Hi Peter, I'm not sure that I follow the logic that suggests this is not hardware related.
Andrew says that all is well in the new account BUT he also says the old account is also behaving at present - so I would have thought that this could still be an intermittent hardware problem - nothing to say it IS but also nothing to say it isn't. I believe the clue will come when the problem re-appears: - if the problem re-appears only on the old account then, yes, it would suggest that the problem is not hardware related (ie when switching from old to new accounts and back again the problem disappears and re-appears). - if the problem shows up on both accounts when it re-appears, then it suggests it is not tied to one user or his preferences - so it could be hardware related or, if software related, at a system level rather than user level. Well, that's my logic anyway ;) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 17/11/09 8:27 AM, Peter Hinchliffe at hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: > > > On 16/11/2009, at 12:47 PM, Andrew Schox wrote: > >> >> Neil (and Peter), >> >> I tried Peter's suggestion and made a new account. All is well in the new >> account, but my old one is behaving for the time being, so we'll have to >> wait and see. >> >> Hopefully I won't have to get a new video card as per Neil's revelations, >> but that might be the next step. >> > > > This tends to suggest that the problem is not hardware-related, which is a > Good Thing. OTOH, tracking the problem down will be a B*****. > > The solution will probably involve backing up your User folder, deleting your > current one, creating a brand new one, then copying the stuff from your backup > into your new folder WITHOUT THE PREFERENCES FOLDER. Others mat have better > suggestions.... > -- > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
