Hi Scott and Charles, I agree with Charles, you need to backup frequently and not just to your computer, use DVD's, USP's, external harddrives, unline websites, whatever you have at hand because a power surge could destroy your computer's hard drive.
What I have done to help avoid the kind of problem that you are having Scott is that I invested in a battery powered backup, I use APC PowerChute which will give me about 30 plus minutes of power which will allow me plenty of time to back up my data and multimedia files and then exit my program properly. Leo > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Power outage now errors and other issues > Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 09:11:20 -0400 > > Scott, database programs (of any kind) kind do some very strange things when > not properly closed, or exited from their normal routines. The only remedy > that I am aware of is frequent good backups. Perhaps others on the list may > have more specific information relative to the Access database used by Legacy. > > Charles E. Apple > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Hall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Power outage now errors and other issues > > Tonight the power blipped out for about 12 seconds while I was using > Legacy. When it returned, I restarted my computer and restarted > Legacy ... but now the program is doing all sorts of funky things. > > It starts by asking me what report fonts I want, and then tells me it > can't find a printer. When I'm in the database, I notice it has reset > a bunch of options (like the headers on the Index View). When > entering new people I get the error message 3021: No current record. > Try again? If I click no, all seems well. > > Why would Legacy flip out because it wasn't shut off properly? Power > outages happen. How do I get the program to operate normal again? Do > I need to uninstall and reinstall? If so, how can I not have to redo > every custom setting? > > Thanks, > Scott > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > 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 after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > 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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
