Notepad - no, shouldn't be a problem, which perplexes me. I'd say that's probably coincidental with other programs.
DW - likely a problem. Browsers - also likely, but not nearly as much demand on your system as DW. If it helps to not have so many programs open at once, then 192MB of memory might not be enough. I recently upgraded an XP user from 256MB to 512MB, and they noticed a considerable difference in using DW and Photoshop. I use 768MB of DDR memory with an Athlon 2000+ processor, and I have absolutely no problems. XP is an excellent operating system (either Home or Pro), although it *is* sensitive to video card drivers - that seems to be the most common problem reported to MS - I heard that right from the horse's mouth. Is this a desktop or a laptop? If it's a desktop, I might suggest a new video card that has new XP drivers. I upgraded to a Matrox G450 (for my dual displays) when I upgraded to XP because I found that this was the only one that supported multiple monitors and was also on the MS hardware compatibility list: http://www.microsoft.com/hwdq/hcl/ If you have too many programs opening at startup, then use the feature that MS brought back after dumping it in W2K - msconfig. Go to Start | Run, and type in msconfig, then click OK. Go to the Startup tab, and uncheck as many programs as you feel you can do without - especially RealTray!!! If you find that you needed one after all, you can always go back in and re-check it. Rather than MSN, you're better off searching with Google, which will likely provide some results from the MS Knowledge Base. Lastly, make sure that you've downloaded and installed all the Windows Updates - there are often updated hardware drivers for XP that might help. I hope this all helps. -----Original Message----- From: Jan Major [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 2:50 PM To: Scott Abbotts Subject: RE: Programs won't close >Does this only happen in a particular program? Poorly written code can >cause a memory leak.. >Or the program or programs might be older, which should be run in >Compatibility Mode: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/appcompat.asp <How much physical memory do you have? 128MB is barely enough for XP.. Scott, At first I thought it was only with one program, but it's happening with notepad, macromedia dreamweaver, my browsers, etc. I have 192MB, shouldn't that be enough? Sometimes the programs mentioned above work fine and close without a problem, but sometimes I can't get any program to close. I'm assuming it's a win xp problem. Dreamweaver is the newest version, so it can't be because it's old. I have searched the msn website trying to see if they have troubleshooting info about it, and so far haven't found anything. It gets frustrating if it happens 2-3 times daily. I've been good and not having so many programs opened at one time. Just one open at a time. Well, thanks for your reply, I'll keep on searching for an answer through msn help. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Jan Major [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 3:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: Programs won't close Hi list, Has anyone else experienced this problem? When I am through working in a program and I try to close it, it won't close. I do get a dialog box stating the program won't close, but then that won't close either. Another dialog menu comes up about sending a report to Microsoft, but still the program(s) won't close. The only way I can get them to close is to reboot my computer, Does anyone know if this is a Windows XP program, and if so, how to make it work? Jan ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
