Re: [H] Notebook not saving files on battery
So not a error or disabled save command but a phantom save that does not actually update the file? If persists have her save as to verify but I'd say sounds like a bug. — Sent from Mailbox On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: > From what I've heard so far, she's using Open Office 4.1.0. The > problem is saving slides only, not documents. And being plugged in is > not a solution, it misses there also. The general pattern is: Make a > change, save, close, reopen, changes not saved. Right now I've told her > to bump Open Office to 4.1.1 and see what happens. There seemed to be a > few instances where people have had problems saving in Open Office, but > none less than a year old. > On 10/19/2014 6:40 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: >> It's probably the classic PEBCAK issue of not relaying the actual >> error message or exact details of what is what thus applying universal >> but inaccurate terms to the problem. Can't wait to hear what the >> problem is if an answer is found (not likely using bulldozer method). >> >> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Thane Sherrington >> wrote: >>> At 09:03 AM 18/10/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I looked around a little bit and couldn't find anything directly relating to this on the net. My buddy's daughter bought a notebook computer and suddenly I got an email in a panic that she couldn't save her file. Not a lot of detail, but a subsequent email said that once she plugged in, she could save. Anyone ever heard of what's happening here? I have to get some detail as to what she's talking about. I have no idea what she is seeing when she 'can't save'. The operating system is Win8 but she's using Open Office (after I told them about Libre Office, sheesh). >>> >>> I've never heard of that either - what sort of power setting would turn off >>> hard drive writes? If one did, Windows would fail immediately as it >>> couldn't access the page file or the temp folder. >>> >>> I'd try it again to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and also check USB power >>> settings in case the keyboard or mouse were being disabled. >>> >>> T >>> >>>
Re: [H] Notebook not saving files on battery
From what I've heard so far, she's using Open Office 4.1.0. The problem is saving slides only, not documents. And being plugged in is not a solution, it misses there also. The general pattern is: Make a change, save, close, reopen, changes not saved. Right now I've told her to bump Open Office to 4.1.1 and see what happens. There seemed to be a few instances where people have had problems saving in Open Office, but none less than a year old. On 10/19/2014 6:40 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: It's probably the classic PEBCAK issue of not relaying the actual error message or exact details of what is what thus applying universal but inaccurate terms to the problem. Can't wait to hear what the problem is if an answer is found (not likely using bulldozer method). On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 09:03 AM 18/10/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I looked around a little bit and couldn't find anything directly relating to this on the net. My buddy's daughter bought a notebook computer and suddenly I got an email in a panic that she couldn't save her file. Not a lot of detail, but a subsequent email said that once she plugged in, she could save. Anyone ever heard of what's happening here? I have to get some detail as to what she's talking about. I have no idea what she is seeing when she 'can't save'. The operating system is Win8 but she's using Open Office (after I told them about Libre Office, sheesh). I've never heard of that either - what sort of power setting would turn off hard drive writes? If one did, Windows would fail immediately as it couldn't access the page file or the temp folder. I'd try it again to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and also check USB power settings in case the keyboard or mouse were being disabled. T
Re: [H] Notebook not saving files on battery
It's probably the classic PEBCAK issue of not relaying the actual error message or exact details of what is what thus applying universal but inaccurate terms to the problem. Can't wait to hear what the problem is if an answer is found (not likely using bulldozer method). On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: > At 09:03 AM 18/10/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: >> >> I looked around a little bit and couldn't find anything directly relating >> to this on the net. >> >> My buddy's daughter bought a notebook computer and suddenly I got an email >> in a panic that she couldn't save her file. Not a lot of detail, but a >> subsequent email said that once she plugged in, she could save. >> >> Anyone ever heard of what's happening here? I have to get some detail as >> to what she's talking about. I have no idea what she is seeing when she >> 'can't save'. The operating system is Win8 but she's using Open Office >> (after I told them about Libre Office, sheesh). > > > I've never heard of that either - what sort of power setting would turn off > hard drive writes? If one did, Windows would fail immediately as it > couldn't access the page file or the temp folder. > > I'd try it again to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and also check USB power > settings in case the keyboard or mouse were being disabled. > > T > >
Re: [H] Notebook not saving files on battery
I've gotten further information. She is using Open Office and she only has trouble saving presentations (slides) not docs. I'm going to have her remove Open Office and install Libre Office. On 10/19/2014 11:17 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 09:03 AM 18/10/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I looked around a little bit and couldn't find anything directly relating to this on the net. My buddy's daughter bought a notebook computer and suddenly I got an email in a panic that she couldn't save her file. Not a lot of detail, but a subsequent email said that once she plugged in, she could save. Anyone ever heard of what's happening here? I have to get some detail as to what she's talking about. I have no idea what she is seeing when she 'can't save'. The operating system is Win8 but she's using Open Office (after I told them about Libre Office, sheesh). I've never heard of that either - what sort of power setting would turn off hard drive writes? If one did, Windows would fail immediately as it couldn't access the page file or the temp folder. I'd try it again to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and also check USB power settings in case the keyboard or mouse were being disabled. T
Re: [H] Notebook not saving files on battery
At 09:03 AM 18/10/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I looked around a little bit and couldn't find anything directly relating to this on the net. My buddy's daughter bought a notebook computer and suddenly I got an email in a panic that she couldn't save her file. Not a lot of detail, but a subsequent email said that once she plugged in, she could save. Anyone ever heard of what's happening here? I have to get some detail as to what she's talking about. I have no idea what she is seeing when she 'can't save'. The operating system is Win8 but she's using Open Office (after I told them about Libre Office, sheesh). I've never heard of that either - what sort of power setting would turn off hard drive writes? If one did, Windows would fail immediately as it couldn't access the page file or the temp folder. I'd try it again to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and also check USB power settings in case the keyboard or mouse were being disabled. T
[H] Notebook not saving files on battery
I looked around a little bit and couldn't find anything directly relating to this on the net. My buddy's daughter bought a notebook computer and suddenly I got an email in a panic that she couldn't save her file. Not a lot of detail, but a subsequent email said that once she plugged in, she could save. Anyone ever heard of what's happening here? I have to get some detail as to what she's talking about. I have no idea what she is seeing when she 'can't save'. The operating system is Win8 but she's using Open Office (after I told them about Libre Office, sheesh). Thanks...Steve
