> Quoting from a message that Greg Hosking contributed in August 2000 > about (among other things) Zapping the PRAM:
just for the record, I was quoting an article (or something), not my words as such... greg > Resetting the PRAM should only be tried in cases where PRAM-resident > settings are not "sticking". These settings include startup disk, > keyboard control panel settings (repeat rate, delay until repeat), sound > level, memory control panel settings (RAM Disk, Virtual Memory, Disk > Cache, 32-bit Addressing), mouse control panel settings (double-click > speed, tracking speed), selected AppleTalk port, highlight color, > default printer, Date & Time Control Panel (Time Zone, Daylight Savings > Time ONLY), General Controls (Folder Protection, Insert Blink, Menu Bar > blink ONLY), plus undocumented features. Keep in mind that resetting the > PRAM resets ALL of those settings to their defaults and causes the > customer to have to reset any that he customized. The following control > panels are not affected by zapping PRAM: Energy Saver, File Sharing, > Text, Numbers, Speech, PPP, TCP/IP and many others. Resetting PRAM can > affect ADB and serial port issues and little else. > > > > Finally from the same message from Greg: > > Rebuilding the Desktop: worked 0% of the time that it was tried. It was > tried 54% of the time. Deleting Preferences: worked 3% of the time that > it was tried. It was tried 38% of the time. Zapping the PRAM: worked 5% > of the time that it was tried. It was tried 77% of the time. > > > If you want to read Greg's message in full: > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wamug/message/7217> > > >
