We need a bit more info.

Do you have more than one hdd?
Is Win XP fully up to date?
What kind of video card?
Does the video card using the latest driver?
Did you install new hardware, ie memory, lately?
What kind of the antivirus do you have?

Denis


Bernard Heathcote wrote:

> 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
>
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> --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
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>> 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
>>
>>
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