. -- Dilwyn Jones
