From: Kin Jung (kin@tsw.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 29 2001 - 15:26:08 PST
Does your user have multiple partitions or hard drives?
I've seen this problem occur when an application (i.e. Eudora) is trying to
read/write information to/from several different partitions or hard drives.
The simple solution was to reorganize the Eudora folders, delete any
duplicate folders not in use, and make sure that everything is on the same
drive/partition.
Kin
on 11/29/01 2:09 PM, John Tast at jtast@euler.berkeley.edu wrote:
> In Word, check under Tools/Preferences/Save to make sure that the
> Allow Fast Saves feature is NOT checked.
>
> Also, it is a good idea to not have Word open when using Eudora or a
> web browser. That can affect performance such as keystroke response.
>
> I can't think of any other reasons for the problem. Not sure about
> the restart problem.
>
> John
>
>
>
>> MAGNet,
>>
>> One of our professors is having trouble with his desktop G4
>> (original model). Mac OS 9.04 was installed, but last week it was
>> upgraded to 9.2. It seemed fine at first, but then he'd experience
>> an intermittent delay in the display of characters when typing in
>> applications such as MS Word and Excel, or Eudora. The delay would
>> sometimes last as long as 1-2 seconds, and the effect is like typing
>> on some typewriters, where the key strokes on the keyboard do not
>> result instantaneously with the appearance of the characters on the
>> page. In effect, he completes the typing of a word on the keyboard
>> and then sees the letters quickly display in fast sequence (not
>> simultaneously) 1-3 seconds after typing. It is quite distracting.
>> The other odd behavior is the inability to restart the computer
>> without long delays, about 20-30 seconds after closing all
>> applications. After restart, the typing delay behavior disappears,
>> at least for a while.
>>
>> We have tried to identify the circumstances in which the problem
>> occurs, but so far nothing has proven to be definitive. One
>> suspicion is the sleep mode, as in at least two instances the typing
>> delay occurred after the computer was asleep.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions for fixing this problem?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> John
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>>
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