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Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by chuckmg, 2008/10/06.

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    I am having difficulty resolving problems on my wife's computer. The most obvious thing is the number of Excel, Word, Navigator mail window she has open... upward of 50. She has 2 GB of RAM, so RAM shouldn't be the problem.

    Any suggestions would be appreciated.

    Chuck
     
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    Not sure I understand???
    Are you needing help file the CLOSE button or are you getting an error about too many windows open?
     
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    At times application windows freeze and won't close until the application is ended in Windows Task Manager. Some strange things are occurring in Excel also. Open up a new Excel document, enter info in a couple of cells, then when the cursor is moved randomly over cells, entries from another open Excel program appear as long as the cursor is over the cell.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Does the machine behave well if she has a lot LESS then 50 apps open?
     
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    Arie

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    Call me crazy, but why on earth would you want to have over 50 windows open??
     
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    Maybe you could run a anti virus scan for trojans?
     
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    Steve-

    I don't know. I haven't been on it that long after a restart to know.
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    Arie -

    I don't!! But if you're married, you know wives. I have told her not to, but no success as yet. Looking for confirmation that it is not good in order to convince her.
    ############################################
    JasOs

    While we have a good anti-virus that is supposed to check for Trojans, too, that's a good suggestion. Will give it a try. She just closed all her files so that I could do some needed maintenance ... now's the time.

    Thanks to you all!!
    Chuck
     
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    wildfire

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    I'll confirm it's not good and I'm pretty sure most would agree.

    That good enough for you :D
     
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    Arie

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    I am married, but my wife wouldn't dare.

    Looking for confirmation that it is not good in order to convince her.

    So if I say so that would help? "I say so ".
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Here's an idea.....The age old joke:

    "Hey DOC - It hurts when I do this. "

    "Well stop doing that. "

    Tell her you've discovered that 24 is the magic number of windows...if she exceeds that, she'll get more wrinkles.
     
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    Steve & Arie ...

    Thanks, Guys, I'll quote you both. :)

    But let me qualify my remark wrt wives. I should have said, "head strong professional." Don't want to insult wives in general.

    Chuck
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Another one: Be fruitfull and multiply doesn't apply to computers...

    But, are alot of the apps that are open IE? If so, maybe you could tweak it to not open a wole new window and just re-use the currnet one.
     
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    Yes they are. Great idea!

    Chuck
     
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