Hi Bill,

Sadly updating with the latest version of Guide8 didn't cure the
problem. I guess I could start from scratch ... remove and reinstall
from the CD ... but I have a feeling I have some problem with Win XP,
rather than Guide8, probably a dll corruption somewhere, as some other
programs aren't behaving exactly as they should.

Will keep working on the problem.

Bernard

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Bernard,
>
> (Scratching head) Guide really shouldn't do anything with the scope
> at startup time. It shouldn't attempt to link to a scope (either via
> ASCOM or the "traditional" serial port method) until you tell it to
> do something with the scope.
>
> I'll make my usual suggestion for bizarre behavior: try getting
> the current update, preferably the "in-testing" one at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/update8.htm
>
> and apply it. This fixes inexplicable bugs with remarkable
> regularity. I suspect it means that some file is getting corrupted.
> When you apply the upgrade, that file gets zapped and replaced with
> one that is not corrupted.
>
> -- Bill
>