Just a guess. Since I have been aware for many years, that occasionally someone who leaves Legacy running for about 'all day' has similar problems, I never leave my computer running 'unattended'. I am on about my fifth or sixth computer, some because of failure, some to get larger size, some to give the older one to relatives; so I am not concerned with the 'number of on-off' that a computer may have built into it (real or imagined). This 'urban legend' has no basis in reality IMHO. My old computer, when turned on, zapped enough energy to obviously speed up the electric meter. I have not bothered to check the meter speed for my current laptop, It is just easier to unplug and store when not in use. This may be transforming into off topic, but I suspect some users are leaving the system on for the above reasons. A friend of mine uses at his company an IBM PC (the style before Windows 3.0), which is turned on and off daily. It was bought in the mid '80s. This computer is still working? Most of us will want to replace our old computer with a bigger, faster computer but may wait until it dies to buy it, but with backups in place we should not be panicked that it will die some day. Rich in LA CA
--- Kris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Rich -- > > I've made some very creative mistakes, and someday > this will probably be > one of them. But not this time. :-D > > Thanks! > > Kris > > On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:43:48 -0500, RICHARD > SCHULTHIES > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You might have two files with ALMOST identical > names, > > (Johnson20080415 and Johnson2008O415) as an > example. > > All I did was put an 'O' in for the month 0. To > look > > for multiple files like above, go to Microsoft's > > Toolbar icon Search (Magnifying glass) and search > for > > less that the full file name (in my example search > for > > 'Johns' they should both show up on the list). > Then > > you need to merge the two files together to > combine > > the various parts. I did this once, drove me > crazy. > > Rich in LA CA > > > > --- Kris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I've had this problem since I first started using > >> the program, but it's > >> never caused any "damage" so I just figured it > was > >> "one of those things." > >> Tonight, though, there was an issue, so -- > >> > >> After the program is running for awhile, if I > click > >> on a name, when the > >> individual view comes up, there's no data in it. > If > >> I just "cancel" out, > >> close the program (backup stalls, so I don't try > to > >> do that anymore), and > >> reopen it, everything's fine. But tonight it > >> happened and I lost the > >> personal information for the individual. He was > >> listed as "unknown" and > >> his birth, death and burial info was gone. The > >> events and sourced were > >> still there, though. > >> > >> Since this happens pretty much every day I use it > >> (because I just start > >> everything up in the morning and shut it down at > >> night -- so it runs all > >> day), with all the computers I've used, it's just > >> something I've gotten > >> used to. But now that I have lost data, I'd like > to > >> know how to avoid it > >> happening again. > >> > >> Is the solution just to not leave it running so > >> long? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Kris > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Legacy User Group guidelines: > >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >> Archived messages: > >> > >> > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> Online technical support: > >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > >> To unsubscribe: > >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
