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Photoshop CS2 malfunction Win7 64-bit
On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:59:47 -0400, Usenet Account
wrote: : On 29/06/2013 12:15 PM, Robert Coe wrote: : On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:17:39 -0400, Usenet Account : wrote: : : Very odd issues as of late with CS2, it's been working fine on this PC : : for a couple years. As of this week I can't use the windows file manager : : to "drag-n-drop" into PS CS2. I can drop files into other folders, and : : other applications. Just CS2 has become flaky, with a disabled : : drag-and-drop. When I try I get the circle with diagonal slash. Other : : Adobe apps are working fine. : : : : I have deleted the prefs file, I have reinstalled from the original CD. : : I have tired system restore. I can open the files using the open file : : menu, but that's a bit of a drag. : : CS2 must be pretty old. Older versions of lots of programs could have issues : with 64-bit Windows 7. Has it been running under that OS for the whole two : years, or was it a recent upgrade? : : As a last resort, you could install a virtual XP machine on your PC and see if : CS2 will run under that. That PC had better have a lot of memory, though. : : Bob : : : Odd it was running fine until recently, I notice a couple other apps : aren't D&D either, that seems to point to some MS Hotfix.. Is your computer short of memory? By their nature, fixes tend to make the OS occupy more memory, not less. Conceivably a recent fix could have put you over the edge. Many (most?) Windows applications don't tolerate swapping well. (Unix users, back when there were more of them, used to gloat about that.) If you plan to keep the computer for a while, and have room for more memory, you could try adding another GB or two. Bob |
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Photoshop CS2 malfunction Win7 64-bit
On 04/07/2013 8:10 AM, Robert Coe wrote:
On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:59:47 -0400, Usenet Account wrote: : On 29/06/2013 12:15 PM, Robert Coe wrote: : On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:17:39 -0400, Usenet Account : wrote: : : Very odd issues as of late with CS2, it's been working fine on this PC : : for a couple years. As of this week I can't use the windows file manager : : to "drag-n-drop" into PS CS2. I can drop files into other folders, and : : other applications. Just CS2 has become flaky, with a disabled : : drag-and-drop. When I try I get the circle with diagonal slash. Other : : Adobe apps are working fine. : : : : I have deleted the prefs file, I have reinstalled from the original CD. : : I have tired system restore. I can open the files using the open file : : menu, but that's a bit of a drag. : : CS2 must be pretty old. Older versions of lots of programs could have issues : with 64-bit Windows 7. Has it been running under that OS for the whole two : years, or was it a recent upgrade? : : As a last resort, you could install a virtual XP machine on your PC and see if : CS2 will run under that. That PC had better have a lot of memory, though. : : Bob : : : Odd it was running fine until recently, I notice a couple other apps : aren't D&D either, that seems to point to some MS Hotfix.. Is your computer short of memory? By their nature, fixes tend to make the OS occupy more memory, not less. Conceivably a recent fix could have put you over the edge. Many (most?) Windows applications don't tolerate swapping well. (Unix users, back when there were more of them, used to gloat about that.) If you plan to keep the computer for a while, and have room for more memory, you could try adding another GB or two. Bob Good idea, I'll do some house cleaning. I really should dump all my image files to a backup drive. -- This space intentionally left blank. |
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Photoshop CS2 malfunction Win7 64-bit
On Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:05:33 -0400, Usenet Account
wrote: : On 04/07/2013 8:10 AM, Robert Coe wrote: : On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:59:47 -0400, Usenet Account : wrote: : : On 29/06/2013 12:15 PM, Robert Coe wrote: : : On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:17:39 -0400, Usenet Account : : wrote: : : : Very odd issues as of late with CS2, it's been working fine on this PC : : : for a couple years. As of this week I can't use the windows file manager : : : to "drag-n-drop" into PS CS2. I can drop files into other folders, and : : : other applications. Just CS2 has become flaky, with a disabled : : : drag-and-drop. When I try I get the circle with diagonal slash. Other : : : Adobe apps are working fine. : : : : : : I have deleted the prefs file, I have reinstalled from the original CD. : : : I have tired system restore. I can open the files using the open file : : : menu, but that's a bit of a drag. : : : : CS2 must be pretty old. Older versions of lots of programs could have issues : : with 64-bit Windows 7. Has it been running under that OS for the whole two : : years, or was it a recent upgrade? : : : : As a last resort, you could install a virtual XP machine on your PC and see if : : CS2 will run under that. That PC had better have a lot of memory, though. : : : : Bob : : : : : : Odd it was running fine until recently, I notice a couple other apps : : aren't D&D either, that seems to point to some MS Hotfix.. : : Is your computer short of memory? By their nature, fixes tend to make the OS : occupy more memory, not less. Conceivably a recent fix could have put you over : the edge. Many (most?) Windows applications don't tolerate swapping well. : (Unix users, back when there were more of them, used to gloat about that.) If : you plan to keep the computer for a while, and have room for more memory, you : could try adding another GB or two. : : Bob : : : Good idea, I'll do some house cleaning. I really should dump all my : image files to a backup drive. I'm talking computer memory, not disk storage. If you run out of disk space, you're likely to know it. That does remind me, though, that if you're short enough of memory to bring on swapping, you may then have to worry about whether you have enough swap space allocated on your disk. If you don't, it should tell you eventually, but the resulting failure won't be graceful. Bob |
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Photoshop CS2 malfunction Win7 64-bit
Robert Coe wrote:
: Odd it was running fine until recently, I notice a couple other apps : aren't D&D either, that seems to point to some MS Hotfix.. Possibly. So do a search for that error type in Google and ask Microsoft and their knowledge base. I understand Photoshop is open and the windows exploder^Wexplorer is open and you drag an image into the photoshop window and release the mouse button then --- you're not double-clicking the image? Is your computer short of memory? By their nature, fixes tend to make the OS occupy more memory, not less. Conceivably a recent fix could have put you over the edge. Many (most?) Windows applications don't tolerate swapping well. (Unix users, back when there were more of them, used to gloat about that.) Linux users still gloat. (You bought all that expensive RAM, and Windows helps you by not using the part not currently needed by programs and system to the fullest, e.g. to cache what was recently read from the HDDs? If there was too little RAM, photoshop would be slow or wouldn't even start, so probably not (though having enough RAM is always a good idea). IIRC Photoshop handles it's own swapping (wonder why!) and I have heard it can help to put that swap on a different spindle (disk) than the images and program and Windows live on. But that shouldn't matter with drag'n'drop, only with speed. -Wolfgang |
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Photoshop CS2 malfunction Win7 64-bit
In article , Wolfgang
Weisselberg wrote: IIRC Photoshop handles it's own swapping (wonder why!) and I have heard it can help to put that swap on a different spindle (disk) than the images and program and Windows live on. But that shouldn't matter with drag'n'drop, only with speed. putting photoshop's swap on a different disk can help in extreme situations (i.e., *really* huge files). it's not going to make a difference for the typical user. it's no different than putting the operating system's swap on a different drive. as for why photoshop does its own swap, it's because it can do a *much* better job than the operating system can because photoshop knows what parts of the image are needed and when, whereas the operating system can only guess and will almost always guess wrong. the difference is significant. |
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