Re: Re: Re: Computer freezes when moving horizontal scroll bar in describe window and datagrid?

It was 1 for me--moving the slider with my mouse.  I set my fonts and 
scheme to windows default as suggested and the hardware folks replaced 
my video cards.  Hopefully that will resolve the issue.

On 10/14/2011 2:18 PM, John Dorlon wrote:
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> I think it was 1)
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> - John
>
> On Oct 14, 2011, at 12:05 PM, "Michael Moore" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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>> Wendy,
>>
>> There are 3 ways to move the scroll bar
>> 1) grab the slider
>> 2)click in the slider tray
>> 3) click on the end arrows
>>
>> I had a problem with Toad a long time ago where moving a slider would 
>> cause it to freeze but only if one of the above. I don't recall which 
>> one. The other ways of moving the same slider did not cause a freeze. 
>> You might want to experiment.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 6:20 AM, Boneist <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>     Message from: Boneist
>>
>>
>>
>>     Ah, good to know, thanks!
>>
>>
>>     _______________________________________
>>
>>     Historical Messages
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>>     Author: Boneist
>>     Date: Fri Oct 14 06:20:48 PDT 2011
>>     Ah, good to know, thanks!
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: John Dorlon
>>     Date: Fri Oct 14 05:03:43 PDT 2011
>>
>>     I don't think it's related to the lockups but there was
>>     definitely a problem with toad regaining focus after a describe
>>     window was closed. That problem is fixed for next beta - John On
>>     Oct 14, 2011, at 4:04 AM, "Boneist" [email protected]
>>     <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Message from: Boneist
>>     I've just had what I think is a similar issue - I had the
>>     audacity to close a describe window, and Toad froze up. It was
>>     showing up as 25% CPU (I've the equivalent of 4 CPUs, so this has
>>     taken one of them to 100%). As it happened 5 mins before
>>     hometime, I left it going in the hopes that Toad would come back
>>     to itself ok by morning, but no dice. If you've only got one CPU
>>     on the machine, I could easily see this issue causing the whole
>>     pc to lock up. _______________________________________ Historical
>>     Messages Author: Boneist Date: Fri Oct 14 02:28:12 PDT 2011 I've
>>     just had what I think is a similar issue - I had the audacity to
>>     close a describe window, and Toad froze up. It was showing up as
>>     25% CPU (I've the equivalent of 4 CPUs, so this has taken one of
>>     them to 100%). As it happened 5 mins before hometime, I left it
>>     going in the hopes that Toad would come back to itself ok by
>>     morning, but no dice. If you've only got one CPU on the machine,
>>     I could easily see this issue causing the whole pc to lock up. __
>>     Author: wpenfold Date: Thu Oct 13 07:30:04 PDT 2011 Unfortunately
>>     the entire computer freezes...the only thing that works is the
>>     off button. Toad was the only application I had open at least a
>>     couple of times. I know what you mean though--when a virus scan
>>     starts on my computer, I either have to kill it or forget using
>>     Toad. On 10/13/2011 10:21 AM, Phyllis Helton wrote: I was going
>>     to write about the latest GA version being painfully slow when I
>>     have a number of tabs and grids open but as I was looking, I
>>     realized that Firefox was consuming huge amounts of resources at
>>     the time (with TOAD being a close contender). I closed Firefox
>>     and TOAD started responding normally. Not saying this is the
>>     solution here, but it might be worth looking at. . . __ Author:
>>     wpenfold Date: Thu Oct 13 07:24:47 PDT 2011 I'll give it a try.
>>     Thanks. On 10/13/2011 9:59 AM, Mark Lerch wrote: I've seen pretty
>>     odd behavior over the years with things like Windows Themes,
>>     Large/Small Fonts and so forth. It's something we often have to
>>     code for. It may sound like a stretch but maybe try simplifying
>>     as much as possible - Windows Classic Theme, regular Fonts and so
>>     forth. __ Author: Phyllis Helton Date: Thu Oct 13 07:21:20 PDT
>>     2011 I was going to write about the latest GA version being
>>     painfully slow when I have a number of tabs and grids open but as
>>     I was looking, I realized that Firefox was consuming huge amounts
>>     of resources at the time (with TOAD being a close contender). I
>>     closed Firefox and TOAD started responding normally. Not saying
>>     this is the solution here, but it might be worth looking at. . .
