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Difficulty opening programs in XP
Dell Inspiron 9200 XP Home and Dell Dimension Windows
I use mainly 5 programs on both computers:
Micrographics Designer
Adobe Photoshop Elements
Eudora
Lotus 123
Microsoft Word
All 5 programs operate normally on Windows 98 machine.
However on the XP machine, any typing in any program frequently results in a letter/number appearing in front of the cursor. For example, “Could” becomes “ould C”
Otherwise Eudora operates normally.
Designer and Elements open extremely slowly – 5 to 10 minutes typically versus seconds on Windows 98 machine.
Lotus 123 opens normally but one file frequently results in a hang-up; when it does open the file it is 5 – 10 minutes to open.
I restored XP to two different points, no change; re-installed all programs, no change. Re-installed XP, no change.
Microsoft AntiSpyware and Norton Security installed.
Help is needed and appreciated.
Art
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March 25th, 2006 00:00
Full Antiviral - yes. Not famiiar with anti-malware.
Under CPU all 00, except System Idle at 99
Art
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March 25th, 2006 00:00
Sorry, Ron, I should have mentioned, I have tried ALL the Compatibility options. No apparent difference
Thanks, Art
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March 25th, 2006 00:00
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March 25th, 2006 00:00
When the problem occurs, open Task Manager (ctrl-alt-del) and see what process is hogging the CPU time, aside from System Idle Process. That may tell you if some other app is conflicting with the pokey ones.
Ron
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March 25th, 2006 01:00
Additional info. The XP machine was bought in Feb 2005, and performed normally, except for the typing problem, for about a year. Then the above difficulties.
Art
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March 25th, 2006 09:00
With Designer hung, WOWEXEC.EXE and DS40.exe(Designer) are indented and both 00 under CPU and blank under Mem Usage. When Designer finally opened, these columns remained unchanged. Similar results when attempted to open 123 file.
ntvdm.exe 47,740. sychost.exe 23,888, explorer.exe 24,292
My amateur status is showing. Help is appreciated.
Art
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March 25th, 2006 19:00
click start>run
type in: sfc /scannow
(space between sfc and /)
click ok
sfc will replace any missing damaged XP system files. Insert the XP CD if sfc requests it. Reboot when it's done and try again.
Ron
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March 25th, 2006 20:00
Thanks Ron. I ran sfc.
Designer and Photoshop Elements now working normally.
No change in Lotus. Only one file seems to be affected.
Your help is much appreciated.
Art
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March 26th, 2006 00:00
Check around on the net. There might be a patch to make Lotus behave better when running under XP.
Ron
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March 27th, 2006 09:00
Thanks Ron
On my next boot, back to square one. Designer slow in opening. Lotus slower. Photo Elements working fine. I noted it is not part of WOWEXEC.
Perhaps the following will help to determine why WOWEXEC programs are giving problems in my Inspiron 9200 XP. In fumbling around, I found a "solution". I used My Network Places to access Lotus 123 and Designer files with the same name (older versions) on the Dimension 98 machine. Click on those files and the programs open with the files from the XP machine.
Art Campbell
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March 27th, 2006 15:00
Sorry, but I don't understand your last post, aside from the fact that things are running slow again.
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March 27th, 2006 16:00
Ron,
The story of my life - I'm not undertood.
I have a network with Dimension running Windows 98, and an Inspiron running XP. Designer and Lotus 123 give no problems on the Win 98 machine.
Designer: On the XP machine, Designer opens very slowly, then is o.k. This is true whether I open from desktop icons or by clicking on the file which I want opened.
If I go on the XP machine and through Network Places to the Designer files on the 98 machine, (the files are older versions of the files on the XP), click the file with the same name as the one I want opened, Designer opens and brings up the Designer XP file of the same name. So, to summarize, Designer opens through my network but not directly on XP.
123: On the XP machine, 123 opens normally but will not open, or opens very slowly, one file (lets call it the problem file). However if I go through the Network Places, click on any 123 file on the 98 machine, the 123 program opens. And then I can open the problem file normally, no delays.
Art
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March 27th, 2006 19:00
Sounding to me like maybe you don't have your network and file sharing configured correctly on the new machine.
Nobody understands me either. :)
Ron
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March 27th, 2006 22:00
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March 28th, 2006 16:00
Happy configuring...
Ron
Message Edited by RoHe on 03-28-2006 10:07 AM