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Article #2010Re: It's not a problem
From: Lawrence
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 00:00
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Rebecca and Rowland wrote:
>
> Lawrence <flowerpots@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> > It's not a problem but...
> >
> > when I boot up in the morning, (or at any other time), as my extensions load
> > they stack up along the bottom row; (OK so far), then they start stacking on
> > the second row, when they get to my Global Village extensions (X2) they
> > pause, then the next extensions appear over the top of them blotting them out.
> >
> > I've tried changing the alphabetical order of these two without effect.
> >
> > nothing else seems to be wrong.. and I regularly rebuild, FirstAid and
> > disinfect.
> >
> > Any guesses.
>
> It's a cosmetic problem caused by Global Village's inability to write
> code properly.
>
> If you don't need the faxing stuff, I'd suggest disabling anything with
> Global Village's mark of incompetence on it. I have had some *very* bad
> experiences with GV software - up to and including major HDD damage and
> re-installing the OS. (Perf 475, System 7.1, 7.6, and 7.6.1 - problems
> caused when making a TCP/IP connection using PPP (MacPPP, FreePPP,
> OT/PPP, MacTCP, and OT).
>
Strong stuff!! Warning heeded, however I've been using GV software since
Nov 95 on a Performa 5200 & 475 with GV Platinum 33.6 for everything without
any faults, (that I could attribute).
I was also very impressed when I downloaded a firmware update from 28.8 to
36.6 for free from their website!
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