>>     __ Author: mark.lerch_828 Date: Thu Oct 13 06:59:19 PDT 2011 I've
>>     seen pretty odd behavior over the years with things like Windows
>>     Themes, Large/Small Fonts and so forth. It's something we often
>>     have to code for. It may sound like a stretch but maybe try
>>     simplifying as much as possible - Windows Classic Theme, regular
>>     Fonts and so forth. __ Author: wpenfold Date: Thu Oct 13 06:54:14
>>     PDT 2011 No, nothing atypical, just regular fairly small
>>     datagrids and column lists. No, I can't do process explorer
>>     because the computer is totally frozen. I doubt it has anything
>>     to do with Toad if no one else is having this issue. Hardware
>>     support changed my video cards because I kept getting a 'blue
>>     screen of death'...not sure this is an improvement. On 10/13/2011
>>     9:29 AM, Mark Lerch wrote: Sorry. I doubt it's the video driver.
>>     It sounds like it's entirely grid/data related, not video. What
>>     about the number of columns in the grid - very large? When this
>>     happens can you bring up Process Explorer to see if the Toad
>>     process is spiked? __ Author: mark.lerch_828 Date: Thu Oct 13
>>     06:29:33 PDT 2011 Sorry. I doubt it's the video driver. It sounds
>>     like it's entirely grid/data related, not video. What about the
>>     number of columns in the grid - very large? When this happens can
>>     you bring up Process Explorer to see if the Toad process is
>>     spiked? __ Author: wpenfold Date: Thu Oct 13 04:55:58 PDT 2011
>>     I'd probably see the humor if my computer didn't keep
>>     freezing...6 times now and only in Toad. Video driver? On
>>     10/12/2011 4:46 PM, Mark Lerch wrote: This was intended as a
>>     jest, by the way, maybe it was too subtle : ) __ Author:
>>     mark.lerch_828 Date: Wed Oct 12 13:46:07 PDT 2011 This was
>>     intended as a jest, by the way, maybe it was too subtle : ) __
>>     Author: wpenfold Date: Wed Oct 12 12:13:31 PDT 2011 Make that 4
>>     times in 2 days...and no, but I would if I had that option... On
>>     10/12/2011 2:37 PM, Mark Lerch wrote: Have you tried turning on
>>     Options > General > Horizontal scroll lock protection? __ Author:
>>     mark.lerch_828 Date: Wed Oct 12 11:37:48 PDT 2011 Have you tried
>>     turning on Options > General > Horizontal scroll lock protection?
>>     __ Author: wpenfold Date: Wed Oct 12 11:00:05 PDT 2011 Hi, I just
>>     upgraded to 11.0.0.116. I don't know if this is a Toad problem or
>>     not... 3 times in the last 2 days, my computer has frozen when
>>     moving a horizontal scroll bar in Toad...twice in a describe
>>     window and once in a datagrid in the editor. Frozen like in
>>     nothing works...mouse won't move, alt-tab and alt-ctrl-del don't
>>     work....nadda. I have to turn my machine off and back on. It
>>     doesn't happen every time I move the scroll bar. __
>>     _______________________________________
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: Boneist
>>     Date: Fri Oct 14 02:28:12 PDT 2011
>>     I've just had what I think is a similar issue - I had the
>>     audacity to close a describe window, and Toad froze up. It was
>>     showing up as 25% CPU (I've the equivalent of 4 CPUs, so this has
>>     taken one of them to 100%).
>>
>>     As it happened 5 mins before hometime, I left it going in the
>>     hopes that Toad would come back to itself ok by morning, but no dice.
>>
>>     If you've only got one CPU on the machine, I could easily see
>>     this issue causing the whole pc to lock up.
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: wpenfold
>>     Date: Thu Oct 13 07:30:04 PDT 2011
>>     Unfortunately the entire computer freezes...the only thing that
>>     works is the off button. Toad was the only application I had open
>>     at least a couple of times. I know what you mean though--when a
>>     virus scan starts on my computer, I either have to kill it or
>>     forget using Toad. On 10/13/2011 10:21 AM, Phyllis Helton wrote:
>>     I was going to write about the latest GA version being painfully
>>     slow when I have a number of tabs and grids open but as I was
>>     looking, I realized that Firefox was consuming huge amounts of
>>     resources at the time (with TOAD being a close contender). I
>>     closed Firefox and TOAD started responding normally. Not saying
>>     this is the solution here, but it might be worth looking at. . .
