On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:15:34 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:54:24 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:



Meaning, the program locked up?

Yep, had to kill the task. Then it wouldn't start because of
a "corrupted DB" error. I had simply clicked a function.
Can't remember what it was. Probably the "Warning! Don't click this
Bad Software Button!"

And the 3M post-it thing did weird things
to your screen?

Artifacts all over the place. Didn't like it anyway.
I'm a gamer, and modern, demanding games work slick as ice without
tinkering. I'm not going looking for drivers/incompatabilities to get
a program I don't care about to work correctly. BTDT.

--Vic


While it's possible to get two items of software in 48 hours, both of which
cause problems, it seems a bit odd. I wonder if your computer's got
problems. If you liked the 3M program and the weird screen behavior was the
ONLY reason you got rid of it, you might want to check to see if you have
the latest video drivers for your machine.

No, it's not odd to find 2 examples of freeware/shareware
faulty/incompatable out of maybe a dozen tested.
BTW, maybe a dozen years ago I dl'ed a number of "search and replace"
shareware apps to test. This type app was late coming to the Win/PC
environment.
One was a stand out, and I had already decided to purchase it.
Before that happened I worked my way through menu options of
an obscure function. Can't remember exactly what.
I reached a place which offered one option, and no other way out.
The option was "Erase C: Drive."
A very unfunny joke.
I killed the app, and e-mailed the major shareware site's admin,
telling him what I found and to get it off the site.
He e-mailed back, saying he saw nothing wrong.
So I sent him the exact sequence to reach the menu.
He got back to me a few minutes later, saying something like
"Oh ****. Thanks. It's gone."
And it was. But what a shame somebody screwed up sales
of a good utility. Maybe it came back later with a new name.
I guess my point is nothing surprises me about software - writing
a lot professionally helps too.
Your driver advice is good, but I don't care to update mine for the
3M program. Might screw up something I care about.

--Vic