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Article #447Re: Folders freeze on opening
From: Trevor Sommers
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 00:00
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In article <B2D685BD9668DDAE9@stirrins.demon.co.uk>, trevor@stirrins.notdemon.co.uk (Trevor Sommers) wrote: >Subject: Folders freeze on opening >From: trevor@stirrins.notdemon.co.uk (Trevor Sommers) >Organization: Stirrings of Sheffield >Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 21:23:09 +0000 >Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac > >I have been having, on and off, an annoying problem of a system freeze when >opening a folder. What I get is a sort of frozen dotted shadow outline of >the folder perimeter as it is in the process of opening. > >I am using 8.5.1 on a G3 with 128 ram. > >I doesn't seem to matter what the folder is/contains and it happens >sporadically. > >I have done an extention reinstall from base 8.5 but have not tracked down >any culprit. Anyone come across this before? > >I have done a rebuild of the desktop and even Norton utilities reported no >fault. > >Trevor > > Follow up to the problem - I seem to have isolated the cause. It appears to me the control panel Formac Graphic accelerator 2.2 for promedia 40 card which goes with the Pronitron 17/500 screen. I am running. Would be interested to know if anyone has a similar set up.
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