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: wpenfold
>>     Date: Thu Oct 13 07:24:47 PDT 2011
>>     I'll give it a try. Thanks. On 10/13/2011 9:59 AM, Mark Lerch
>>     wrote: I've seen pretty odd behavior over the years with things
>>     like Windows Themes, Large/Small Fonts and so forth. It's
>>     something we often have to code for. It may sound like a stretch
>>     but maybe try simplifying as much as possible - Windows Classic
>>     Theme, regular Fonts and so forth.
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: Phyllis Helton
>>     Date: Thu Oct 13 07:21:20 PDT 2011
>>     I was going to write about the latest GA version being painfully
>>     slow when I have a number of tabs and grids open but as I was
>>     looking, I realized that Firefox was consuming huge amounts of
>>     resources at the time (with TOAD being a close contender). I
>>     closed Firefox and TOAD started responding normally. Not saying
>>     this is the solution here, but it might be worth looking at. . .
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: mark.lerch_828
>>     Date: Thu Oct 13 06:59:19 PDT 2011
>>     I've seen pretty odd behavior over the years with things like
>>     Windows Themes, Large/Small Fonts and so forth. It's something we
>>     often have to code for. It may sound like a stretch but maybe try
>>     simplifying as much as possible - Windows Classic Theme, regular
>>     Fonts and so forth.
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: wpenfold
>>     Date: Thu Oct 13 06:54:14 PDT 2011
>>     No, nothing atypical, just regular fairly small datagrids and
>>     column lists. No, I can't do process explorer because the
>>     computer is totally frozen. I doubt it has anything to do with
>>     Toad if no one else is having this issue. Hardware support
>>     changed my video cards because I kept getting a 'blue screen of
>>     death'...not sure this is an improvement. On 10/13/2011 9:29 AM,
>>     Mark Lerch wrote: Sorry. I doubt it's the video driver. It sounds
>>     like it's entirely grid/data related, not video. What about the
>>     number of columns in the grid - very large? When this happens can
>>     you bring up Process Explorer to see if the Toad process is spiked?
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: mark.lerch_828
>>     Date: Thu Oct 13 06:29:33 PDT 2011
>>     Sorry. I doubt it's the video driver. It sounds like it's
>>     entirely grid/data related, not video. What about the number of
>>     columns in the grid - very large? When this happens can you bring
>>     up Process Explorer to see if the Toad process is spiked?
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: wpenfold
>>     Date: Thu Oct 13 04:55:58 PDT 2011
>>     I'd probably see the humor if my computer didn't keep
>>     freezing...6 times now and only in Toad. Video driver? On
>>     10/12/2011 4:46 PM, Mark Lerch wrote: This was intended as a
>>     jest, by the way, maybe it was too subtle : )
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: mark.lerch_828
>>     Date: Wed Oct 12 13:46:07 PDT 2011
>>     This was intended as a jest, by the way, maybe it was too subtle : )
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: wpenfold
>>     Date: Wed Oct 12 12:13:31 PDT 2011
>>     Make that 4 times in 2 days...and no, but I would if I had that
>>     option... On 10/12/2011 2:37 PM, Mark Lerch wrote: Have you tried
>>     turning on Options > General > Horizontal scroll lock protection?
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: mark.lerch_828
>>     Date: Wed Oct 12 11:37:48 PDT 2011
>>     Have you tried turning on Options > General > Horizontal scroll
>>     lock protection?
>>     __
>>
>>     Author: wpenfold
>>     Date: Wed Oct 12 11:00:05 PDT 2011
>>     Hi, I just upgraded to 11.0.0.116. I don't know if this is a Toad
>>     problem or not... 3 times in the last 2 days, my computer has
>>     frozen when moving a horizontal scroll bar in Toad...twice in a
>>     describe window and once in a datagrid in the editor. Frozen like
>>     in nothing works...mouse won't move, alt-tab and alt-ctrl-del
>>     don't work....nadda. I have to turn my machine off and back on.
>>     It doesn't happen every time I move the scroll bar.
>>     __
>>     _______________________________________
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