Re: [SaF] GDI
Debbie .. try turning your hardware graphics down a notch or two .. right click an empty spot on your desktop and go to properties .. then settings .. then advanced .. and you will see a tab called performance .. take the setting down a notch ... or all the way to none. Solved a lot of problems I've come across, especially with Win98 .. Dell/Gateway computers. Nvidia video cards are notorious for unexpected problems with certain softwares. Op
Re: [SaF] GDI
Try http://www.winmag.com/columns/default.htm Fred Langa's been writing about just this very issue about system resources. On Tue, 4 Jul 2000 08:30:05 -0400 "Debbie Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have Win 98 and Norton System Doctor on my system. At least 10x a > day, I get this stupid message of "GDI resources are low" and > usually > even after closing out everthing I can, I still end up having to > reboot, which is a real pain. I know it stands for Graphics Display > Interface. > > Short of adding more memory, which I cannot afford to do at the > time, > can someone point me to a simple webpage that tells me how to handle > this problem? I've tried looking for something, but its all > terribly > technical and I can't determine if its what I need. > > Can anyone help? > > Debbie Adams > Leslie Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswinds.net/~lesliepear AIM: lesliepear YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Re: [SaF] GDI
Debbie..I agree with Alan. I had more crashes WITH Norton's installed, so I run my Norton's from the CD! Norton's is like 700mb huge! I dunno bout you, but I'd rather keep those resources for music or games to occupy my time when I'm in the middle of a gigunda download. Besides, other than not having acess to the "undo" feature, the scan/Norton's is EXACTLY the same. #2 Besides.. Who would want to "UNDO" any problems that Norton's would fix? > My first thoughts are to suggest you disable the Norton System Doctor. > I learned >years ago that crash protectors did more harm than good. > They are all resource intensive. ___ $1 million in prizes! 20 daily instant winners. AltaVista Rewards: Click here to win! http://shopping.altavista.com/e.sdc?e=3 ___
Re: [SaF] GDI
At 08:30 AM 04/07/00 -0400, you wrote: >I have Win 98 and Norton System Doctor on my system. At least 10x a >day, I get this stupid message of "GDI resources are low" and usually >even after closing out everthing I can, I still end up having to >reboot, which is a real pain. I know it stands for Graphics Display >Interface. Debbie, a second thought. If you have Norton set so that System Doctor is running all the time, change the settings to avoid this and see if your problem disappears. It isn't necessary to have it running all the time if you take care of your system. Regards Robert Turnbull, Toronto, Canada Please visit
Re: [SaF] GDI
On 4 Jul 2000, 8:30, Debbie Adams wrote: > I have Win 98 and Norton System Doctor on my system. At least 10x a > day, I get this stupid message of "GDI resources are low" and usually > even after closing out everthing I can, I still end up having to reboot, > which is a real pain. I know it stands for Graphics Display Interface. > > Short of adding more memory, which I cannot afford to do at the time, > can someone point me to a simple webpage that tells me how to handle > this problem? I've tried looking for something, but its all terribly > technical and I can't determine if its what I need. My first thoughts are to suggest you disable the Norton System Doctor. I learned years ago that crash protectors did more harm than good. They are all resource intensive. I actually used to crash more with the protectors than without them. They are just not worth the resources you give up to use them. Let me also suggest this, Debbie. Go to Help.com and enter the following string into the search box at the top of the page: "GDI resources are low" http://www.help.com/ Then scroll down to the section "Newsgroup Subjects" and you will see about three links to questions asked similar to your own. Click those links and at the bottom of each question, are "Replies" links. Read some of the answers others got to your same question. I think some of the answers there will guide you or at least give you some good answers to consider. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SaF] GDI
At 08:30 AM 04/07/00 -0400, you wrote: >I have Win 98 and Norton System Doctor on my system. At least 10x a >day, I get this stupid message of "GDI resources are low" and usually >even after closing out everthing I can, I still end up having to >reboot, which is a real pain. I know it stands for Graphics Display >Interface. Debbie, adding more memory isn't always the answer. Take a look at Fred Langa's discussion and suggested remedies in Part 3 of his recent article: <: http://www.winmag.com/columns/explorer/2000/13.htm> Regards Robert Turnbull, Toronto, Canada Please visit
