SW 2009 "Locking Up"
SW 2009 "Locking Up"
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Was wondering if someone could help us out with an issue we have been having with SW 2009 since our recent upgrade from 2008.
Lately, when some of our users start up SW and go to File > Open or the Open toolbar button, the File Open dialog box pops up but then SW locks up or completely freezes. Nothing can be done after that and the SW application needs to be closed out or the "End Task" needs to be done via task manager. This is a very inconsistent problem and can not be repeated on demand. Most of the time it happens out of the blue on one or two computers, but others are fine (we have about 15 users). A reboot of the computer usually fixes it but sometimes it doesn't. Plus it doesn't seem to matter whether the user is working off our network or on his own hard drive.
I have verified all my procedures when I did our admin image creation and client installs. I always turn off our anti-virus software, do a clean installation, and verify we are using a certified driver for our video card. These are the same procedures I have been using for the last 4 years of doing this and have never had a problem like this.
Anybody have any thoughts on this?
Lately, when some of our users start up SW and go to File > Open or the Open toolbar button, the File Open dialog box pops up but then SW locks up or completely freezes. Nothing can be done after that and the SW application needs to be closed out or the "End Task" needs to be done via task manager. This is a very inconsistent problem and can not be repeated on demand. Most of the time it happens out of the blue on one or two computers, but others are fine (we have about 15 users). A reboot of the computer usually fixes it but sometimes it doesn't. Plus it doesn't seem to matter whether the user is working off our network or on his own hard drive.
I have verified all my procedures when I did our admin image creation and client installs. I always turn off our anti-virus software, do a clean installation, and verify we are using a certified driver for our video card. These are the same procedures I have been using for the last 4 years of doing this and have never had a problem like this.
Anybody have any thoughts on this?






RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
SW 09 x64, SP 3.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
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In the thread above, read the whole thing, are some things to look at. I have a couple posts in there with possible solutions for you.
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW2008 SP5.0, Windows Vista SP1
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
If the user has opened a part from a network location one day, and then the next day SW is started with the intention of working offline, or the location that last part was loaded from the previous day is not online, then the File Open dialog will lock up and take SW with it, as it always tries to open in the last used folder.
Trevor Clarke. (R & D) Scientific Instruments.Somerset. UK
SW2009x64 SP2.1 Pentium P4 3.6Ghz, 4Gb Ram ATI FireGL V7100 Driver: 8.323.0.0
SW2009x32 SP1.1 Pentium P4 3.6Ghz, 2Gb Ram NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 Driver: 6.14.11.7751
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
We are on SP2.1 right now but I will be downloading SP3.0 soon to see if that helps.
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
Could this be network related at all?
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
If it were just that SW couldn't find the last folder, it shouldn't occur if the user is on the network, only when they are off of the network. Unless the folder was moved/removed since the last time SW was there??
-- MechEng2005
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
SW 09 x64, SP 3.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
So, do I delete any & all versions (including existing SW2009 entry) of SW from the Current_User\Software & Local_Machine\Software or should I just rename them "-old"? Then start up SW so the registry can be created again?
Before I do a clean install, I usually go into the registry and delete anything pertaining to SW out of those two folders so SW 2009 should be the only thing in there but you never know.
msupemby
RE: SW 2009 "Locking Up"
Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
SW 09 x64, SP 3.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600