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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!ieunet!tcdcs!maths.tcd.ie!darragh
- From: darragh@maths.tcd.ie (Darragh J. Delany)
- Subject: Re: Apps disappear while in use! Help, help.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.140101.21254@maths.tcd.ie>
- Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
- References: <1992Sep2.035506.18490@sei.cmu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 14:01:01 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- rek@sei.cmu.edu (Bob Kubiak) writes:
-
- >We have a troubling phenomenon on some number of systems (so far about 6 out
- >of 250) of various types (IIci IIcx, IIfx, etc.), all running a System 7.0.1
- >configuration that includes v1.1.1 of the System 7 Tuner. It seems
- >applications *disappear* seemingly while in use! The application files can
- >typically later be found by Norton in the deleted file space, but are most
- >often unusable. The user is typically actively working, then their application
- >quits unexpectedly or crashes. The application then can't be restarted because
- >the application file is no longer on the disk (likely the reason for the quit
- >or crash). We've seen this repeatedly with MacX, and more recently on a
- >couple of systems with Telnet and PowerPoint. The systems show no other sign
- >of damage (as reported by tools like Norton Disk Doctor), don't seem to be
- >infected by any known viruses, etc.. Many other (unaffected) systems with
- >identical System Folder configurations don't exhibit the problem (yet), and
- >most of the affected systems don't have any extensions or control panels added
- >to our standard. We're trying to narrow down what some of the similarities
- >are (Apple disk drivers versus 3rd-party, etc.). Has anyone else seen this
- >kind of behavior or have any hints on what to be looking for?
-
- >Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
-
- One thing we have observed which is probably not your problem but worth
- mentioning perhaps is the problem of dumping files. Users flick from
- application to desktop and select multiple files to dump but as the app
- is also selected it goes in the bin as well and is inadvertently ditched
- when the trash is emptied.
-
-
-
- --
- Dj.
-
- ESS students don't have plans, silly
-