Constant Freezing

[Lynn Johnton]

Well, I've had this problem before. No, it does not crash when it's loading. It doesn't crash when loading fonts or anything like that. Before I had this problem, it took my forever to find a solution. I deleted this file (believe it was a .dll) and everything was better. The problem is Photoshop freezes up during normal commands. Use paintbrush, it freezes. Try to crop, it freezes. Try to move image or use Brightness/Contrast, it freezes. We just lost all of C Drive and I reinstalled Photoshop and I'm getting the same problem again! Except now I forgot how to fix it.

Imageready is really stable, but I need to use Channels and the Pen tool so it just won't do. I've tried deleting all prefs, that doesn't help. Does anyone know what I should do? I've tried reinstalling, but no luck.

[dave milbut]

is the system freezing or just photoshop? what os? what ps version?

[dave milbut]

again what os. complete freezes in win2k or xp indicate a hardware failure...

Mathias Vejerslev "Computer locks up, shuts down, or reboots while running Photoshop" 6/5/03 4:49pm </cgi-bin/webx?50@@.ef47fb1/1>

[Jerry Dell]

When I go to brightness/contrast Photoshop 7.0.01 goes to the eye dropper tool and locks up. The XP operating system is otherwise OK. I've reinstalled the program in Safe mode and removed emoved some drivers to no avail. It's driving me crazy. How do I delete the prefs?

[dave milbut]

see this thread jerry:

Mathias Vejerslev "Dialog box is missing??" 10/29/02 2:06pm </cgi-bin/webx?50@@.1de62d18>

sounds like a dialog is off the screen.

dave

[Jerry Dell]

I solved my problem, much like Lynn's, by selecting "reset all warning dialogs" in General Preferences (ps 7.0.1).

[Michael B. Field]

Dave,
I consider an application lockup a system freeze when the mouse pointer stops working, task manager will not implement and there is nothing I can do but power down. Yes, the computer continues to run and there is no bluescreen but you can't do anything with it. Your point is taken though.

[dave milbut]

mike yes, that's a system freeze. the diff between that and an app lockup is that the app will freeze, but the task can be ended w/task mgr. and the rest of the system remains stable.

in the case you describe above (system restart needed) it's invariably hardware related in xp and 2k.

[Tricia Timmermans]

Since purchasing PS 7 (and upgrading to 7.0.1) and using it with Windows XP Home edition, I have had nothing but trouble. It mostly happens when working with files uploaded from my Nikon Coolpix 995. The PS7 disappears in a split second. I thought it was only when using the "Save" command. Also, often the mouse can not be used to drag the toolbox to another spot on the screen. It just won't move. I have re installed PS7 (then again downloaded the upgrade) several times.
I've tried the CONTROL ALT DELETE on starting the program, and this doesn't work either. Any ideas?
Tricia

[dave milbut]

not crtl-alt-delete trisha, crtl-alt-shift. see this faq:

Mathias Vejerslev "How to delete/reset Photoshop preferences" 2/11/03 1:04pm </cgi-bin/webx?50@@.ef4a07f>

[Chris Cox]

Tricia - please start a new topic instead of adding to an unrelated one.

[dave milbut]

That title is a catch all. How long do you think before a dialog box is missing question shows up in here? :)

[Paul Pollock]

am ruuning XP Professional; 512 MB RAM; scratch is to second hard drive; memory for photoshop is set at 85%; and I have the same FREEZE problem that is described above. When I use the raser, the whole system freezes, and I cannot do anything except shut the whole computer down. Did you fidn any solution? I deleted the preferecnes; re-installed; etc etc and the problem is stil there!

[Chris Cox]

And did you read the FAQ before posting this?

[K. Tak]

"Paul Pollock" <ppollock@loxinfo.co.th> wrote in message
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> am ruuning XP Professional; 512 MB RAM; scratch is to second hard

drive; memory for photoshop is set at 85%; and I have the same FREEZE
problem that is described above. When I use the raser, the whole
system freezes, and I cannot do anything except shut the whole
computer down. Did you fidn any solution? I deleted the preferecnes;
re-installed; etc etc and the problem is stil there!

Asus mobo?

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I am also getting a frozen system. Was any solution discussed here??


Howard



"K. Tak" <koos.takSMOESRER@newmail.net> wrote in message
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> "Paul Pollock" <ppollock@loxinfo.co.th> wrote in message
> news:1dea048a.16@WebX.la2eafNXanI...

> > am ruuning XP Professional; 512 MB RAM; scratch is to second hard

> drive; memory for photoshop is set at 85%; and I have the same FREEZE
> problem that is described above. When I use the raser, the whole
> system freezes, and I cannot do anything except shut the whole
> computer down. Did you fidn any solution? I deleted the preferecnes;
> re-installed; etc etc and the problem is stil there!
>
> Asus mobo?
>
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>

[Cape_May@adobeforums.com]

I have Adobe Acrobat 4.0, on Windows 98, Dell, Lexmark printer, 512RAM. I also have Norton Internet Security. When I try to download documents, my computer constantly freezes. I have to end task and go back online several times before I can download successfully. How can I fix this?

Thank you.

[zeyphyer@adobeforums.com]

Cape:

Anytime processing a pdf you may want to concider to disable your Firewall while you are processing the PDF because Norton is natorias for causing lockups and processing overloads.

Brian

[Unregistered]

This worked for me:

While holding the Ctrl + Alt + Shift (PC) or Command + Option + Shift (Mac OSX)
Open the application, choose Start > Programs > Photoshop CS2
An Alert box appears, "Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?"
Click Yes.