Re: computerdisc-l: Comuters freezing

["Patti S. Abraham" <psa1@ra.msstate.edu>]

Shelley, we have a lot of problems in our labs when we try to use Windows
95 and Works 4.0 and a Novell server.  I was hoping the new version of
Works 4.5 would correct that.  We have changed to an NT server to see if
that makes any difference.  We do not have this problem with other
software.  

Dr. Patti S. Abraham psa1@ra.msstate.ed
Professor, Department of Technology and Education
Mississippi State University
Voice: 601-325-2280	FAX: 601-325-7599	Internet: psa1@ra.msstate.edu

On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Shelley Plett wrote:

> Does anyone out there have trouble with their computers freezing up?  I'm a
> D site and I can count on at least two computers freezing every period every
> day.  In my class with 24 students, I usually have about 6 computers freeze
> each day.
> 
> Usually the hourglass just sits there and Ctrl-Alt-Delete won't work.  So I
> have the students turn off their computers, I go to the back room and take
> their names off the connection screen on the file server, then have them log
> back on again.  Of course they get the message that says they are trying to
> log on to too many stations simultaneously.  It usually takes between five
> and ten minutes before it will let them in again.
> 
> I know that if I ask the students to go to a certain application I should
> not have them all go at once.  But sometimes it doesn't matter--the
> computers still freeze up.  In fact, my computer freezes sometimes.  My
> computer has even frozen up when no one else was in the room and I was the
> only one working.
> 
> If we are working in MicroType Pro and the computers freeze, students can
> log on as guest or s1 and still get to their MTP lessons.  But if we are
> working in Microsoft Works, I don't think they can log on that way.  They
> must log on as their username and password so they can save documents to
> their directory.  I've worked around that problem before and had them save
> their work to the hard drive of their computer then the next day I would put
> it in their directory etc. etc. etc., but that is something extra to
> remember to do.
> 
> Just wondering if anyone else has these problems.
> 
> Shelley Plett
> Vicksburg Junior High School
>